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Ubisoft Shares Skyrocket On Buyout Speculation
Shares in game developer Ubisoft surge after report Guillemot family and China's Tencent considering taking company private
Hollywood Video Game Performers Strike Over AI Fears
Performers for major game producers including Activision and EA go on strike after 18 months of negotiations over generative AI protections
China Approves Microsoft-Activision Deal ‘Unconditionally’
Chinese regulator approves $69 Microsoft-Activision Blizzard takeover 'unconditionally' amidst opposition from US and UK
Sega Offers £625m For Studio Behind ‘Angry Birds’
Sonic the Hedgehog maker Sega offers 706m euros for Rovio, studio behind pioneering mobile game Angry Birds
E3 Video Game Gala Event Cancelled
Organisers cancel E3 video game gala return to in-person event as long-running conference struggles to adapt to post-Covid world
Study: Nine In Ten UK Game Sales Went Digital In 2022
Industry figures find nearly nine in ten video game sales were digital downloads last year, amidst pandemic-inspired home entertainment surge
Twitch Confirms Huge Data Breach Of Confidential Data
Amazon's video streaming service Twitch admits it has suffered a huge data breach, after source code and earnings information is posted online
‘Evolutionary’ AI Tricks Classic Video Game Q*bert Into Delivering Points Overdrive
New research demonstrates evolutionary techniques may hold promise for training artificial intelligences of the future
Microsoft Ends Windows 10 Kinect Adaptor Production
Microsoft hammers another, possibly final, nail in Kinect's coffin as businesses are encouraged to migrate from the platform
PyeongChang 2018: Intel Brings 5G And eSports To Winter Olympics
Intel uses its Olympic technology partnership to bring 5G and eSports to Winter Olympics in PyeongChang 2018
Pokemon Go Fest Suffers Connectivity And Server Problems
Pokemon Go suffers more technical issues, but this time on a much more micro level, highlighting need to support special events
Microsoft AI Beats Ms Pac-Man Top Score
The AI training techniques could be used to train better AIs for other tasks
Tales In Tech History: The Xbox & Microsoft’s Big Gaming Adventure
In November 2001 Microsoft introduced its Xbox console which, despite some hiccups, remains the main competitor to Sony's PlayStation
Tech Quiz: Video Game Technology
The original Xbox was released in the UK 15 years ago, but what do you know about video game technology?
Nintendo Bug Bounty Programme Rewards Hackers For 3DS Vulnerabilities
Nintendo has launched a bug bounty programme, offering rewards of up to $20,000 for vulnerabilities around its 3DS family of systems
How Google Cloud Helped Pokémon Go Cope With 50 Times Expected Launch Traffic
Pokemon Go developer Niantic Labs said it took just four engineers to scale up to support massive demand for the game's launch
Minecraft: Education Edition Launches 1 November
Schools will be able to access the building game for $5 per year, per user
Pokemon Go To Add Location Ad Sponsorship In The Ultra-Popular Game
ANALYSIS: Businesses that want to be featured in Pokémon GO will now be able to pay to sponsor the locations used in the game as monetization expands.
Security Researchers Find 215 Fake Pokemon Go Apps And Issue Android Ransomware Warning
Pokemon Go's popularity is inspiring cybercriminals as first ever Android lock screen app is found
Quiz Of The Week: Video Game Technology
Do you know your AR from your VR and your Nintendo from your Sony? Take our video game technology quiz here!
EE 4G Had 350,000 Pokemon Go Players Before Official UK Launch
Pokemon Go has arrived in the UK but popularity of pre-launch downloads on EE 4G highlights scale of security risks for businesses
What Pokemon Go Means For IT Departments
ANALYSIS: Pokemon Go presents security, privacy and productivity challenges for IT departments
Amazon Web Services Launches Two Video Game Development Platforms
AWS Lumberyard and Amazon GameLift target professional developers and include VR headset and Twitch integration
New £4m Fund Will Support UK Game Developers
Startup developers to be given grants and support as government seeks the next 'Tomb Raider'
Minecraft Passwords And User Names ‘Leaked’ Online
Minecraft players may have more than just creepers to worry about
Games Maker Blizzard Suffers From European DDoS Attack
DDoS attack in Europe inadvertently hits games maker
Wurm MMORPG Offers €10k Bounty For DDoS Attacker Info
Reward offered as Wurm struggles to come back online
NSA And GCHQ Targets World Of Warcraft And Xbox Live – Snowden
British and US agents search video games for intelligence, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden
Valve Joins Linux Foundation Ahead Of SteamOS Launch
Software developer is one of three new organisations to join Linux Foundation