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Sega Europe has announced two internal promotions for John Clark and Creative Assembly’s Tim Heaton, with Clark rising to the position of executive vice president of publishing and Heaton stepping into the role of executive vice president of studios. Both promotions are effective immediately, and each of them will directly …

Tencent are now the second biggest shareholder of the Cambridge-based studio

This week, we talk to eleven indie publishers to gather their thoughts on the current state of today’s console market, new competition in the digital space, and how the fallout from last year’s Q4 has affected their outlook for 2017 and beyond. We also speak to Ubisoft’s producer Matt Rose …

Industry veteran Mike Rose has announced his brand-new indie publishing label No More Robots. Using a data-driven approach, Rose will be using sales figures and statistics to identify a game’s key selling points, before promoting them across the company’s Twitch and Discord communities, which will be fully integrated into the …

Lee ‘Claris’ Keon-ho has been released by Overwatch team Laser Kittenz, just a few days after his South Korean teammate Byeon ‘Munchkin’ Sang-beom. Keon-ho and Sang-beom signed for Laser Kittenz after leaving Lunatic Hai in April after just a few days with Lunatic-Hai.  Keon-ho is leaving Laser Kittens to try …

CD Projekt RED are bringing card game Gwent to Gamescom for one of its first major tournaments. The game launched in open beta back in May, but is slowly becoming more and more polished as CD Projekt RED flesh out the game beyond its roots as a diversion in its Witcher …

Dorna have released new information on the MotoGP eSport Championship, ahead of it kicking off today with the Jerez GP in Spain. From the 27 July to 6 August, thousands of fans that have pre-registered for the competition will play at home and try to get the best time haring …

The corporate banking arm of the UK bank finds information following Gamers Survey

Both promoted to executive vice president roles, with Clark responsible for publishing and Heaton for studios

Stern will be returning to the company to head up the GDC events, starting from August, alongside new conference manager, Victoria Petersen