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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.

  1 month ago

• 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.

  2 months ago

• 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.

  3 months ago

• 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.

  4 months ago

• 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.

  8 months ago

• 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.

  4 years ago

• 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 […]

  6 years ago

• 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.

  7 years ago

• 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.

  7 years ago

• 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.

  7 years ago

• 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.

  7 years ago

• 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.

  7 years ago

• 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.

  8 years ago

• 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.

  9 years ago

• 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.

  10 years ago

• 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.

  10 years ago

• 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.

  10 years ago

• 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.

  10 years ago

• 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.

  10 years ago