James Batchelor
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Sociable Soccer's Jon Hare says real player names are "vital" as studio secures FIFPRO licence
Indie arcade-style football game will feature 13,000 real-world players at launch next month, with more to be added later
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Sony expects boost in PS5 sales now supply chain issues have finally been resolved
Global marketing boss Eric Lempel predicts Christmas 2023 will be "one of the strongest seasons in our history"
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Street Fighter 6 drives record H1 results for Capcom's games division
Publisher saw net sales rise 53% to $498 million, sold 22.6 million games
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Lords of the Fallen was CI Games' most expensive project at $66m
Million-selling game's development, excluding engine license fees, cost $41.9 million
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UK games jobs vacancies reaches three-year low
Number of vacancies available this month drops to 1,300 - only 33 of which are for junior positions
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Starfield and Game Pass drive record Q1 gaming revenues for Microsoft
Hardware sales drop, but Xbox expects further gaming growth following Activision acquisition
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Microsoft drops Game Pass growth target for CEO compensation
Satya Nadella's performance-based pay targets were tied to overall Xbox growth in 2023 but games division fell short
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Peter Molyneux is returning to his roots
Veteran and sometimes controversial game developer on his return to PC and console, and countering the notion that everything he says is a promise
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Square Enix's trust in Powerwash Simulator studio paved the way for crossover DLC
FuturLab says without Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy content packs, the developer wouldn't have gained access to SpongeBob, Warhammer and more
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Frontier to lay off unknown number of staff in organisational review
Disappointing financial performance, including lower than expected sales of F1 Manager, prompt cost-cutting measures
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Bandcamp dismisses 50% of its staff amid Epic Games mass layoffs
Other half of workforce will stay on as music platform is sold to licensing company Songtradr
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So, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?
Analysts and developers weigh in on the completion of gaming's biggest M&A deal to date - and what happens next
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Microsoft cleared to acquire Activision Blizzard as UK grants approval
CMA believes modified deal selling streaming rights to Ubisoft will preserve competition in cloud gaming
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Modified Microsoft/ABK deal will reportedly avoid further EU probe
Sources said European Commission satisfied by changes made for UK's Competition and Markets Authority
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How to be a great leader at a games company – without going bananas
No Brake Games' Sitara Shefta shares advice on how to best support your team, and enable them to support you
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Myth of Empires legal dispute over allegedly stolen Ark: Survival Evolved source code now settled
Snail Games and Angela Game will work together to re-release MMO on PC and other platforms
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Video Games Tax Relief has triggered £2.4bn in UK economic growth since 2014
Games Investor Consulting estimates tax relief has generated and protected 18,000 development jobs and 32,000 other roles
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Activision Blizzard expects to add games to Game Pass next year
Modern Warfare 3 or Diablo 4 won't hit subscription service this year, despite expected closure of Microsoft acquisition
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Here's everything the GamesIndustry.biz team is doing at EGX 2023
Fireside chats with Sam Lake and Peter Molyneux, Sea of Thieves and Banjo-Kazooie panels, and (of course) the GI Academy and Investment Summit
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Ubisoft says it's "on the right path" to recover from "misconduct crisis"
Chief people officer Anika Grant shared an update on the publisher's progress at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit
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CD Projekt staff form union for Polish developers
New organisation warns that "mass layoffs are a danger to the gamedev industry"
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Microsoft reportedly aiming to complete Activision Blizzard acquisition next week
Reports suggest deal will close on Friday, October 13 - ahead of October 18 deadline
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What the current wave of layoffs means for the games industry
Analysts, recruiters and investors weigh in on the impact of mass redundancies, and the longer term prospects for the business of video games
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The GI Academy Zone at EGX: Full schedule detailed
Experts from PlayStation, Larian Studios, Rare, Media Molecule, Sports Interactive, Rebellion and more will be on hand to offer advice and review portfolios
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Five former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation
Serge Hascoët and Tommy François among those in custody