Game development news

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that the games industry must protect children from loot boxes, but has yet to announce any formal legislation

Maya Rand, founder and CEO of TheXPlace, billed as a new way to connect and find work in the gaming industry

Playstack and Laser Dog Games have announced that they will work together to open a new micro-studio called Playstack Leeds

Luke Ross, creator of VR mods for Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Mafia series, has received a DMCA takedown notice from Take-Two Interactive

Adverty has announced a collaboration with Oracle Moat to provide enhanced measurement and verification across in-game ad environments

Exient intends to lay off a sizable portion of its staff, a source has told MCV/DEVELOP

The four award winners have been announced for the BAFTA Young Game Designers 2022 competition

Unity has made over 300 people redundant at their offices around the world, according to an investigation by Kotaku

Omeda Studios, an indie game developer working on cross-platform MOBA game called Predecessor has closed its second round of funding

Niantic has cancelled four of its upcoming titles and started to lay off staff