UK gamers may not have long to wait to get their hands on the official release of Pokemon Go. The game’s rollout outside of North America and Australia/New Zealand was earlier described as being on hold as co-developer Niantic struggled to keep up with the server demands of the title’s …
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UK government will provide creators with grants of up to £50,000 to support the development of projects and growth of studios
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Trade body asks government to provide workers with “the confidence and assurance that they are not going to be asked to leave the UK at some stage”
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Overwhelming majority of British games firms previously backed remaining in the EU
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Firm has worked with studios such as The Chinese Room and Futurlab over the past year
Read More »Hello Games settles three-year legal battle over No Man’s Sky name
Broadcaster Sky allows UK developer to keep sci-fi game's title
Read More »UK talent development initiative Tranzfuser announces first teams
Government-backed programme will help budding studios produce a working prototype and apply for further funding of up to £25,000 to start a company
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UK’s ‘biggest ever game jam’ saw over 200 devs build games in three days based on ‘You already won’ theme
Read More »‘BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits opens new doors for indie devs’
Creative Assembly senior games designer Catherine Woolley was named as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits in 2015. Ahead of the closing of submissions for this year's awards on May 30th, she reflects on the importance of highlighting up-and-coming games talent in the UK
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