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.

The British company Mind Candy has closed its Candy Labs division, which produced World of Warriors.

The British studio Fireproof Games decided to invest part of the funds earned from The Room series in a new title developed by another team.

How to work with investors and your own IP is described in a new document by the British Banking Association.

The British from Rodeo Games, noted on the mobile market not only with a strong Hunters series, but also with an excellent turn-based RPG Warhammer Quest, announced a new project.

The majority of English game developers work more than they should according to the law,” says the Develop-online resource based on a study conducted among its readers.