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12 The Last Guardian, Shenmue III, FF VII Remake - Sony's E3

19 hours ago PS4 maker packs conference with long-awaited projects many thought would never happen E3 2015

PlayStation at E3: Watch the live stream here

22 hours ago Uncharted 4 is a given, but what other surprises are in store? HardwarePublishingE3 2015

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1 CCP veterans are ready to bring AAA to VR

20 hours ago Solfar partners with Sony for first game, Godling DevelopmentVirtual RealityE3 2015

The Best Trailers of E3 So Far

12 hours ago Video highlights of all the show's conferences and game announcements VideoE3 2015

2 Nintendo at E3: Watch the digital event here

8 hours ago Microsoft and Sony both had surprises - can Nintendo's E3 showing offer its own? PublishingE3 2015

4 Xbox shines at E3: Backward compatibility, HoloLens and more

1 days ago New firmware update to bring backward compatability, Xbox launching an Early Access program HardwareE3 2015

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PC Gaming Show: Watch it live here

An hour ago The inaugural show that puts the spotlight on PC instead of consoles kicks off at 5PM Pacific E3 2015

Square Enix at E3: Watch the live stream here

7 hours ago We've already seen some of the games at Sony's event, but what else does Square have up its sleeve? PublishingE3 2015

11 Shenmue 3 raised $2 million in 12 hours

12 hours ago Yu Suzuki's Kickstarter is a roaring success, bringing 14 years of waiting to an end PublishingDevelopment

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5 Zynga buys Mark Pincus' incubator for $1

14 hours ago SuperLabs' team will join Zynga for 1.1 million shares apiece MobileJobs

Ubisoft at E3: Watch the live stream here

1 days ago You can expect a healthy dose of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and Tom Clancy's The Division PublishingE3 2015

EA at E3: Watch the live stream here

1 days ago Star Wars: Battlefront will no doubt get plenty of attention at the conference PublishingE3 2015

Xbox at E3: Watch the live stream here

1 days ago Microsoft has come a long way since the Xbox One PR blunders from years past - can it impress this time? HardwarePublishingE3 2015

1 RockYou buys six mobile games from Kiwi

2 days ago The games company that doesn't make games adds to its portfolio MobilePublishing

Official Oculus store will have comfort ratings, require pre-approval

2 days ago Firm to take "industry standard" cut on transactions OnlineVirtual Reality

Mobile pushes Japanese industry to record $9.6b value

2 days ago Mobile revenue rose 18 per cent in a single year to reach $5.8 billion, console fell 13 per cent Insights

Elder Scrolls Online takes UK #1

2 days ago Bethesda's MMO is year's second best seller at retail RetailInsights

Starbreeze makes strides into both VR and mobile

2 days ago The Swedish developer signals its ambitions with two new acquisitions and a strategic investment PublishingDevelopment

Bethesda at E3: Watch the conference here

2 days ago Fallout 4, Doom, Dishonored 2 all shown PublishingE3 2015

1 Riot donating LCS tournament fines to LGBTQ charity

4 days ago $31,850 going to The Trevor Project from League Of Legends developer CharityeSports

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Take-Two CEO: Being No.1 isn't crucial

4 days ago Zelnick says market share doesn't matter as much as making hits reliably, emphasizes "collegial" approach to development

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Google launches YouTube Gaming

4 days ago Prepares to take on Twitch with new app and website Media

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XREAL relying on symbiosis of game dev, YouTube

4 days ago Gamer celebrity CaptainSparklez and ex-Activision exec Howard Marks team up to tackle mobile eSports

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1 Arc System Works buys Double Dragon rights

4 days ago BlazBlue studio also gets Kunio-kun rights as part of IP deal with Technos Japan Corp. PublishingDevelopment

4 FTC settles first ever crowdfunding case

5 days ago Board game creator must pay $111,000 in misbegotten Kickstarter funding LegalCrowd Funding

3 Igarashi's Bloodstained breaks Kickstarter record

5 days ago Now $500,000 beyond next nearest video game with less than a day to go DevelopmentCrowd Funding

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12 What do the platform holders need to do to “win” E3?

Opinion 5 days ago Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all have something to prove - and the only way to prove it is with innovative, original software PublishingE3 2015

1 NPD: PlayStation 4 is back on top

5 days ago May figures see overall sales drop by 13% RetailInsights

Forge of Empires hits €100m lifetime revenue

5 days ago "Only possible with the combination of high quality content and a well working, sustainable business model" OnlineFinancial

Razer quiet on Ouya rumours

5 days ago "Razer has always been supportive of Ouya" HardwareFinancial

12 Oculus reveals consumer unit, Oculus Touch

5 days ago Update: More details on fund for indies, Oculus Share and Home HardwareVirtual Reality

Watch Oculus' pre-E3 livestream here

5 days ago Rift maker expected to reveal more details surrounding early 2016 launch of long-awaited VR headset EventsVirtual RealityE3 2015

