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Riot Games parent company Tencent to acquire major UK games developer
Riot Games parent company Tencent is set to purchase one of the UK’s well-known game development studios. Chinese […]
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July 19, 2021
Ireland’s Vela Games raises £12.5m in funding from Ubisoft, London Venture Partners and Novator
Vela Games, a Dublin-based studio with industry veterans from Blizzard, Epic, Riot Games, EA and Moon Studios, has […]
June 30, 2021
Newsflash roundup: UK absent from Farming Simulator League, Ex Riot devs secure funding for Hidden Leaf Games, Excel roster changes, first chess-focused sports agency has esports plans, Team Liquid release UK Valorant player
Here’s our latest weekly Newsflash roundup, where we cover a host of brief esports and gaming news in […]
May 16, 2021
Super Squad playtest and interview: UK dev Bad Fox Studios aims to shake up MOBA genre with new 5v5 team shooter
We might not feature the game development sector all that much on Esports News UK, but the UK […]
May 4, 2021
ESL owner MTG acquires British mobile racing game developer Hutch Games in deal worth $375m
ESL majority owner Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the acquisition of Hutch Games, a London-based developer of mobile racing […]
December 9, 2020
Welsh games publisher pulls trailer of Gamer Girl, a game about a streamer with a stalker
Wales Interactive has removed details of its upcoming interactive film title Gamer Girl following criticism. The Welsh independent […]
July 20, 2020
Jagex announces record revenues following Old School RuneScape BAFTA win
Jagex has revealed it achieved record-breaking financial performance in 2018, with revenue growing by 9.3% to £92.8 million. […]
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May 4, 2019
From player to dev: The UK player who was so good at Faeria the developers hired him to work on the CCG's design
After launching last year, building up a fanbase and adopting a buy-to-play model, Faeria offers something different to […]
August 12, 2018