Steam saw 21% more games sold in 2020
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Valve reports storefront had 120 million monthly active users last year, hours played jumped 51% as VR sales rose 32%
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Glitch CEO launches early stage Moonrise Fund
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Evva Karr explains why they're building a fund to support developers "thinking differently about play"
GameFly introduces movies-only subscription
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Original 'Netflix for games' mail order rental company expands offerings with a Netflix for movies
Lucasfilm and Ubisoft partner on Star Wars game
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Update: Lucasfilm Games clarified that EA will continue to work on Star Wars titles going forward, with several projects currently in the works
Newzoo sees mobile marketing upheaval in 2021
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Research firm discusses impact of Apple's IDFA changes and four more trends in the mobile market this year
What we learned from PlayStation Vita | Podcast
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Our weekly news discussion show is back, now with a new monthly section based on 10 Years Ago This Month
Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones
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The entire Neat team will be joining Turtle Beach, including veterans Skipper Wise and Martins Saulespurens
Tencent confirms 1m Nintendo Switch shipments in China
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New figure only covers the official Chinese model of Nintendo's console, and excludes grey market sales
Take-Two withdraws bid for Codemasters following EA offer of $1.2bn
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Electronic Arts now likely to take over British racing games developer as Take-Two considers other acquisitions
Payload Studios launches incubator for underrepresented developers
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First iteration of four-month Tentacle Zone programme free to early-stage indies in the UK
Admix expands into the US and EMEA
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The London-based advertising and monetisation company made two major hires, joining from Google and Spotify
How to enable cross-progression between generations and platforms
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AccelByte's Raymond Arifianto gives a crash course on how to implement platform-agnostic cloud save features
Core gamers generated 66% of mobile revenues in 2020
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But casual still dominates downloads, as App Annie reports mobile gaming will pass $120 billion in consumer spend in 2021
ESA PAC to pause political contributions following insurrection at US Capitol
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In the 2020 election cycle, it donated to five representatives who later voted to overturn US presidential election
Streamer TheGrefg breaks Twitch peak concurrent viewership records
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Reveal of new Fortnite Icon series skin reaches 2.4 million peak concurrent viewers
Bethesda lands Indiana Jones license
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Todd Howard will executive produce with Wolfenstein studio MachineGames handling the development duties
What does 2021 hold for the African games industry?
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Games Industry Africa's Vic Bassey lays out five trends in the continent to keep in eye on this year
B/HI acquired by Dolphin Entertainment
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PR agency formerly known as Bender/Helper Impact will operate as part of PR firm 42West
Genvid targets "a huge opportunity for game developers" with Rival Peak
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Jacob Navok on seeding a new form of interactive entertainment with a singular combination of live-streamed gameplay and reality tv show
GI 100 | Game Changers
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All 100 profiles of individuals and organisations working in diversity, accessibility, charity, mental health, progressive politics, uniting communities, and much more
Capcom security breach compromised personal data of 16,415 people
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Japanese publisher previously only verified nine victims of the attacks, now says it could be up to 390,000
Riot Games and Bungie file joint lawsuit against cheatmakers
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The lawsuit targets GatorCheats, which sells cheats for Destiny 2 and Valorant
Dangen Entertainment settles dispute with Protoculture Games
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Devil Engine contract terminated with rights reverting to Protoculture, companies part ways
Twitter says gaming posts up 75% in 2020
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More than 2 billion gaming tweets make for a record year as Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Game Awards 2020 were most talked about game and event, respectively
Twitch, Facebook see best months for viewership yet in December
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DLive, a game streaming platform used by Capitol insurrectionists, also saw December uptick
The end of Flash: What legacy will it leave behind?
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Developers explore the influence the 24-year-old program had on the games industry
GameStop holiday sales down 3.1% in 2020
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New consoles can't offset impact of closing more than 450 stores and COVID-19 shutdowns; retailer shakes up board of directors
Kwalee donates 100% of Teacher Simulator's UK profits for a week to FareShare
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Initiative raises nearly $4,000 to combat child food poverty
IronSource acquires Soomla
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App monetization firm picks up creator of tech to identify inappropriate or misleading ads that hurt user experience
Check out our special podcast on in-game advertising with Facebook Audience Network
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The monetisation specialist talks about app bidding and its support for online businesses
Maximum safety, minimum cost: How to launch your game on a new platform
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Focusing on the Epic Games Store, Reto Moto's Jean-Marc Broyer dives into launching a PC game on a new platform
Polish competition watchdog investigating Cyberpunk 2077
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CD Projekt Red could be fined up to 10% of its annual income
POC in Play co-founder forms Studio AC Games to create diverse titles
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New venture working on debut game for mobile and PC, will collaborate with individuals and teams from around the globe
43 million games sold in the UK in 2020 | UK Annual Report
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Nintendo Switch dominates retail, Ubisoft scores big in digital, and PS5 makes a strong start
Squanch CEO Tanya Watson steps down
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Trover Saves the Universe studio will see chief creative officer Justin Roiland take over CEO role