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Read More »Submissions open for Google’s inaugural Indie Games Festival
US and Canadian studios with fewer than 16 members and a 2016 release under their belts invited to take part
Read More »Pokemon Go is already the biggest mobile game in US history, report says
After less then a week of availability, Pokemon Go has made it right to the very top of the all-time US mobile market. SurveyMonkey reckons that the game had attracted just under 21m daily active users. That overtakes the previous record holder, Candy Crush Saga, with an estimated 20m. Within …
Read More »NPD adds data for digital games to its sales figures
Major publishers including EA, Activision and Ubisoft sign up to service, but platform holders Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo remain untracked for now
Read More »Blizzard sues Bossland (again) over Overwatch cheat tool
Watchover Tyrant adds features such as a powerful radar, visible enemy health and further otherwise inaccessible information
Read More »Sega buys Endless Space creator Amplitude
Publisher says French studio will bolster its PC development output in the West
Read More »Doctor Who: Legacy studio Tiny Rebel Games relocates to UK
Former LA-based dev joins sibling brewery company in Wales
Read More »Daybreak opens submissions for $10,000 Gamers In Real Life scholarship
Prize open to any undergraduate student studying games, with an eight-week internship at the H1Z1 studio included
Read More »Activision joins US military veteran employment initiative
Participation in Joining Forces programme will see former military staff comprise three per cent of new hires over the next five years at Call of Duty studio
Read More »Persona developer Atlus splits with Western publisher NIS America
‘It was very difficult for NIS America to establish an equal-partnership with Atlus’ following Sega buyout of studio, CEO and president reveals
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