SPECIAL REPORT: Rising budgets, new studios and surprise deals have brought 2006 to a tremendous close for Western games production – $600m was invested in European and North American studios over the last 12 months, taking the year’s spending past the $1bn mark.
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[From the industry] Gamescom to host first ever ‘Home of XR’ megabooth, revealing new games from world’s top XR studios
Ahead of what is anticipated to be XR’s biggest holiday season to date, a new industry-focused allia…
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Get your Women In Games Award nominations in by July 12!
With recollections of last week’s awards being boxed up in preparation for more permanent stor…
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Debugging D&I – Amiqus’ Liz Prince on supporting LGBTQ+ employees
With Pride Month coming to a close, Liz Prince – Business Manager at Amiqus, Founder of the G Into G…
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The winners of the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2024!
Last Thursday 600 games industry professionals came together to attend the 2024 MCV/DEVELOP Awards, …
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Keep calm and carriage on: Dovetail’s Jon Rissik tracks 15 years of train games
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SCi to open studios in China and Canada
Warner Bros' big money deal with Eidos-owner SCi will help the UK publisher expand its development base, with expansion into China and Canada plus new acquisitions, a priority.
Read More »Minter to keynote Casual Games Summit
Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter will open GDC's Casual Games Summit as keynote speaker, organiser CMP has announced.
Read More »Blitz’ BK games crowned with 2m sales
Burger King's range of value meal video games, developed by a team at UK's Blitz Games, have sold over two million units in the US.
Read More »Natural Motion unveils Academic plans
Develop Award winner Natural Motion wants to inspire students to think about next-generation games development thanks to its Academic Partner Progam which offers animation tools at cut prices to educators.
Read More »$1.5m to fund Riot
US start-up Riot Games has been boosted with a $1.5m investment that will help production of the team's first game.
Read More »Valve and IGA Strike ad deal
Hot on the heels of Double Fusion's announced expansion, rival IGA has confirmed a partnership with Valve for advertising in Counter-Strike - and the two claim it's one of the industry's biggest in-game ad deals yet.
Read More »$26m funding for Double Fusion
In-game ad firm Double Fusion has gained $26 million in a financing round that includes Time Warner as a strategic investor – and now the company plans to grow its operation internationally.
Read More »London office for outsourcer Nikitova
Nikitova has grown its European business further with the opening of a London office.
Read More »SiN Episodes over after Ritual changes
It seems the episodic version of SiN has been abandoned after just one instalment following a recent shake up at developer Ritual.
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Keep calm and carriage on: Dovetail’s Jon Rissik tracks 15 years of train games
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Final Boss: Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games
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Redefining success in the remote work era, by Joy Cicman Liuzzo, VP of Product Marketing at Stack Overflow
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London Connecting – 10 years of Pocket Gamer Connects
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Debugging D&I – Amiqus’ Liz Prince on supporting LGBTQ+ employees
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Rising Star – Yasmeen Abbas, product manager at Sandsoft
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Recruiter Hotseat – Silja Bernecker, Team Lead for Talent Acquisition Management at InnoGames
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When We Made… Cavern of Dreams
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Levelling Up – Guillotine’s Jake Kulkowski