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  • FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE STORMS INTO PLAYSTATION®5 OPEN BETA TODAY AS PATCH 5.5 USHERS IN THE END OF DAYS

    LONDON (13th April, 2021) – SQUARE ENIX® is setting the stage for the next major adventure in FINAL FANTASY® XIV Online with today’s release of Patch 5.5. The update, titled Death Unto Dawn, brings with it climactic new story content set to lead directly into upcoming fourth expansion Endwalker™, alongside the highly-anticipated third chapter of YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse—the NieR-inspired alliance ra

  • KONAMI ANNOUNCES PITCH CLASH BETA, A NEW CASUAL MOBILE GAME FOR FOOTBALL FANS

    Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today officially announced Pitch Clash BETA, a new casual mobile game that is available from today as part of a limited-time Open Beta Test on Android devices.
    Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/pitchclash
    Google Play Store: https://konami.jp/3mqry1m 
    Pitch Clash presents all-new strategic football gameplay, accessible to all users with quick match

  • DONTNOD ENTERS INTO THE PUBLISHING OF THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPERS' GAMES, THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH THE DANISH STUDIO PORTAPLAY

    April 8, 2021. DONTNOD Entertainment, French independent video games publisher and developer, and PortaPlay, Danish games development studio, are proud to announce their collaboration on an upcoming co-production.
    Based in Copenhagen, PortaPlay studio is composed of an experienced team of about ten people. PortaPlay is currently developing an original creation, which is in line with the editori

  • THE END IS NIGH AS NEW FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE TRAILER REVEALS DETAILS FOR PATCH 5.5 – RELEASING 13TH APRIL

    22 Million Registered Players Milestone Announced Alongside New Details on PlayStation®5 Version, Patch Content, and Digital Fan Festival 2021
    LONDON (2nd April, 2021) – SQUARE ENIX® today revealed fresh details for FINAL FANTASY® XIV: Shadowbringers™ Patch 5.5 alongside a new trailer during the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast. Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida also shared a ne

  • Numskull Games announces partnership with Limited Run Games in North America

    Independent video game publisher, Numskull Games has announced a brand-new exciting partnership with North American video game distributor, Limited Run Games. Numskull Games, established in 2019, are a British publishing label that has partnered with game developers and studios from across the globe. Helping bring innovative games to market, Numskull Games reaches a worldwide audience across all t

  • SUMO: 40% GROWTH, THREE STARS, AND TWO BAFTAs

    Wednesday 31st March 2021: Sumo Group, the award-winning provider of creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries, has today announced that it achieved record financial results in 2020, including 40% revenue growth (24% organic and 16% acquisitive), despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The Group delivered 279 milestones with 12 games launched or

  • New Green Games Guide launched to help UK games businesses address urgent climate crisis

    Created by Ukie and Games London and shaped with the Playing for the Planet Alliance, the Green Games Guide outlines how games businesses can change their practices – such as emissions and waste reduction – and educate their player base in response to the climate crisis. Launched with a special broadcast at London Games Festival with contributions from Space Ape, Ustwo Games and Playmob. Ukie al

  • Mobo Game Jam winners announced

    Global game making competition aimed at 8-18 year olds announces winners of competition to create best game that imagines a future with access to clean water.
    Tuesday 23rd March - The winners of the Mobo Game Jam, a global game making competition encouraging 8-18 year olds to design games imagining a future where everyone has access to clean water, have been announced.
    The jam, which was cr

  • KONAMI SIGNS NEW PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH TAKEFUSA KUBO FOR eFootball PES SERIES

    Since the earliest days of the eFootball PES series, KONAMI has championed young and emerging talent playing professional football, both on a local and global stage. Following similar agreements with Marcus Rashford and Alphonso Davies, KONAMI is proud to announce the signing of a new partnership agreement with Takefusa Kubo.
    Comment from Takefusa Kubo: “I am pleased to announce that we have si

  • UK consumer games market hits record value of £7bn in 2020


    Friday 19th March: Consumers spent a record amount in the UK video games market in 2020, according to Ukie’s 2020 Consumer Market Valuation.
    The UK consumer games market was worth £7bn for 2020; a 29.9% increase on 2019’s market and over £1bn higher than 2018’s previous record total of £5.7bn.
    Sales of games software across all categories grew by 18.5% from £3.8bn to £4.5bn, with revenu

  • SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE COMING SOON TO PLAYSTATION, XBOX, SWITCH AND PC

    Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. today announced SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE will be coming soon for PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™ and PC via Steam as a free-to-play*, digital download exclusive. The game will also be playable on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X/S.
    Previously launched on Stadia, SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE takes inspiration from the popularity of Super Bomberman R, bring

  • FIXTURES AND STREAMING DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR eFootball.Pro IQONIQ MATCHDAY 5

    Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today announced the fixtures and streaming details for Matchday 5 of the eFootball.Pro IQONIQ tournament, scheduled for this Saturday 13th March, 13:00 CET.
    Headlined by the featured match, FC Barcelona vs. Juventus, the full fixtures are as follows:
    FC Barcelona vs. Juventus – KICK-OFF 13:15 CET FC Bayern München vs. Arsenal – KICK-OFF 14:10 CET Manc

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