January 26, 2023 Pocket Gamer Connects MNM Gaming's Kalvin Chung on the cultural communication potential of Esports At Pocket Gamer Connects London CEO of MNM Gaming, Kalvin Chung, spoke about the cultural communication potential of Esports
August 17, 2021 20 Years Experience Jagex continues hiring spree with former Codemasters CFO Rashid Varachia Varachia will take on same role at the RuneScape developer
July 15, 2021 Rune For One More RuneScape developer Jagex picks up new hires from EA, Smilegate and Ubisoft "We’re extremely happy to be in a position where we can bring so many new and talented people…"
July 2, 2021 Buzzing Buzz Capital invests $594,000 in Dream Harvest and Fundamentally Games "The games sector is one of the few industries to have made huge gains during COVID…"
July 2, 2021 100 Million Installs Team17 acquires educational app developer StoryToys for $26.5 million "Team17 is the perfect home for StoryToys..."
March 2, 2021 All About The Beans Epic Games acquires Mediatonic parent company Tonic Games Details of the acquisition were not disclosed
December 29, 2020 2020 In Review Runescape product director Matt Casey looks ahead to 20th anniversary in 2021 "We’re launching it all over again"
November 17, 2020 Braking Out Why Project Cars is turning to mobile Slightly Mad Studios' Joe Barron discusses moving to mobile, Fast & Furious and why now is the right time to find a new audience
November 3, 2020 Remote Working "This is a really unusual time, it’s okay not be okay," says Team17 producer Emma Bates "It’s difficult because everyone has different circumstances and is working in different conditions..."
April 29, 2020 Emergency Appeal Ongoing National Videogame Museum continues fight for survival as it raises £130,000 "Every donation gets us closer to securing our future"
April 29, 2020 Quest Unlocked UK initiative SideQuest looks to encourage games careers for 3.3 million teenagers under lockdown Target of 100,000 to get into games
March 6, 2020 International Women’s Week Women in Gaming: Girls' Games Lab director Caoimhe Roddy on why "companies need to start being more flexible and proactive" "We need to focus a lot more on equity rather than equality"
February 20, 2020 Studio Closure Virtue Reality developer Ultimatum Games shuts down "We tried everything"
February 13, 2020 Capacity Full Microsoft's Project xCloud launches preview on iOS The UK, US and Canada only
February 4, 2020 Ukie Report Female representation in the games industry still "significantly" below UK national average Only 28 per cent of games workers are female
January 30, 2020 Refining Reflections GameRefinery acquires app developer market insight firm Reflection.io Platforms will be integrated for better analysis
January 28, 2020 Rolling Out Huawei approved for 5G across the UK in restricted capacity "Reassured by the UK government's confirmation"
January 28, 2020 Job News Miniclip appoints Tencent's Jurgen Post as new CEO Former CEO Rob Small moves to board president
January 28, 2020 Ukie Report UK game companies employ over 16,000 people and contribute $1.75 billion to the local economy Data collated from 2,100 games businesses in 2016
January 23, 2020 New Record SpecialEffect's One Special Day fundraises nearly $600,000 "Life-changing difference"
January 22, 2020 Loot Boxes NHS mental health director urges game developers to ban loot boxes “Frankly no company should be setting kids up for addiction"
January 17, 2020 Making Moves Google and BT partner to offer customers free Stadia Premiere with broadband deal UK residents can sign up until January 30th
January 10, 2020 P.l.a.y Former footballer Rio Ferdinand teams up with Ukie for parental control awareness campaign in games "They're easy to use and save a lot of arguments in the long run"
January 8, 2020 The Whole Package Classic UK games celebrated by Royal Mail with new line of stamps Influential UK-designed games from the '80s and '90s featured
January 2, 2020 Friend Or Foe Apple agrees new multi-year deal with Imagination Technologies to utilise IP The new multi-use license agreement replaces the former, which was announced in February 2014
January 2, 2020 Acquisition Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment for $1.85 million "Yippee allows us to accelerate our recruitment plans in the North West"
December 18, 2019 Testing Testing Activision Blizzard unveils "King's Council" group to test mobile ads Specialist players sought out depending on their playtime and engagement factor
September 11, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Pokemon Masters tops US free App Store rank Rankings from August 26th to October 1st
September 5, 2019 Job News UK games industry veteran Stuart Dinsey takes UKIE chair role He replaces Revolution's Noirin Carmody
September 2, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Voodoo's top 10 download dominance wanes Rankings from August 19th to 25th
August 29, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Gardenscapes, Homescapes and Township bag top 10 grossing spots Rankings from August 12th to 18th
August 15, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Fortnite’s mechs send the battle royale hit to number one in the US Rankings from July 29th to August 4th
August 8, 2019 Video Game Tax UK video games tax relief pays out $392 million to devs Over 1,075 games have made claims since 2014
August 6, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Raja helps Tencent claim top four highest grossing spots in China Rankings from July 22nd to 28th
July 29, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Game for Peace reclaims top spot from Honor of Kings in China Rankings from July 15th to 21st
July 22, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle strikes up US top grossing spot Rankings from July 8th to 14th
July 19, 2019 Just Like Magic Niantic and EE partner to bring Wizards Unite bonuses to the UK Inclusive data, sponsored Inns and licensed merchandise
July 15, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger Rankings from July 1st to July 7th
July 12, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Harry Potter remains stationary as Pokemon Go makes a comeback Rankings from June 24th to June 30th
July 4, 2019 Brexit Shenanigans UKIE says UK government needs to support industry as France launches campaign to attract companies 'Our reputation can be eroded in a globally competitive industry. The emergence of a programme designed to poach talent and businesses from the UK should remind policymakers of this fact'
July 4, 2019 Scotland Follows In Third TIGA names London and the South East as biggest games development hubs in the UK “London remains a games development powerhouse”
July 1, 2019 Weekly Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Wizards Unite hits top 10 US download charts but is not a top grosser Rankings from June 17th to June 23rd
July 1, 2019 Spellbinding Stuff Harry Potter: Wizards Unite enchants players with $3 million in first week 6.5 million downloads in seven days
June 28, 2019 Investigation Games industry only "paying lip service" to addiction, says DCMS committee chair Companies aren't taking the issue seriously enough according to MP Damian Collins
June 28, 2019 Work Conditions UK media and entertainment union BECTU investigating working conditions in games "We know there are also challenges that people face in their working lives, whether to do with stress, pay, long hours, or harassment"
June 25, 2019 “we’ll Take The Lot” Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on track to earn $10 million in first month AR game brought in $1.1 million from opening weekend
June 24, 2019 Weekly Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US Rankings from June 10th to June 16th