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Former Valve economist thinks Apple, Google, other platforms, should pay 'cloud tax'

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Tech companies and game platform owners have absolute marketplace control, and Yanis Varoufakis believes they should pay their dues and be taxed accordingly.

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Crayta to shut down after launch platform Stadia bites the dust

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The game creation platform launched in 2020 on Google Stadia, which has since been laid to rest.

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Arkadium launches platform for third-party browser game devs

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The studio behind browser games like Mahjongg Solitaire and Block Champ is inviting smaller teams to join its network and get millions of eyes on their game.

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Unity brings Struckd UGC tool to web platform CrazyGames

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Struckd is billed as an easy-to-use development tool, and both Unity and CrazyGames hope its arrival heralds a boom of UGC-made games on the platform.

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Embracer says it spends more money on platforms than game development

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CEO Lars Wingefors thinks revenue programs like Epic Games' First Run program can help developers reduce the cost of bringing their games to storefronts.

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Square Enix partners with blockchain game platform to "drive mass adoption"

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The Japanese publisher thinks it's time for traditional players to hop aboard the blockchain train.

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Employees at Epic-owned music platform Bandcamp are unionizing

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Comprised of all of Bandcamp staff across the US, Bandcamp United has called on its leadership and parent company Epic Games to willingly recognize that it exists.