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Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games News Jul 19th, 2021

Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games

The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland

How Inkle Studios created a hit in 100 days Feature Jul 19th, 2021

How Inkle Studios created a hit in 100 days

"Let’s make something really fast, and really fun..."

Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier will step down, four months after EA acquisition Job News Jul 7th, 2021

Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier will step down, four months after EA acquisition

Rashid Varachia will step down at the end of July as well

Cut the Rope star Om Nom gets new soft-launched title with Cybernom News Jan 5th, 2021

Cut the Rope star Om Nom gets new soft-launched title with Cybernom

ZeptoLab will be looking to recreate the success of Om Nom: Run

UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to increase esports sector News Oct 20th, 2020

UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to increase esports sector

New research shows that country's pro-gaming sector saw 8.5% jobs increase annually between 2016 and 2019

UK games industry growing at its fastest ever rate News Oct 19th, 2020

UK games industry growing at its fastest ever rate

"A number of forces are driving growth in our industry"

The UK games market could be worth £10 billion by 2023 News Sep 30th, 2020

The UK games market could be worth £10 billion by 2023

"One of the biggest indicators of the success of video game development and sales in the UK is the speed at which the jobs market has grown"

Playrix soft-launches match-three puzzler Farmscapes News Aug 17th, 2020

Playrix soft-launches match-three puzzler Farmscapes

New mobile title is available across Canada, Australia and the UK

Exclusive: Houseparty App sees nearly 3000% increase in downloads following coronavirus lockdown News Apr 1st, 2020

Exclusive: Houseparty App sees nearly 3000% increase in downloads following coronavirus lockdown

16 million downloads for the month of March

Rovio soft-launches turn-based RPG Angry Birds Legends News Mar 30th, 2020

Rovio soft-launches turn-based RPG Angry Birds Legends

Available on Android in the UK, Sweden and Finland

King offers UK Candy Crush players unlimited lives to distract from coronavirus News Mar 24th, 2020

King offers UK Candy Crush players unlimited lives to distract from coronavirus

Offer lasts until 11pm GMT on March 29th

UK government closes all "non-essential" shops including electronics and video games to prevent coronavirus spread News Mar 24th, 2020

UK government closes all "non-essential" shops including electronics and video games to prevent coronavirus spread

Stores closed for three weeks minimum

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