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Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent

Yesterday Taiyo subsidiary will offer "voluntary retirement" to 200 employees as part of restructuring effort FinancialInsights

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Sega Europe: "We're definitely on the right track"

Yesterday Niche PC franchises and European dev talent is now the bedrock of Sega's games business, with Creative Assembly leading the charge PublishingDevelopment

3 "We weren't expecting this many people would buy a PlayStation 4"

8 hours ago Shuhei Yoshida says platform still exceeding expectations RetailHardware

14 Valve: "The idea that VR must get you sick is bullshit"

3 days ago Chet Faliszek told the EGX crowd that the developer, not the hardware, is responsible for creating feelings of nausea DevelopmentVirtual Reality

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1 "I think a lot of people were expecting me to charge everybody"

2 days ago John Riccitiello's vision for the future of Unity ToolsUnite 2015

Five factors key to making eSports a $1bn business by 2020

Yesterday Newzoo lays out a roadmap for competitive gaming's growth eSportsInsights

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SOMA sells 92,000 in ten days

33 minutes ago "Our goal for SOMA's sales is 100,000 after a month" RetailInsights

3 Valve wipes user reviews over free Steam keys

9 hours ago RosePortal Games paid a high price for swapping game access for community reviews OnlineMarketing

3 Introversion has earned $19m from Prison Architect

9 hours ago "We think that Prison Architect could be the biggest hit of the next 15 years at Introversion" PublishingDevelopmentInsights

GamesAid raises �564,000

19 hours ago UK charity breaks fundraising record for eighth year in a row Charity

1 Black Forest Games loses Diesel trademark dispute

20 hours ago "This decision has caught us with our pants down" Legal

1 Star Wars Battlefront won't save the Battlefield franchise - SuperData

21 hours ago The game should see $800m in revenues but it won't reverse Battlefield's continued decline, says firm RetailPublishingInsights

Twisted Pixel Games is an indie again

21 hours ago Ends partnership with Microsoft, but will continue working together Development

1 Cost Per Loyal User passes $4 for the first time - Fiksu

23 hours ago The mobile marketing firm notes that the cost is way up (117 percent) over last year MobileInsights

Divinity: Original Sin II ends with over $2m

Yesterday Larian Studios passes $500,000 goal by some distance DevelopmentCrowd Funding

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Mind Candy COO departs

Yesterday Divina Knowles will remain on its board of directors. Jobs

Super Mario Maker still Japan's #1

Yesterday New 3DS XL tops hardware chart RetailInsights

EGX grows attendance to 75,000

Yesterday Gamer Network operated event becoming more international with 45% of visitors traveling at least 100 miles Events

Sniper Elite franchise reaches 10 million sold

Yesterday Rebellion is planning a month of celebratory content RetailInsights

1 Super Mario Maker sells 1 million

Yesterday The game hit the sales milestone in just a few weeks since launch RetailInsights

1 Hothead Games opens new Halifax studio

Yesterday Development team of 25 working on Kill Shot franchise Development

6 GameStop: “Disc-based games will be around forever”

2 days ago Retail CEO Paul Raines not concerned about growth of digital Retail

Humble Bundle expands "choose your own charity" feature to all bundles

2 days ago "Will allow our community to support the causes that personally matter to them" RetailCharity

1 GameStop to hire 28,000 seasonal workers

2 days ago Retailer ups holiday staff 12 per cent on last year Retail

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Research firm says iOS 9 adoption rates running around 45%

2 days ago deltaDNA says newer devices more likely to switch, but many people cautious MobileInsights

Microsoft to report Xbox results under "More Personal Computing" segment

2 days ago Three new operating segments also include Productivity and Business Processes and Intelligent Cloud BusinessInsights

8 Google Play APK limit doubled to 100MB

2 days ago Android developers given more control over the quality and complexity of their games MobileDevelopment

1 Project Spark ditches micro-transactions

2 days ago Microsoft exits "the content creation business" as it transitions to an "incubation environment" PublishingDevelopment

