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Light Brick wants to rebuild how we play with digital Lego

Studio head Karsten Lund explains why Lego's new internal studio is getting back to basic building bricks with Lego: Builder's Journey

By Rebekah Valentine

Where now for Gears of War?

As franchise lead Rod Fergusson departs, Xbox commits to the IP and its studio

By Christopher Dring

Putting together an All-Star team of sports licenses

Bit Fry's Ben Freidlin talks about how and why the first-time developer got the NHL, NBA, MLB, WNBA, NFL Players Association and more on board for Ultimate Rivals

By Brendan Sinclair

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Ubisoft quarterly revenues down 26%

Rough Q3 results still beat forecast as publisher points to full slate for next fiscal year

By Brendan Sinclair

Nexon Korea and union agree on pay raises

Publisher tentatively agrees with Starting Point labor union on an average 6.8% salary increase for this year

By Brendan Sinclair

Dan Houser departs Rockstar Games

Co-founder to leave company in March after year-long hiatus

By Rebekah Valentine

How to identify and avoid unconscious bias

The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores the effect of unconscious biases on the workplace, and how you can steer away from them and towards diversity

By Marie Dealessandri

$1.4bn divestment offsets modest annual loss for MTG

Esport and gaming revenue continues to climb for Swedish entertainment group

By Haydn Taylor

Cheat software: Can publishers level the playing field?

Legal expert Dr Andreas Lober offers practical advice to publishers battling the rise of cheat software in online games

By Dr Andreas Lober

How to get your game funded at PAX

Our guide to success at the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Boston and Seattle

By Christopher Dring

Nintendo Switch hit by "unavoidable" production delay amid coronavirus outbreak

Games industry facing disruption across development, hardware, and events as coronavirus spreads

By Haydn Taylor

Take-Two stock slumps following Dan Houser's departure from Rockstar

Publisher's share price has increased eight-fold since the day that Grand Theft Auto V launched

By Matthew Handrahan

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Steam reached nearly 95m MAUs in 2019

Valve announces plans to get ahead of limited third-party Steam data analysis with upcoming "Data Deep Dives"

Zynga posts record full-year revenues

Q4 revenues up 63% year-over-year but Words With Friends publisher still posts modest net loss

By Brendan Sinclair

DeNA reassessing games strategy as older titles fail to deliver

Mobile games firm posts hefty operating losses in Q3, thanks to games business impairment loss

By Rebekah Valentine

Major esport organisations launch new team-owned CS:GO league

Flashpoint aims to address "lack of stability and long-term investment" issues of current pro scene

By Haydn Taylor

Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy

Marie Dealessandri joins the team to lead a brand new section

By Christopher Dring

Bleszinski regrets being too political with LawBreakers

In reflecting on Boss Key's demise, studio co-founder says it was a mistake to push his personal beliefs in a divided world

By Brendan Sinclair

Phil Spencer: "We see Amazon and Google as the main competitors"

Sony and Nintendo are out of position to keep up with "tens of billions" Microsoft has invested in cloud tech, says Spencer

By Haydn Taylor

Nacon buys Rig headset brand from Plantronics

Bigben gaming business preparing for IPO picks up communications company's gaming line

By Brendan Sinclair

Modl.ai closes $1.7m seed funding round

Startup uses AI-driven player archetypes to drastically reduce playtest times

By Haydn Taylor

Improbable acquires game hosting service company Zeuz

Deal marks Improbable's third acquisition in six months

By Haydn Taylor

Sega lowers full-year forecast on soft Q3 packaged sales

Mario & Sonic, Persona 5 Royal, and New Sakura Wars all launched in the quarter, but packaged sales did not meet expectations

By Matthew Handrahan

Electric Square opens Singapore studio

New office joins studios in Leamington Spa and Brighton

By Christopher Dring

PlayStation to close Manchester VR studio

VR outfit to close its doors after five years

By Christopher Dring

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