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Every month the team at Creative Assembly debunks some common dev role myths.
Read More »Creative Assembly: Animating 266 skeletons and why motion capture isn’t actually boring
UK’s Video Game Tax Relief scheme has awarded £324m since 2014
"It is in the interest of our sector that companies continue to apply for it and use the relief to drive investment across the UK," says Ukie
Read More »Women in Games European Conference 2019 will take place in London next month
The tenth annual conference will be held at UAL, London College of Communication on September 11th and 12th
Read More »When We Made… Baba is You
We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Baba is You. Developer Arvi ‘Hempuli’ Teikari talks about how he built layers upon layers of complexities – and thought it better to leave it unexplained to the player
Read More »58% of Take-Two’s Q1 FY20 revenue came from virtual currency, add-on content and in-game purchases
“Fiscal 2020 is off to a terrific start with first quarter operating results that beat our expectations," Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick said
Read More »Sega Hardlight’s Billie McMillan: ‘Don’t let never having worked in games before put you off applying’
Every month, we pick the brain of an up-and-coming talent. This month's Rising Star is Billie McMillan, UX designer at Sega Hardlight
Read More »Jagex: ‘Distilling a clear process for making games’
Every month Jagex’s developers visit us from Runescape’s Gielinor to talk about their latest adventures. This month Nicholas Beliaeff, SVP game development, provides an overarching way to think about making games
Read More »Epic defends Ooblets developer following abuse over Epic Games Store exclusivity
"We've been getting thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages across every possible platform nonstop," Glumberland said after it signed an exclusivity deal with Epic for the PC release of Ooblets
Read More »Ico Partners: Is crowdfunding your game in 2019 a good idea?
"The ratio of projects getting funded is at its highest ever"
Read More »Genba Digital’s Charlotte Cook: ‘You need to be flexible, dynamic and hungry for the company and your role to be successful’
Cherry picked advice to help you reach the next level in your career – this month, Genba Digital’s head of commercial Charlotte Cook tells us more about the ins and outs of digital distribution and what’s needed to thrive in a start-up a team
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