COVID-19 "threatens the very existence" of National Videogame Museum 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry British Games Insitute launches campaign to save nation's only dedicated games museum Tags GamesIndustry
MTG says COVID-19 could sink esports revenues by 45% 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry DreamHack and ESL parent warns investors about first-half financials, proposes post-pandemic stock buybacks Tags GamesIndustry
Killing creative block with kindness 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Gabby DeRienzo shares the process that helped her recover from burnout while working on Super Crush KO Tags GamesIndustry
Top three unchanged in App Annie's annual mobile publisher chart 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Tencent, NetEase and Activision Blizzard lead a top ten with only two new entries Tags GamesIndustry
How Amazon Web Services is powering some of the world's biggest video games 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Leading developers discuss how they're using the company's tech to solve their challenges Tags GamesIndustry
Gfinity's CEO and chairman step down ahead of 60% cost reduction plan 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Update: Esports firm secures new income through ad deal with Bidstack and Venatus Tags GamesIndustry
Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Famitsu data reveals Nintendo's latest has sold 1.88 million copies in just three days Tags GamesIndustry
Roblox awards draws 4m concurrent players 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry The Bloxy Awards were watched live by 600k, raising $100k for non-profit organisations Tags GamesIndustry
Nintendo donates 9,500 face masks to US emergency services 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Highly sought-after face masks will be distributed across the City of North Bend and surrounding area Tags GamesIndustry
Koei Tecmo found global success by focusing on its Japanese identity 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry CEO Hisashi Koinuma on being trusted with big IPs, making an asset of the firm's Asian identity, and its goal of making a 5m-selling original IP Tags GamesIndustry
Tips for developers making a cross-platform game 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry AccelByte's Raymond Arifianto shares strategic and technical insights on cross-platform design Tags GamesIndustry
Sony throttles back game downloads in Europe 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry PlayStation maker says gameplay will be unaffected but players may see slower or delayed downloads to reduce strain on ISPs Tags GamesIndustry
Xbox curates free educational marketplace in Minecraft 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Meanwhile, Outright Games partners with Digital Schoolhouse for computer science workshops Tags GamesIndustry
CryEngine coming to Android 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Crytek opens registration for developers who wish to take part in the beta test later this year Tags GamesIndustry
Half-Life: Alyx -- Critical Consensus 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Critics praise the frightening, tactile and brilliantly detailed return of Half-Life -- but will it be 13 years until the next one? Tags GamesIndustry
Big Run Studios raises $1.4m from Galaxy Interactive 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Mobile developer closes seed funding round to bring casual audiences together Tags GamesIndustry
UK games retail shifts online as government orders closure of all non-essential stores 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry CEX, GAME, Argos and more shut their High Street branches to prevent the spread of coronavirus Tags GamesIndustry
Four steps to launching a VR game on Oculus 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Richard Duck details the technical and content guidelines for launching a virtual reality game on Oculus Tags GamesIndustry
Half-Life: Alyx reaches 43,000 concurrent users on launch day 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry First Half-Life game in 13 years performs well by VR standards, but hardware restriction is a missed opportunity analyst says Tags GamesIndustry
Ninja and wife donate $150,000 to Feeding America amid coronavirus pandemic 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Streamers encourage other influencers ask their followers to stay at home and observe social distancing Tags GamesIndustry
Playtika delivers food packages to vulnerable people amid pandemic 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Mobile developer to distribute thousands of packages per week across Eastern Europe and Israel Tags GamesIndustry
Nintendo presses Sony to remove Mario creations from Dreams 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry UPDATE: Sony confirms ongoing case-by-case purge of Nintendo IP from creation game Tags GamesIndustry
Keywords Studios staff criticize pandemic response 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Testers say company made QA staff show up while management worked from home, adopted lax sanitation processes Tags GamesIndustry
Superdata: February digital game spending up 4% 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Console revenues down 22% on weaker release slate, but "many titles" are seeing spikes due to pandemic shutdowns Tags GamesIndustry
Valve: "VR has been missing a big game that everyone can get excited about" 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Valve's Corey Peters and Sean Vanaman on making the first Half-Life game in 13 years, with novices to both VR and the celebrated series in mind Tags GamesIndustry
The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Next-Gen Spec Wars 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Why everyone loves the flops, plus GameStop vs coronavirus Tags GamesIndustry
Stadia launches Makers program to attract experienced indies 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Google offers tech help, hardware, and funding to devs using Unity and including Stadia among launch-day platforms Tags GamesIndustry
Devolver on adapting to a world without events 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Andrew Parsons talks about the indie publisher adapting its marketing strategy, what can and can't be done online Tags GamesIndustry
UK retailer GAME keeping its Belong arenas open for now 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Update: Retailer has now decided to close them until further notice Tags GamesIndustry
Polish government running games development course for quarantined kids 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Webinars, game jam and a building competition on Minecraft launched as part of digital education efforts Tags GamesIndustry
Blizzard and Paradox arrange care packages for remote-working staff during coronavirus lockdowns 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Meanwhile, Sega added to growing list of games firms sending employees home to work Tags GamesIndustry
Call of Duty Warzone reaches 30m players 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Activision's free-to-play battle royale hit the milestone less than two weeks after launch Tags GamesIndustry
Coming up with a Plan B for GDC 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Kate Edwards shares lessons and reflections on the industry's responses to COVID-19, and where things go from here Tags GamesIndustry
Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry It is the fastest-selling single Switch game ever Tags GamesIndustry
All US GameStop stores closed except for curbside pick-up 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Retailer will pay US employees for lost hours for next two weeks; Canadian EB Games stores shut entirely Tags GamesIndustry
Octopath Traveler sells over 2m copies 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Square Enix RPG reaches milestone year and a half after launch Tags GamesIndustry
Gabe Newell: "Competition in game stores is awesome...but ugly in the short term" 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Valve CEO: "We get a lot more freaked out not by competition, but by people trying to preclude competition" Tags GamesIndustry
GameStop reportedly shutting down all stores in California 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Retailer had previous tried to remain open despite shelter in place order, saying it was "essential business" Tags GamesIndustry
TIGA calls for increased game tax credits due to COVID-19 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Ten proposals submitted to UK chancellor include worker safety nets, rent relief, increased testing Tags GamesIndustry
Ukie launches industry-specific online wiki 4 years 1 month ago Link GamesIndustry Ukiepedia is free resource of games industry facts, insight, resources and links Tags GamesIndustry