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- AppLovin offers to buy Unity for $17.5B https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/applovin-offers-to-buy-unity-for-17-5-billion/ 3 comments
- Xsolla fires 150 employees based on big data analysis of their activity https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/xsolla-fires-150-employees-based-on-big-data-analysis-of-their-activity-many-of-you-might-be-shocked-but-i-truly-believe-that-xsolla-is-not-for-you/ 82 comments
- CD Projekt Red is under investigation https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/cd-projekt-red-is-under-investigation-by-polands-office-of-competition-and-consumer-protection/ 238 comments
- New EU regulation strengthens hand of developers in dealings with storefronts https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/new-eu-regulation-strengthens-hand-of-developers-and-publishers-in-dealings-with-storefronts/ 50 comments
- ‘Didn’t we already kill this game?’ [FIFA origin story] http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rejection-tragedy-and-billions-of-dollars-the-story-of-fifa/0120299 4 comments
- Rejection, tragedy and billions of dollars – The story of FIFA Video Games http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rejection-tragedy-and-billions-of-dollars-the-story-of-fifa/0120299 23 comments
- Meet the gaming headset that "overclocks" your brain by electrocuting it http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/meet-that-gaming-headset-that-overclocks-your-brain-by-electrocuting-it/0118222 3 comments
- Xbox One re-overtakes PS4 on Amazon bestseller charts in UK http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-re-overtakes-ps4-on-amazon-bestseller-charts/0117431 3 comments
- Blackberry's Euro MD ignores iPhone questions in BBC interview http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/blackberry-s-euro-md-bates-ignores-iphone-questioning-on-bbc-radio-5live/0110091 48 comments
- PSN has been hacked again http://www.mcvuk.com/news/44380/Sony-suffers-frech-hack 64 comments
- Business News: "I literally cannot sell units on Switch. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes me really sad for the eShop." – Why indies are struggling to be seen on the Nintendo Switch eShop https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/i-literally-cannot-sell-units-on-switch-its-heartbreaking-and-it-makes-me-really-sad-for-the-eshop-why-indies-are-struggling-to-be-seen-on-the-switch-eshop/ 11 comments gamedev
- Over half of gamers in the U.K. intend to buy a next-gen console within three months of launch – 84 per cent named PlayStation 5 as their most anticipated next generation console https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/over-half-of-gamers-intend-to-buy-a-next-gen-console-within-three-months-of-launch-with-the-ps5-the-clear-favourite/amp/ 15 comments europe
- New EU regulation strengthens hand of developers and publishers in dealings with storefronts https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/new-eu-regulation-strengthens-hand-of-developers-and-publishers-in-dealings-with-storefronts/ 4 comments programming
- “All of our games… will play up and down that family of devices” – Xbox’s Matt Booty ends the next-gen exclusive as we know it https://www.mcvuk.com/we-need-to-deliver-on-the-promises-that-we-make-xbox-game-studios-matt-booty-on-the-future-of-xbox/ 12 comments microsoft
- Microsoft officially states that its game studios will be releasing only on Microsoft platforms. https://www.mcvuk.com/aint-no-party-like-an-xbox-party-aaron-greenberg-clarifies-exclusivity-stance-and-explains-why-the-upcoming-x019-is-coming-to-london/ 121 comments linux_gaming
- Just 6% of devs think Valve justifies its 30% Steam cut, says new GDC poll https://www.mcvuk.com/business/just-6-of-devs-think-valve-justifies-its-30-steam-cut-says-new-gdc-poll 502 comments gamedev
- Unity will release the Entity Component System, the C# Jobs System and the Burst compiler at GDC https://www.mcvuk.com/development/exclusive-unity-takes-a-principled-step-into-triple-a-performance-at-gdc 56 comments gamedev
- Valve puling Linux games from Steam that fail to meet SteamOS standards http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/valve-puling-linux-games-from-steam-that-fail-to-meet-steamos-standards-report/0157565?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+mcvuk%2Fstream+%28mcv%3A+home+stream%29 17 comments technology
- Dreamcast console sales spike following Shenmue III reveal http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/dreamcast-console-sales-spike-following-shenmue-iii-reveal/0154989 7 comments nottheonion
- European Commission: Our 'Digital Single Market' will strengthen the industry http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/european-commission-our-digital-single-market-will-strengthen-the-industry/0153432 38 comments europe
- Bankrupt RadioShack selling off personal details of 117m customers http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/bankrupt-radioshack-selling-off-personal-details-of-117m-customers/0147150 80 comments electronics
- Valve admits it needs to communicate with fans more http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/valve-admits-it-needs-to-communicate-with-fans-more/0146390 7 comments nottheonion
- Valve's former in-house economist could be the next Greek finance minister http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/valve-s-former-in-house-economist-could-be-the-next-greek-finance-minister/0144362 4 comments worldnews
- GCHQ identified Kinect as possible snooping tool; Microsoft denies all knowledge http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gchq-identified-kinect-as-possible-snooping-tool/0128871 40 comments privacy
- GCHQ identified Kinect as possible snooping tool; Microsoft denies all knowledge http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gchq-identified-kinect-as-possible-snooping-tool/0128871 28 comments worldnews
- Microsoft co-founder (Paul Allen) thinks Xbox should be sold-off http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/microsoft-co-founder-thinks-xbox-should-be-sold-off/0124204 92 comments technology
- The story of how the FIFA video game franchise went from an afterthought to a global phenomenon http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rejection-tragedy-and-billions-of-dollars-the-story-of-fifa/0120299 185 comments soccer
- Microsoft targeting "potentially upwards of a billion" next-gen console unit sales http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/microsoft-targeting-potentially-upwards-of-a-billion-next-gen-console-unit-sales/0116140 5 comments nottheonion
- Draw Something dev making $100k a day http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/draw-something-dev-making-100k-a-day/093002 4 comments technology
- The man who fixed FIFA http://www.mcvuk.com/news/45187/the-man-who-fixed-fifa 13 comments soccer
- FIFA 12 lands on September 30th http://www.mcvuk.com/news/45024/fifa-12-lands-on-september-30th 3 comments soccer
- Ashley Cole's love for Black Ops has him putting in 5 hours a night. Remember that next time Chelsea lose. http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41996/ashley-coles-love-for-black-ops 7 comments soccer
- Global piracy rate (love it or hate it) at 41% http://www.mcvuk.com/news/34296/41-of-all-PC-software-is-pirated 9 comments software