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Former Halo Infinite head of design to lead new NetEase studio

Seattle-based Jar of Sparks will focus on "narrative driven action games"

By Marie Dealessandri

Games for Change awards Dot's Home 2022 Game of the Year

The Weathered Sweater and Rise-Home Stories Project title exploring US housing inequality for people of color also wins Best Narrative

By Jeffrey Rousseau

PlayStation continues esports expansion with Repeat.gg acquisition

The technology platform will continue to support all games consoles after acquisition

By Christopher Dring

Russian tech giants in talks to create a national game engine

The proposed development resource may take billions of Russian Rubles to fund

By Jeffrey Rousseau

What it takes to be a great game producer

Unlock Audio's Elliot Callighan highlights the skills and qualities that enable a game producer to excel in their field

By Elliot Callighan

Rare pays tribute to Robert Ashby

Sea of Thieves studio and its members describe customer service stalwart as "unfailingly kind"

By Rare Ltd

The games industry is given one more shot to fix its loot box problem | Opinion

The big games companies must get behind Government recommendations and support the new Video Game Research Framework

By Christopher Dring

Amazon Prime Day boosts Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga back at the top | UK Boxed Charts

The retail giant's deals pushed a number of AAA titles up the charts this week

By Marie Dealessandri

Unity's Riccitiello promises to “do better” after comments on devs and monetisation

Engine provider's CEO elaborates on original comments, attempting to contextualise “a sentence I wish I had never said”

By James Batchelor

UK Government demands games companies protect children from loot boxes, but stops short of legislation

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport says that loot box customers are more likely to suffer gambling-related harms

By Christopher Dring

Sony's purchase of Bungie is now finalized

Bungie said "We remain in charge of our destiny. We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games"

By Jeffrey Rousseau

Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima has sold nearly 10m units globally

The open world Samurai-inspired adventure reaches the milestone two years following its launch

Unity: IronSource malware came from “bad actors who abused the platform”

Engine provider responds to backlash over merger, says IronSource desktop business was “spun off several years ago”

By James Batchelor

Unity's $4.4bn malware mistake? | This Week In Business

The engine provider is trying to grow beyond games, but its latest deal may have alienated swathes of its longest-running customer base

By James Batchelor

Embracer has spent $2m on its retro games archive to date

The gaming firm says that it currently has 50,000 games, consoles, and accessories in its possession

By Jeffrey Rousseau

Digital Bros forms Hook: an indie publisher with AAA resources

CEO Raffaele Galante tells us all about the group's new label and how it will keep the company grounded as 505 Games continues to grow

By James Batchelor

PC market experiences "sharpest decline in nine years"

Shipments were down 12.6% year-on-year during Q2 2022

By Marie Dealessandri

Unity CEO: Devs who push back against monetisation can be “brilliant” but also “fucking idiots”

John Riccitiello also says more than half the staff affected by recent layoffs have been rehired elsewhere in the company

By James Batchelor

Chinese regulators fine Shanghai-based game publisher $163,000

Authorities seized the revenue generated from all seven unlicensed games the firm published

By Jeffrey Rousseau

Mobile games earned $41.2bn globally during H1 2022

While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% year-over-year, downloads were up 0.4% as they reached 28.1 billion

By Jeffrey Rousseau

Nintendo to acquire visual production firm Dynamo Pictures

Company to be renamed Nintendo Pictures and work on "visual content utilising Nintendo IP"

By Marie Dealessandri

New PlayStation Stars loyalty rewards scheme launches later this year

Players can earn digital collectibles and spend points on PSN wallet funds and other PlayStation products

By James Batchelor

Why video games PR needs to change

Cary Kwok discusses the ever-evolving challenge of promoting your games and protecting your company's reputation

By James Batchelor

PlayStation triumphs at Develop:Star Awards 2022

Horizon Forbidden West picked up two awards, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Media Molecule also among winners

By Danielle Partis

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