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EA taking racism more seriously | This Week in Business
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-05-ea-taking-racism-more-seriously-this-week-in-business

Beyond Control: We speak to Remedy CEO Tero Virtala about Vanguard, the shared universe of the Epic-funded games and why Control's 2m+ sales still doesn't make it a major hit

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-05-beyond-control-whats-next-for-remedy

Arizona bill that will stop Apple and Google from forcing 30% commission on developers has passed first two votes

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-05-arizona-bill-aims-to-prevent-apple-google-from-blocking-third-party-payments

Valve ends production on rebooted Artifact
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-valve-ends-production-on-rebooted-artifact

Mortal Shell sales pass 500,000 copies
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-mortal-shell-hits-over-500-000-copies-sold

ESA commits $1 million to support Black Girls Code
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-esa-commits-usd1-million-to-support-black-girls-code

Theorycraft Games secures $37.5m in Series A funding
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-theorycraft-games-secures-usd37-5m-in-series-a-funding

Plaintiffs who accused EA of using dynamic difficulty tech to push players to buy loot boxes have dropped their lawsuit

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-dynamic-difficulty-loot-box-lawsuit-against-ea-dropped

Nintendo reportedly unveiling 4K OLED Switch this year, mass production to begin in June

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-04-nintendo-will-reportedly-unveil-4k-oled-switch-this-year

Nacon claims it has paid Frogwares all money owed, was paying royalties, and is contractually the sole distributor of The Sinking City for Steam

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-03-nacon-accuses-frogwares-of-sabotaging-our-investments-in-the-sinking-city

Less than 15% of Twitch user reports last year led to enforcement actions
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-03-less-than-15-percent-of-twitch-user-reports-last-year-led-to-enforcement-actions

ERA reports UK spending on video games reached £4.4bn -- accounting for half of the record £9.26bn spent on entertainment

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-03-uk-spending-on-video-games-reached-4-4-billion-in-2020

We interview parkour team Storror about their plans to crowdfund their first ever video game

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-03-storror-and-the-difficult-quest-for-a-pure-parkour-game

UK games firms are creating hundreds of job placement for young people out of work due to the pandemic, thanks to a Government funding scheme

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-03-uk-games-firms-creating-hundreds-of-job-placements-as-part-of-governments-kickstart-scheme

New GamesIndustry.biz Podcast available now: The next generation of PlayStation VR

Also discusses Pokémon Legends and the series' 25th anniversary

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-02-the-next-generation-of-playstation-vr-podcast

Square Enix taps Forever Entertainment for remakes
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-02-square-enix-taps-forever-entertainment-for-remakes