2 3DS tops 15 million sold in US

5 days ago New 3DS pushes handheld hardware sales up 50% year-over-year, but pace still trails Nintendo's previous portables RetailHardware

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4 Amazon embraces "long-form" mobile gaming

5 days ago Online retailer's Til Morning's Light looks to crack mobile market with a $7 price tag, finite narrative, lack of multiplayer

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Android outpaces iOS with 50 per cent spending growth

5 days ago App Annie report also highlights the increasing dominance of multiplayer games in consumer spending MobileInsights

Winko Games raises $1.4 million for core mobile title

5 days ago London Venture Partners, Initial Capital and Kibo Ventures make up Barcelona studio's seed round MobileDevelopment

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Men are a growth market on mobile, says Innospark

5 days ago Korean studio sees "male-oriented, competitive games" as space for gains

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5 Armature to attempt to port UE4-powered game to Wii U, Vita

6 days ago Stretch goal for Igarashi's Bloodstained will see firm release code base for free DevelopmentTools

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Osmo appoints Google vet as COO

6 days ago Srikanth Rajagopalan leaves the role of product manager for machine intelligence DevelopmentJobs

€2m for eSports startup Dojo Madness

6 days ago Kristian Segerstrale and London Venture Partners among backers FinancialeSports

Splatoon and Wii U hold Japanese #1

6 days ago Wii U sales increase RetailInsights

2 EA VP: "It's not worth paying for Paris Hilton"

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3 Digital-only games account for 66% of console releases - EEDAR

6 days ago Research firm sees the digital era sparking a wider array of publishers PublishingInsights

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"Entrepreneurialism is the new get-a-job-as-a-games-tester"

6 days ago Brian Baglow talks about what's needed to democratise games recruitment Jobs

Intel launches $125 million pro-diversity VC fund

7 days ago The biggest ever VC fund for tech companies led by women and minority groups BusinessAdvocacy

1 PlayStation Now arrives on Samsung TVs

7 days ago PlayStation 3 games now available on non-Sony devices Publishing

8 Steam refunds: Young Horses and The Indie Stone react

7 days ago Developers support changes to retail platform RetailDevelopment

Oculus: Image leak shows "ancient" concept

7 days ago Palmer Luckey explain concept art is old news as press conference looms HardwareVirtual Reality

Apple names Design Award winners

7 days ago Super Evil Megacorp, Mediocre AB, Hipster Whale and Triada Studio win Mobile

Indie Fund adds more investing partners

7 days ago Changes to structure will help scheme support more games DevelopmentFinancial

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1 ARK: Survival Evolved has already generated $10 million

7 days ago Jesse Rapczak, co-founder of Studio Wildcard, tells us that sales have covered initial dev costs

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7 Who will control the quad-screen future?

Opinion 7 days ago Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi sees Sony, Nintendo "squeezed out of relevance" as control of the living room shifts to bigger companies MobileHardwareTechnology

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1 Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian

7 days ago Co-founder of Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas developer departs after 12 years PeopleJobs

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ChinaJoy: New opportunities in the first year of Xbox and PlayStation

7 days ago Han Zhihai, Secretary General of the Shanghai event and the MGEA, on what makes this year's show particularly important

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Pim Holfve appointed as Avalanche's first ever CEO

7 days ago VP of Business Development steps up with impressive track record PeopleJobs

12 The Witcher 3 sold 4 million in two weeks

7 days ago CD Projekt's RPG series takes its place among the biggest games of 2015 PublishingInsights

3 Xbox One price drops to $350

7 days ago Microsoft lowers entry-level price of console, rolls out 1TB model, controller with headset jack, and PC adapter RetailHardware

PlayFab introduces a Free Tier

7 days ago Inspired by Unity, backend service company opens up key features to developers for nothing PublishingDevelopment

EGX Rezzed will return to London in 2016

8 days ago Indie focused event will be held in April 2016, retains partnership with the BAFTA Game Awards Events

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'Playmium' focused mobile dev Gigataur enters publishing

8 days ago Team appoints Michael Hengst as EU dev relations head MobilePublishingJobs

1 Sonic Dash passes 100 million downloads

8 days ago Mobile title is the most downloaded Sonic game in history MobileInsights

Apple introduces Metal for Mac

8 days ago "Great news for games" says Epic MobileDevelopment

2 No Xbox One or PS4 price cuts at E3 - Analyst

8 days ago Wedbush's Michael Pachter instead expects platform holders will drop price on previous generation systems by at least $50 RetailHardwareE3 2015

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Bigpoint hires new creative director

8 days ago Also adds a new director of art and content production DevelopmentJobs

TwitchCon to discuss fundraising, building communities

8 days ago Organizers for the first ever TwitchCon have shared some details about what to expect at the event Events

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2 Blizzard's Paul Sams joins Ready at Dawn as new CEO

8 days ago Industry veteran to oversee business and new publishing arm based in Texas

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Angry Birds strike Lego deal

8 days ago Next year's feature film adaptation will have tie-in toys from building block maker MobileMarketing

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14 Quality is the best strategy for app store discovery

