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Back-end engine developer Pragma closes $4.2m seed round
4 years 2 months ago
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LA-based startup provides "back-end as a service" solution set to launch later this year
Lego Super Mario toys announced
4 years 2 months ago
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New line incorporates interactive electronic character with traditional building block elements
Making remote work work
4 years 2 months ago
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Two developers from Endless' global workforce focus on communication, trust, and culture in distributed development
Pendula Swing dev "would not have survived" without episodic model
4 years 2 months ago
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Valiant Game Studio's Laura Bularca explains how releasing an indie adventure in quarterly chunks offset the risk of a full release
Discord introduces platform changes to support remote workers amid COVID-19 pandemic
4 years 2 months ago
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Online chat platform temporary loosens restrictions around streaming limits
Call of Duty: Warzone hits six million users in 24 hours
4 years 2 months ago
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Activision's free-to-play battle royale launch dwarfs competition
Nintendo wins patent dispute against Gamevice
4 years 2 months ago
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidates all 19 of mobile accessories maker's claims against platform holder
Lost Boys Interactive opens Austin studio
4 years 2 months ago
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Former System Shock 3 design director Chase Jones and former Human Head co-owner Timothy Gerritsen join company
Google veteran Daniel Alegre named Activision Blizzard COO and president
4 years 2 months ago
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Coddy Johnson remains in advisory role; additionally, Blizzard lead writer Michael Chu departs
Joy-Con drift lawsuit denied dismissal, but referred to arbitration
4 years 2 months ago
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18 plaintiffs have joined suit against Nintendo, claiming unfair and deceptive business practices
E3 cancelled
4 years 2 months ago
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Updated: Troubled event postponed due to coronavirus concerns
BitSummit shelved due to outbreak
4 years 2 months ago
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Organizers of Japanese indie show scrap plans for May 9-10 event, leave open the possibility of rescheduling to a later date
"Where should you put your time in marketing? Fun fact: emails"
4 years 2 months ago
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Crows Crows Crows founder William Pugh on how an email newsletter became a more effective marketing tool than Twitter, Facebook and Instagram combined
Epic Games Store adds wishlists
4 years 2 months ago
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Steam's biggest rival adds essential marketing tool for independent developers
Conducting the interactive opera of Evergreen Blues
4 years 2 months ago
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David Su and Dominique Star on the musical design of their free, co-op song suite
Game development agency Amber merges with Scorpius Games
4 years 2 months ago
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Amber continues to expand following recent opening of Mexico studio
Pokémon Sword and Shield remain top-sellers in Japan months after release
4 years 2 months ago
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Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers tops Japanese charts for February with over 160,000 units sold at retail
GDC offers talks for free following event cancellation
4 years 2 months ago
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Previously-accepted talks will be streamed via Twitch next week, and archived for free in the coming weeks
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sells over 2m copies
4 years 2 months ago
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Bandai Namco's action RPG reaches milestone less than two months after launch
Frontier Developments signs exclusive license for multiple F1 management games
4 years 2 months ago
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A total of four games are planned, with the first anticipated in F1's 2022 racing season
PUBG CEO reportedly will also lead parent group Krafton Game Union
4 years 2 months ago
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Current Krafton CEO Kim Hyo-sub to resign amid push for next big hit
Game Informer non-editorial staff hit by layoffs
4 years 2 months ago
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Business unit restructuring sees long-time publisher Cathy Preston retire as six others lose jobs
Unity acquires Artomatix
4 years 2 months ago
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Engine maker picks up creator of ArtEngine AI-assisted art tool promising time-saving texture techniques
Mod.io raises $1m in seed funding
4 years 2 months ago
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Funding round led by Play Ventures to support store expansion, platform support
Disruptor Beam lays off nine as it pivots away from game development
4 years 2 months ago
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Final game project canceled, company to focus solely on Disruptor Engine platform
Meet The Indies at Rezzed returns this month
4 years 2 months ago
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Developers, publishers, service companies and freelancers invited to connect together at EGX Rezzed
Annapurna signs multi-year deal with Simogo
4 years 2 months ago
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Sayonara Wild Hearts publisher and developer re-team to make more games across all platforms
That time Activision dishonorably discharged Call of Duty's star dev duo
4 years 2 months ago
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10 Years Ago This Month: Jason West and Vince Zampella were marched out of Infinity Ward right into the eager arms of EA
Building Ori and the Will of the Wisps with 80 people working from home
4 years 2 months ago
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Moon Studios' Thomas Mahler reveals the challenges and solutions to managing a distributed development team
2K partners with the NFL to create multiple, non-simulation football titles
4 years 2 months ago
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Publisher looks to create football games that are "accessible and approachable" to a broader audience
Games Education Summit delayed until September
4 years 2 months ago
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British Games Institute reschedules next month's conference amid coronavirus concerns
Team17's full-year profits rise to £30m
4 years 2 months ago
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Indie publisher enjoyed record growth in 2019, expanded headcount to 200
Bethesda's Todd Howard to keynote Develop:Brighton 2020
4 years 2 months ago
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Veteran game designer leads the first wave of speakers at the UK conference
Microsoft to host GDC sessions as planned
4 years 2 months ago
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Platform holder will livestream talks, including session Xbox Series X and Project xCloud
HTC hosting conference in virtual reality to mitigate coronavirus risk
4 years 2 months ago
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This year's Vive Ecosystem Conference will have 'cloned rooms' so no limit for attendance
How an unlikely Tencent project is helping China's indie scene
4 years 2 months ago
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In its third year, Tencent's Next Studios is carving out a unique niche in China's complicated games industry