Another representative of gamedev is preparing to enter the securities market. The capitalization of Sumo Group during the preliminary evaluation of the IPO on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) amounted to £145 million.

One of the oldest gaming companies in the UK is planning to go public, but this is not for sure. According to Sky News, Codemasters studio intends to hold an IPO in the coming months. The company’s market value is tentatively estimated at £100 million.

The British Gambling Commission has drawn attention to online casinos with gaming skins and items. Experts believe that through these sites, teenagers can get an experience of gambling and, as they say, get a taste.

David Helgason, co-founder of Unity Technologies, joined the board of directors of Lockwood Publishing, known for the Avakin Life social simulator for both iOS and Android.

British human rights activists and politicians have been thinking about the limits of what is allowed in video games. The reason was the latest trailer for the Detroit: Become Human adventure game with scenes of domestic violence.

The developers of the Unity engine have acquired a Multiplay Digital game hosting. They bought it for £19 million from a major British gaming retailer GAME.

Mobile studio Outplay Entertainment is recognized as the fastest growing tech company in Scotland. Since 2013, its revenues have grown by 1904%.

A former employee of the Quantic Dream studio, Caroline Marshal, founded her gaming company Interior Night in London and intends to develop the genre of interactive drama.

The UK government has responded to a civil petition to recognize video games with loot boxes as a form of gambling entertainment and to introduce age restrictions on such titles. Officials promised to study the problem more deeply and respond if necessary.

The Finnish company Rovio has signed a multi-year contract with the Liverpool football club Everton to apply the symbols of the Angry Birds franchise to the team uniform.

The developer of MMX Racing and Smash Bandits Racing has released a new game about racing cars. It has been downloaded more than a million times in a week.

In 2016, the state compensated £73 million (about $95 million) of tax benefits to UK game studios, which is 60% more compared to the same period last year.

The Scottish studio Outplay Entertainment reports that its game in the genre of “castle defense” Castle Creeps TD has overcome the mark of 5 million installations in just six months.

Electronic Arts has confirmed its intention to cut staff in a number of offices, including the company’s UK division.

Oxford Exient, known for Angry Birds Go!, in March reduced 60% of the working staff in its studio in the town of Royal Leamington Spa (an hour by car from Oxford and two from London).

The former president of Rockstar North Leslie Benzies (Leslie Benzies), after being fired from the developer studio Grand Theft Auto, launched several businesses at once.

The British Jagex, known by MMO RuneScape, became part of the young Zhongji Holding, owned by Shanghai Zhongji Enterprise Group, which also owns the Shandong Hongda Mining company.

Indie game about exploring “distant planets” Hello Games shows excellent sales not only on PC, where the game has already sold about half a million copies on Steam, but also on PlayStation 4.

The British company Firefly Studios, famous for a series of Stronghold strategy games, has published its first mobile title, Wonky Tower, in the App Store and Google Play.