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Monster Hunter Iceborne director leaves Capcom
Daisuke Ichihara, the director of the critically and commercially successful Monster Hunter World expansion, is leaving Capcom.
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Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo collaborate to fight hate and harassment on all platforms
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have all teamed up to release a joint set of principles that will govern a safer gaming environment across each company’s platform.
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Veteran PlayStation developers leave Sony to form Bokeh Game Studio
A group of veteran game developers have left Sony in order to form the new Japanese development outfit, Bokeh Game Studio.
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Facebook's dedicated game streaming service, Facebook Gaming, is now live in the US
Facebook Gaming has gone live today, allowing users to play a series of games without downloading any apps in a bid to take on other gaming services like Google Stadia.
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GTFO developer 10 Chambers gets major investment from Tencent
Tencent is making another investment in the West, this time committing a major sum to Swedish developer 10 Chambers.
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Paradox signs agreement with Swedish unions
Paradox Interactive has announced the impending completion of a collective agreement between the company and its employees’ labor unions.
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Digital game sales are crushing boxed games in the US
New figures show rapid decline of physical games as digital accounts for 74 percent of all sales.
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You can expect to see twenty panels and more at the PlayStation Experience event
The PlayStation Experience community event is still about a month away, but there’s plenty of programming to look forward to for PlayStation fans. There’s an impressively large lineup of playable games set to make an appearance there, as well as 20 developer-lead panels to attend. It’s a regular PlayStation extravaganza!If you head to Las Vegas […]
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London tech studio Improbable hire Ubisoft's Kajfa Tam
Former Ubisoft technical art director Kajfa Tam is the latest high-profile developer to join the promising London start-up, Improbable.
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EA and Microsoft paying YouTubers for endorsements complies with FTC guidelines
YouTubers being paid for positive coverage of games doesn’t breach the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines, according to a spokesperson.
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Has the UK games industry shrunk?
The UK government reported a sharp decline in revenue year-on-year to 2012, but others believe incomplete information was used.
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Games industry expected to be worth $100 billion by 2017
According to a new report, the games industry is expected to be worth more than $100 billion in the next three years, with mobile gaming a major driving force.
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EA VP Jeff Brown leaves company
Jeff Brown has stepped down from his role as senior VP of corporate communications of EA after 14 years.
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Who's buying? UK games retail at all-time low
MCV reports that games retail sunk to an all-time low last week, according to figures released by UKIE and Chart Track.
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Blockbuster: Publishers giving "an awful lot of support" to boost rental over pre-owned
Blockbuster’s said in an interview with MCV that publishers are offering “an awful lot of support” to dismantle the pre-owned games market.
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Market analysis: Industry to grow 10.4% in 2011 to $74.4 billion despite June woes
Market research group Gartner Inc., has estimated software spending in 2011 hit around $44.7 billion despite June’s 10 percent drop in spending reported by NPD.
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Kojima, Bleszinski, Molyneux and others to deliver speech at Gamelab
This year’s Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Spain will see industry veterans Hideo Kojima, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux and EA founder Trip Hawkins deliver key speeches.
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Games industry hoping 3DS pulls market out of its year-long slump
Gaming industry vets are excited over Nintendo 3DS, and are hoping the handheld’s release will help pull the market out of the slump it’s been in for the past year.
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Spector disappointed by devs focusing more on "combat mechanics" than interactive storytelling
Warren Spector has stated in an interview with Develop he’s a bit disappointed that the gaming industry tends to focus more on combat mechanics when it should be looking to include other interactive means of compelling gameplay.
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Scottish videogames industry at a crossroads, says TIGA
TIGA has said the Scottish videogames industry is at a “cross roads” , and if it didn’t get some much needed tax breaks, the sector could decline.
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Industry latest
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Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo collaborate to fight hate and harassment on all platforms
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Veteran PlayStation developers leave Sony to form Bokeh Game Studio
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Facebook’s dedicated game streaming service, Facebook Gaming, is now live in the US
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GTFO developer 10 Chambers gets major investment from Tencent
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You can expect to see twenty panels and more at the PlayStation Experience event
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EA and Microsoft paying YouTubers for endorsements complies with FTC guidelines
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Blockbuster: Publishers giving “an awful lot of support” to boost rental over pre-owned
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Market analysis: Industry to grow 10.4% in 2011 to $74.4 billion despite June woes
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Kojima, Bleszinski, Molyneux and others to deliver speech at Gamelab
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Games industry hoping 3DS pulls market out of its year-long slump
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Spector disappointed by devs focusing more on “combat mechanics” than interactive storytelling
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East and West can succeed at globalization with collaboration, says Wada
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Analyst: 3DS to launch in west in March 2011, cost $249-$299