Ubisoft announces two new studios and record investment in Quebec

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During a livestream earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced the creation of a new studio in Saguenay (Quebec, Canada) and a massive investment plan for the region – the most important one for Ubisoft since it opened its first studio in Quebec in 1997. Ubisoft Saguenay will open as …

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Fast Travel Games raises $2.1m in Series A funding for new VR title

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Fast Travel Games, the VR studio founded by ex-EA, Rovio and DICE employees, has announced it’s raised a $2.1m series A funding rounded. The funding was led by leading Nordic venture capital firm Industrifonden, with participation from Creades, Inbox Capital and existing investor Sunstone Capital. This brings the company’s total …

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Merge Games: Embracing the Switch and why PC retail is more important than ever

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We catch up with founder and managing director Luke Keighran to talk about how Merge Games embraced the Switch, why special editions of PC titles are still relevant and why indie games saturation is a double-edged sword What’s your overarching strategy and how has it evolved over the past few years? When I …

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Team expert drops Overwatch roster

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Team expert has dropped their Overwatch roster, according to tweets from the team’s former support player Marcel ‘Veineless’ Lehmann. Lehmann took to twitter to confirm the team’s release from Team expert, stating that he’s now a free agent and looking for offers as a support or coach for Overwatch. “Expert …

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PUBG team currently working on a fix for bulletproof water, and plans to patch out the dreaded crouch jump

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The tyrannical reign of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ bulletproof water is soon to come to an end, according to Bluehole’s esports program manager Amir ‘am1rtv’ Khair. In a post on Reddit, Khair has revealed what the team are currently working on, and a full ballistics rework is on the cards. This includes …

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Swedish games industry generated 1.4bn in revenue in 2016

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Revenue from Swedish game developers increased to €1.4bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1,000 per cent since 2010, according to the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index. Of that figure, €35m (or 25 per cent) was generated by micro, small or medium sized companies, and the staff …

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