Sony will close down SingStar servers in January 2020
Online sales, support and shared content will be pulled, 15 years after the series debuted
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Esports firm eFuse raises $1.4m
Ohio-based startup will launch its esports hub app in December
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President J. Allen Brack's opening speech rings hollow as company changes no policies, stands by Hearthstone pro's ban for supporting Hong Kong protesters
Self-help app "investigating" after accusations of stealing art, animation from Gris
Devolver Digital shares side-by-side comparison of Fabulous video, Gris gameplay and cutscenes
Braid and the beauty of not wasting time
Why I Love: A Duel Hand Disaster dev Jaycee Salinas takes inspiration from the indie time manipulation platformer
Supercell shuts down Rush Wars after three months of beta
PvP strategy title cancelled due to "repetitive" nature, concerns about longevity
The Nintendo Switch has sold 10m units in Japan
Japanese sales make up nearly one-fourth of total console sales (including the Lite)
China gaming regulator publishes new rules for minors targeting playtime, spending
Age-rating system still in the works as restrictions are tightened, expanded to mobile games
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Contact Chris Buckley, Sales ManagerBrass Lion Entertainment aims to diversify the industry
New studio from AAA vets will focus on original games "that center on Black and Brown characters, cultures, and stories"
Just Dance launches campaign to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK
Ubisoft will donate £1 for every dance memory shared on social media
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare dominates the EMEAA charts
Meanwhile, FIFA fends off new releases The Outer Worlds, MediEvil and WWE 2K20
Microsoft Japan's four-day week trial boosts productivity by 40%
Company also noted paper and electricity consumption dropped significantly
Call of Duty was the UK's best-selling game in October
FIFA 20 was very close to taking the crown, while Ghost Recon Breakpoint had to settle for No.3
Three ways game marketers can dominate Tiktok.
Sponsored article: Fanbytes' Timothy Armoo reveals how to generate awareness on the new social network
Hideo Kojima to venture into film production
“Games, films and dramas will have to compete in the same space,” Death Stranding director said
Starbreeze losses were $30.8 million for the first nine months of 2019
But company is confident reconstruction efforts and new publishing deal Payday 3 will save the studio
Games industry international trade bodies unite on universal esports principles
Set of four principles for engagement agreed upon by representatives of the ESA, ESAC, UKIE, ISFE, and IGEA
100 Thieves' Jack "CouRage" Dunlop signs YouTube exclusivity deal
Dunlop asks over 2m Twitch subscribers to follow him as exodus of major streamers from Twitch to other platforms continues
Gio Corsi leaves PlayStation
Last week was the end of a six-year run with Sony for the head of global second-party games
Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud for game development program
New Improbable/Tencent Cloud Developer Program to support creators making games in SpatialOS for the Chinese market with cloud services
Wargaming partners with Gearbox for its first full retail release
World of Warships: Legends will get a retail version in Firepower Deluxe Edition
The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The mixed messages of Modern Warfare
Latest episode also discusses the ongoing AAA shift towards live service games, and what we can expect from PlayStation 10
Brack confirms Blizzard won't repeal Blitzchung ban
The sanction against the casters won't be withdrawn either, Blizzard's president said
Blizzard is adding ethnically diverse character skins with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fifteen years after launch, players will be able to customise their character to match their ethnicity