Over 20,000 attend first Twitchcon

3 days ago 1.9 million unique online viewers for streamer show EventsMedia

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1 FarmVille creator Mark Skaggs leaves Zynga

3 days ago Internal memo from Mark Pincus outlines other personnel changes as well SocialJobs

Mobile eSports company Skillz raises $15m in Series B funding

3 days ago "We see eSports as the future of sports" FinancialeSports

13 Sony: "Climate is not healthy" for a new PlayStation handheld

3 days ago Shuhei Yoshida talks Vita on stage at EGX MobileHardware

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2 Atomhawk opens new studio, appoints new studio head

3 days ago Concept art and design studio expands to London with Mat Hart at the helm Jobs

iPhone 6s, 6s Plus sell 13m in launch weekend

3 days ago Boosted by China, Apple has broken the previous sales record it set with the launch of the iPhone 6 MobileHardwareInsights

3 FIFA 16's week one UK sales down versus FIFA 15

3 days ago Unit sales slip 7 per cent, but EA's franchise still claims the UK number one RetailInsights

Wizards of the Coast settles Hex lawsuit

3 days ago Reaches agreement with Cryptozoic and Hex over similarities with Magic: The Gathering Legal

3 Oculus exec warns uptake may be slow

6 days ago VP of product suggests content, price issues may keep virtual reality tech from changing the industry overnight Virtual Reality

Watch TwitchCon live now!

6 days ago Tune in as the game streaming site kicks off its first conference in San Francisco Streaming

30 Twitch policy on nudity a "disgrace" - Yang

6 days ago Creator of Rinse and Repeat takes streaming service to task after it bans his shower simulator from broadcast DevelopmentStreaming

6 Carmack: Minecraft is "the single most important application for VR"

6 days ago Oculus CTO revels in "huge, huge win" for the Rift; details of Oculus Platform online service revealed PublishingVirtual Reality

"Oculus Ready" PC line to start at under $1000

6 days ago Rift bundles will be an option; Touch controllers to ship in Q2 2016 HardwareVirtual Reality

Revolution's Noirin Carmody is the new chair of Ukie

6 days ago Andy Payne steps down after 10 years as chair; Bidwell, Barratt, Rigden and Woodley elected to the board PublishingDevelopment

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30 All creative staff should support the actors

Opinion 6 days ago Actors haven't jumped an imaginary queue by demanding better treatment, but their stand might improve conditions for all creatives Politics

2 Capy's Vella confronts industry opinions

7 days ago Tackles the accepted truths that could be holding indie developers back DevelopmentGaming Insiders 2015

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1 Lucy Bradshaw leaves EA

7 days ago Senior VP concludes 23-year stint at publisher as Maxis moves under EA Mobile's oversight Jobs

Nordic acquires Codename: Panzers franchise

7 days ago 18 months after picking up Cold War, publisher grabs rest of real-time tactics series from Neocoregames Business

11 Oculus announces new $99 Gear VR

7 days ago Lighter version of mobile headset will work with major 2015 Samsung phones, hits stores starting this November HardwareVirtual Reality

1 Watch the Oculus Connect 2 livestream here

7 days ago Michael Abrash, John Carmack and more set to update the latest and greatest in VR EventsVirtual Reality

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Gameloft shutters Seattle studio

7 days ago Mobile publisher makes its eighth studio shutdown of 2015, this one less than a year after opening it Jobs

1 Turner forms Counter-Strike eSports league, TV series

7 days ago Valve on board as broadcaster and WME/IMG plan to air 20 live events on TBS next year eSports

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1 Roblox rolling out on Xbox One

7 days ago User-driven game creation tool cracks into consoles as Microsoft allows would-be devs to sell their wares on its system

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Microsoft and Creative England double Greenshoots fund

7 days ago Third year brings �500,000 for investment in English developers PublishingDevelopment

All 4 Games recruits talent from Sony, Outplay

7 days ago Channel 4 label is now open for business, with a Roadshow starting next month PublishingDevelopment