PUBG Corporation invests $10m in venture capital firm
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds developer "looking to foster the next generation of video game developers around the world"
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Haydn Taylor, Senior Staff Writer
Haydn joined GamesIndustry.biz in 2017 having previously worked as a regional journalist, and a political campaigns manager before that. They are also one of the UK's foremost Sonic the Hedgehog apologists.
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"We leave an operational as well as financially successful quarter behind us," says CEO
Tencent profits soar amid COVID-19 pandemic
Second quarter results testify to the "diligence of our teams and resilience of our business model" says Tencent CEO
Tim Sweeney: Apple has "gone crazy" over rev share approach
"Apple has no right to take any percent of any company's revenue just because they made the phone people use to access the stuff," says Epic Games founder
Loot boxes should be a consumer protection matter not a gambling one, says EU report
EU lacks authority to regulate gambling across member states but could tackle "problematic design features" from a different perspective
Google blocks anti-fascist game for containing references to Nazis
"Stores and platforms have to deal with hateful content, if reviewers took a closer look at Attentat 1942 for just a moment, they would find out we are not that," says developer
GDC Survey: One third of game businesses suffering decline amid COVID-19 pandemic
Decline is offset by similar numbers seeing business improve, but 25% of developers have been hit financially
Moderating the "marketplace of ideas" with user-made gaming platform Core
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Huuuge Games acquires Dutch advertising startup
Mobile developer now has 11 international offices and over 600 staff
Researchers criticise whiteboard technical tests
Software engineer hiring practice discriminates against women, suggests study
Traplight closes €8m investment round
Finnish mobile dev to focus on live-service development of latest title, Battle Legion
EA developing an addiction to executive overpay, says investment group
CtW Investment Group launches shareholder campaign against publisher, highlights "complete fallacy" of above-ordinary compensation as a motivator
Manticore Games launches $1m creator fund for proprietary game dev platform
Core creator economy kickstarted after four months in Alpha
Former Bungie boss says deal with Activision "not a marriage made in heaven at all"
"We knew it was a risk right from the get go, and it turned out to be exactly as bad as we thought it to be," says Marty O'Donnell
Since launching four years ago today, Pokémon Go has grossed $3.6bn
Despite global lockdown, Niantic's location-based mobile game is on track for another record year
Naughty Dog condemns abusive fan response to The Last of Us 2
Creative director Neil Druckman and voice actor Laura Bailey receive death threats and abuse over game's narrative decisions
Overcoming the "ugly necessity" of scaling back inactive teams
Matchmaking platform SupplyDrop aims to connect studios that have too many developers with those that have too few
Confederate flag and other "notorious iconography" banned in Forza
Anti-police brutality phrases such as a ACAB and FTP also banned
Global games market value to reach $159bn in 2020
Revenue and audience growth booms in Africa, Middle East, and Latin America
Ubisoft and Insomniac face allegations over mistreatment of women
Update: "We must do better," says Ubisoft, hires external consultants to clean house
Twitch will issue permanent suspensions to abusers on its platform
Investigation is ongoing as Twitch takes additional steps to combat abuse and hate within its communities
Avast finds 17 Trojan gaming apps still available on Google Play
Online security firm reported 47 Trojan gaming apps to Google, which have been downloaded 15 million times
Microsoft makes $250,000 donation for Pride Month
"A dialogue can lead to understanding, and understanding can lead to change," says tech giant
Industry's abuse problem brought into focus by latest wave of allegations
Less than a year since high profile industry figures named, dozens of streamers, influencers and developers called out for abusive behaviour
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