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London based developer Space Ape Games is now part of the Supercell family. The Clash of Clans maker has acquired a 62 per cent share of the UK outfit for $56m, although Space Ape says it retains complete operational independence” but with the added benefit of tapping into Supercell’s development …

I am really honoured to write this piece for MCV about the Women in Games Awards. I have been involved with the awards previously in all aspects, from nominating female peers I respect to helping with the judging process and even collecting a few awards myself.  It was amazing to …

This weekend, developers and community managers for Rainbow Six Siege took to the stage at the game’s Pro finals to talk about the forthcoming Operation Health, Ubisoft Montreal’s plan to repair and improve the game to help with its longevity. During the panel, Ubisoft Montreal talked about their plans for …

Red Bull have announced the acquisition of a League of Legends team, who will rebrand as the Red Bulls. Seriously. It’s not a big change for the team, who previously went by the initials R.B. The team has performed well of late, and recently secured a slot in the twelve …

The number of paid PlayStation Plus subscriptions rose to 26.4m in 2016, Sony has confirmed, showing a growth of 27 per cent since 2015. The news comes from Sony’s investor relations day 2017 presentation, where the company talked about its plans to further grow the PlayStation 4 ecosystem. However, considering …

Blizzard have announced a development league, entitled Overwatch Contenders, which the developer is terming a league for “aspiring Overwatch League professionals.” At the mention of Overwatch League, Blizzard reference the elephant in the room: Overwatch League is still being put together, and the vacuum in its absence is causing major …

The juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto V has now surpassed 80m sales, according to publisher Take-Two. In the company’s Q4 and fiscal year earnings release, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that the title has now sold at least another 5m copies since the company’s last earnings report in February, …

The news of Red Dead Redemption 2’s delay until spring 2018 may have come as something of a disappointment this morning, but Take-Two’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results show the publisher couldn’t be in better shape to weather the storm. A huge growth in digital sales has been …

John Broomhall talks with supervising sound designer Loic Couthier about re-imagining the soundtrack of an iconic franchise

Eight months on since its initial Early Access release and with two console betas under its belt, Paladins has posted some impressive numbers. The Hi-Rez developed game has now attracted over 11m players, and was the most played new game in Steam in 2016. 2m of these 11m players come …