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Mobile controller is clear indication that smartphone is a key format for cloud gaming
Read More »8Bitdo’s launches officially-branded Xbox controller for xCloud
EA launches ‘Positive Play Charter’ to clarify acceptable behaviour in its games
Repeat offenders will have their accounts terminated
Read More »Tim Sweeney supports Apple EU antitrust probe: “Epic won’t seek nor accept a special deal just for ourselves.”
But Epic CEO doesn’t think consoles are equally guilty of similar walled garden tactics
Read More »Zynga acquires Peak – creator of Toy Blast and Toon Blast – for $1.8 billion
Zynga estimates that deal will boost its Daily Active Users by some sixty per cent
Read More »Leamington-based Kwalee opens second studio in Bangalore
From the sedate streets of Leamington Spa to the bustle of booming Bangalore – the connections between the middle-england market town and the 10m person mega-metropolis seem tenuous, but for the games industry they make perfect partners. And that’s why hyper-casual developer Kwalee has chosen Bangalore as the location for …
Read More »German games market grew by six per cent in 2019 – driven by incremental digital spending
German games market grows - but sales of standalone games are flat
Read More »The new MCV/DEVELOP Awards – bringing the whole industry together – where you get to vote for the winners!
New categories, no time-consuming entries and an industry-wide voting system
Read More »X019 Project xCloud interview: How the service is expanding today and what it means for gaming tomorrow
xCloud executives Kareem Choudhry and Catherine Gluckstein discuss with us the latest announcements for the fledgling cloud streaming service
Read More »Assemble with Care: Why Ustwo Games’ tricky follow-up to Monument Valley found its perfect home on Apple Arcade
Putting a price on any experience is always tricky, especially in the fickle market of premium mobile games, but thanks to Apple Arcade, Ustwo Games’ latest title is simply priceless – and in more ways than one
Read More »Hiro Capital launches €100m capital fund to bridge current funding gap in industry
We feel strongly that there's been this capital gap in our set of industries"
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