Global Esports Federation announced, backed by Tencent
Federation aims to be "the voice and authority for the worldwide esports movement"
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Tencent launches its Start cloud gaming service
Blade & Soul, Path of Exile, Fortnite, NBA2K Online 2 are part of the beta test
Games of the Year 2019: Divinity: Original Sin II
The Switch version of Larian's latest captures the feel of pen-and-paper role-playing in ones and zeroes
Telltale Games revival is aiming for a "stable, non-crunch work environment"
"We are a new company - with different ownership and management, and a different approach as to how we structure a studio"
GamesIndustry.biz presents... The Year In Numbers 2019
Find out this year's global games market value, biggest games on social media, speediest digital discounts and more
Mixer, Facebook Gaming chipped away at Twitch market share in 2019
But Twitch is still far and away the streaming giant, with 73% of all streaming hours watched
Dangen Entertainment's new CEO to let devs cancel existing contracts
Update: Developers remain skeptical of plan to right the ship after former CEO accused of harassment, unethical business practices
Stadia acquires Typhoon Studios
Stadia head and Typhoon co-founders explain why the upstart studio is giving up being indie before its first game even launches
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Contact Chris Buckley, Sales ManagerThe long game: Running PR in the games-as-a-service era
Prezly's Kate Bystrova talks to PR experts on the unique challenge of getting exposure for games that can be played for years and years
Dragon Quest XI ships 5.5 million
Number includes digital sales and physical shipments of PS4, PC, 3DS, and Switch versions of Square Enix RPG
Ubisoft Just Dance campaign raises �60k for Alzheimers Research UK
Campaign to mark the tenth anniversary of Just Dance doubled its initial target
Xbox releases advice video for parents buying consoles for Christmas
Hosted by Jessica Chobot, the video discusses pre-Christmas installs and set-up, parent controls and offers family-friendly game recommendations
Arsenal's Mesut �zil removed from PES 2020 after criticising China's treatment of Muslims
NetEase also pulls the midfielder from two other Chinese version of Konami's football game
Games of the Year 2019: Super Mario Maker 2
Nintendo delivered the sequel Super Mario Maker deserved this year and finally learnt to trust its community
Facebook acquires cloud gaming outfit PlayGiga
Madrid-based services provider reportedly cost $78m
League of Legends World Championship 2019 was the most-watched LoL esports event ever
The Finals reached an average minute audience of 21.8m, and 44m peak concurrent viewers
Rainbow Six Siege switches core team
Leroy Athanassoff to lead new group as Xavier Marquis and Alexandre Remy move on to new projects at Ubisoft
N3twork acquires Funko Pop! Blitz
The game, along with several key developers, picked up from defunct NBCUniversal gaming arm
The Game Awards reached 7.5m concurrent viewers
Total livestreams of the event were up 73% from last year to 45.2m
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sales top $1 billion
Activision says shooter is on pace to have franchise's most played multiplayer in six years
How ArenaNet is rewriting the narrative for its narrative writers
Novera King and Bobby Stein discuss the studio's first run of a narrative writing mentorship program -- and its next iteration
Atari offers 88% of revenue to exclusive VCS games
Non-exclusive games will get an 80/20 revenue split from sales through the VCS store
Another ex-Google employee accuses company of union busting
A fifth fired worker attests company let her go for coding internal notification about workers' rights
