The uncomfortable reality of benefiting from a pandemic | This Week in Business

Monthly NPD sales reports underscore how COVID-19 reversed a declining trend in US game spending

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App downloads up 8.7% in first quarter

Sensor Tower finds gains on Google Play offset declines on App Store, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run starts strong

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US game spending up 18% to $5.6 billion in March, says NPD

Monster Hunter Rise and Outriders debut in second and third as sales tracker reports overall US game spending sees 13th straight month of year-over-year growth

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A guide to GDPR requirements for mobile game developers

AppSecTest's Julian Evans simplifies GDPR for game studios, and details the rules they need to follow and why

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Square Enix denies rumours of acquisition activity

The company has shut down talks that several parties were looking to acquire it

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PUBG parent Krafton applies for IPO

Seoul-based analysts valued the PUBG maker at around $17.9 billion

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Hitman developer IO Interactive opens Barcelona studio and eyes third-party publishing

The studio's CEO reveals ambitious plans in GI Live: Online talk

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Tim Sweeney is right - Epic losses on its Game Store are a good investment | Opinion

The company's crusade against Apple may look increasingly quixotic, but its spending on creating a serious competitor to Steam is rational and justified

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Watch GI Live today: Hitman developer CEO Hakan Abrak and making great game trailers

Plus, rewatch our previous days sessions

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Devolver Digital, Steam and Wings triumph at the Indie Publishing Awards

Victoria Tran scoops community management prize and Sea of Stars named best crowd-funding campaign

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