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Twitch announces hat trick of new hires, including Sara Clemens as new COO

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Twitch has announced a hat-trick of key hires. The streaming platform has today announced Sara Clemens as COO, Mark Weiler as SVP, head of platforms & services and Amir Shevat as VP of developer experience. In a press release announcing the hires, Twitch says that the hires reflect the company’s …

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Jim Ryan named as deputy president at Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced that Jim Ryan has been named the deputy president of SIE, with immediate effect. Ryan is currently the head of global sales and marketing of SIE, and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE), and will be retaining those roles and responsibilities in addition …

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Sega will announce a new game from Two Point Studios today

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Sega is making an announcement today, after several teases on social media, and it could be a spiritual successor to Theme Park, if rumours are to be believed. Here’s what we know. Sega tweeted out a picture of a light bulb with the date January 16 written in text next …

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AGDQ 2018 raises record $2.26m for Prevent Cancer Foundation

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Charity speedrunning company Games Done Quick has set a new funding record, raising $2.26m for chosen charity the Prevent Cancer Foundation with their first event of the year, Awesome Games Done Quick 2018. The outfit runs two events a year, with Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) running during the winter …

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GTA Online celebrates best ever year and best ever month in 2017

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Developer Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer component of Grand Theft Auto, has had its "biggest year" ever in 2017. They don’t quantify exactly what metric has declared 2017 as GTA Online’s biggest ever year in this blog post, but have said that in December 2017 …

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Video games crowdfunding estimated to bring in $25m in 2017

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Figures from Ico Partners have shown that the video games crowdfunding market has dipped by less than two per cent in 2017. Ico’s chief Thomas Bidaux has said that the firms estimates point to around $25m being raised by video game crowdfunding in 2018 in a piece for PCGamesInsider.biz, with …

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