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The National Videogame Museum will reopen on August 22nd News Aug 20th, 2020

The National Videogame Museum will reopen on August 22nd

It was forced to close due to COVID-19

Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million News Jul 30th, 2020

Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million

Plans to invest $300 million over the next five years

The UK games industry is showing resilience against the coronavirus News Jul 22nd, 2020

The UK games industry is showing resilience against the coronavirus

45 per cent of businesses have increased revenue

The UK bans Huawei from its 5G networks News Jul 17th, 2020

The UK bans Huawei from its 5G networks

"The UK can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future Huawei 5G equipment"

Nintendo Switch sales have more than doubled in the UK since last year News Jul 3rd, 2020

Nintendo Switch sales have more than doubled in the UK since last year

Likely due to the lockdown

The UK's House of Lords calls for loot boxes to face gambling regulations News Jul 2nd, 2020

The UK's House of Lords calls for loot boxes to face gambling regulations

DCMS first investigated the issue last year

The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling News Jun 8th, 2020

The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling

Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction

The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding News May 21st, 2020

The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding

Mobile studios include Panic Barn and Jolly Good Games

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list News May 15th, 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list

Worth over $1 billion combined

Ukie launches new initiative for NHS workers, Games for Carers News Apr 29th, 2020

Ukie launches new initiative for NHS workers, Games for Carers

Over 85,000 games will be made available

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit? Mobile Mavens Jan 31st, 2020

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

Post-referendum discussion from the UK mobile games industry

Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio News Dec 13th, 2019

Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio

Will focus on racing games

UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals News Dec 13th, 2019

UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals

“The success of Lemmings has borne this out”

as Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital News Nov 15th, 2019

Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital

Invests in Sheffield co-developer

Luigi’s Mansion 3 hoovers up the competition to become Switch’s biggest launch of 2019 News Nov 5th, 2019

Luigi’s Mansion 3 hoovers up the competition to become Switch’s biggest launch of 2019

Places second in overall charts to Call of Duty

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