9 days ago With both algorithms and curators, Graham McAllister believes that good games are the key to the mobile app stores MobileDevelopment

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Amazon staffing for "ambitious" PC game

9 days ago Online retailer's content strategy takes another turn, already has Half Life, The Last of Us veterans on board DevelopmentJobs

1 Evolution Studios vets found new VR studio

11 days ago Devs behind titles like DriveClub, MotorStorm and WipEout form Secret Sorcery to work on VR games DevelopmentVirtual Reality

Project Cars sells one million copies

11 days ago "Justifies the work both the team and the community have done over the years" RetailInsights

Vive Developer Editions now shipping

11 days ago Valve's virtual reality headset heading out into the wild DevelopmentVirtual Reality

6 Desura to devs: "We are not refusing to pay you"

11 days ago UPDATE: Parent company reportedly filing for bankruptcy Development

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8 Paid betas hurt Early Access - Tripwire

11 days ago Killing Floor 2 studio's Alan Wilson says some developers are disrespecting customers and Valve by charging for broken, buggy games

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1 Dota 2 tournament prize-pool is the largest in eSports

11 days ago The International breaks $11 million, on course for $15 million EventseSports

6 Valve dates Steam Machines, Controllers, Steam Link

11 days ago In-store launches for all three set for November 10, Valve releases video of final controller RetailHardware

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9 The App Store is changing - for the better

12 days ago "Apple's move shows that it is serious about reversing the race to the bottom, and putting companies that treat players like cattle in the back seat" MobilePublishing

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8 The persistent myth of the "MOBA market"

Opinion 12 days ago With Valve and Blizzard struggling to carve out niches and Warner Bros cutting its losses, MOBAs are stalled Online

Bungie Foundation raises $1m for Nepal

12 days ago Destiny players dig deep to help Direct Relief's disaster recovery CharityDevelopment

Oculus names Mobile VR Jam 2015 winners

12 days ago SteamCrew VR takes $200,000 Platinum prize EventsVirtual Reality

1 Super Mario, Pong among World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees

12 days ago The inaugural class of Hall of Fame inductees all had enormous impacts on players and the industry Events

2 Critical Consensus: Heroes of the Storm is a MOBA for the masses

12 days ago Blizzard will divide opinion with its effort to democratise the MOBA, but the critics are convinced MediaPublishing

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9 Could Nintendo take the Android plunge?

Opinion 13 days ago It would be crazy if Nintendo wasn't considering the Android architecture; but it's not like it'll make any difference to the NX' functionality either way MobileHardware

Global gaming market to hit $93 billion by 2019 - Report

13 days ago PricewaterhouseCoopers study says slowdown in traditional hardware won't be enough to offset growth in digital distribution and services PublishingInsights

Reload Studios scores $2m investment for VR

13 days ago World Innovation Lab backs shooter studio FinancialVirtual Reality

2 Black Tusk Studios becomes The Coalition

13 days ago Gears of War team has a rebrand ahead of E3 Development

eSports revenues to pass $250 million in 2015 - Newzoo

13 days ago US has fastest growing eSports audience with an 21% growth eSportsInsights

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1 Riot Games hires Warhammer writer

13 days ago Graham McNeill joins League Of Legends studio DevelopmentJobs

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10 Conflict minerals the real link between games and violence

Opinion 13 days ago Game industry's track record of making sure its money doesn't fund war crimes in DR Congo is improving, but still appalling PoliticsPublishing

4 Splatoon takes Japanese number one, boosts Wii U sales

13 days ago The Witcher 3's run at the top ended by Nintendo's new IP PublishingInsights

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1 Remedy CEO leaves after 15 years

13 days ago Matias Myllyrinne headed to Wargaming, tells GI.biz that he desired something new but Remedy will be fine Jobs

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3 Hinterland: Navigating Early Access with The Long Dark

14 days ago "It's our job to not be waylaid by all the feedback. Because that's what we do. We're game developers"

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Magic Leap releasing AR SDK soon

14 days ago Compatible with Unreal and Unity game engines Developer ToolsVirtual Reality

1 Warner Bros. shutting down Infinite Crisis only 2 months after launch

14 days ago Development on the DC Comics-based MOBA will cease immediately OnlinePublishingDevelopment

15 Steam now offering refunds

14 days ago For "any reason" if you play under two hours and apply within 14 days of purchase Retail

GameStop to acquire ThinkGeek

14 days ago Beats Hot Topic in bidding war RetailInsights

GameFly acquires Playcast, launches streaming service

14 days ago "This represents the perfect evolution of GameFly" says CEO Retail

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Perception constrained by reality

14 days ago Ex-Irrational dev Bill Gardner on the financial and creative challenges of his echolocation game

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1 Activision Blizzard improves conflict minerals sourcing

14 days ago Publisher says there's no longer reason to believe its products could be funding armed conflict LegalPublishing

Glu eyes $500m annual revenue from celebrity games

14 days ago CEO expects $1 billion annual revenue in 2020, with celebrity tie-ins contributing half MobileInsights