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Nintendo shutting down Wii U and 3DS online multiplayer and services in April 2024
Exact date will be communicated closer to the time, Pokemon Bank will continue to operate
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Former BioWare employees sue for better severance after layoffs
Seven plaintiffs are requesting fair pay, plus damages for "unreasonably poor treatment"
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Epic Games introducing IARC age ratings for Fortnite Creative Mode content
Unrated player creations will be delisted from November 14
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Puny Human shutting down after client refused to send payments
16-year-old studio helped co-develop The Callisto Protocol, The Bard's Tale 4 and more
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UK regulator appealing to resume investigation into cloud gaming
Competition and Markets Authority will face Competition Appeal Tribunal in hearing today
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Team17's Michael Pattison leaves amidst company restructure
Lay-offs expected at Team17, although Astragon and Storytoys are unaffected
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The GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work UK Awards 2023 in pictures
See the winners and highlights from last week's ceremony right here
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GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit: The event in pictures
Check out the highlights from last week, when we took over BAFTA to discuss the future of working in games
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EA Sports FC 24 is the UK's second biggest retail launch of 2023 | UK Boxed Charts
Publisher's first post-FIFA title sells 30% fewer physical copies than last year, but shows improvement on Switch
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SAG-AFTRA talks with game companies fail to reach an agreement
Outcome follows 98% of union members voting to authorise a potential strike action
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Has Unity repaired the damage done by its Runtime Fee plans?
Developers share their reactions to the engine provider's revised policy and their remaining concerns for the future
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UK preliminarily approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
CMA says modified deal addresses main issues in cloud gaming space but "residual concerns" remain
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The current state of games investment
Investors and publishers discuss the biggest challenges of the past few years, and how this might change when global economic uncertainty eases
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Crystal Dynamics is latest Embracer studio to suffer layoffs
Tomb Raider developer cuts ten positions "to align… with current business needs"
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Everything we learned from the Xbox leak
Mid-gen refreshes for Xbox Series X and S, a hybrid cloud gaming platform, the next generated dated, and more
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What did the industry really learn from the Xbox leak? | Microcast
Latest episode available to download now
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Phil Spencer on Xbox leaks: "So much has changed"
Court orders all documents taken offline after Microsoft inadvertently reveals non-public information about its plans
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Xbox Series X and S mid-gen refreshes Brooklin and Ellewood expected next year
Internal documents also show Bethesda line-up, including Dishonored 3 plus remasters for Oblivion and Fallout 3
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Most Xbox Game Pass subscribers pay full price
Court documents also show Game Pass had almost double the userbase as Xbox Live Gold in April 2022
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Unity's scramble to recover from Runtime Fee backlash | Microcast
Latest episode available to download now
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Devs on Unity Runtime Fee: "The trust is gone forever"
As the industry awaits Unity's revised plan for install fees, developers question whether they will ever trust the engine provider again
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Unity apologises for controversial Runtime Fee, promises changes to the policy
Engine provider will "share an update in a couple of days"
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Developers switch off Unity ads in Runtime Fee protest
Collective of 16 studios have cut off all Unity-based monetisation, call for more to developers do the same
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AAA games on iPhone 15 Pro: Game changers or gimmick? | Opinion
Bringing blockbusters to mobile is a potentially exciting prospect, but there are still a lot of questions to be answered
