News Riot Games hires first ever chief marketing officer Jason Bunge joins the League of Legends developer from Electronic Arts to lead its marketing and publishing efforts Oct. 22, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Mojang games to require Microsoft account All the titles from the Minecraft developer will be impacted by the change, including Minecraft Java Edition Oct. 22, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News MAG Interactive reports $25 million in sales Revenue at the mobile games company also grew 28% from June to August 2020 Oct. 21, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News More allegations surface against Rooster Teeth's Ryan Haywood The former Achievement Hunter host was described as “predatory,” allegedly taking advantage of power imbalance to solicit sexual favours from young women Oct. 21, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Z Event raises €5.7m for Amnesty International The live streaming event broke the record for the most money raised for charity on Twitch Oct. 20, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News New nonprofit organisation Hit Save to support games preservation The community-driven organisation is based in the US but will operate globally Oct. 19, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Growth in UK games industry fastest ever recorded Games development headcount is at an all-time high of 18,279 in the UK Oct. 19, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
Academy What is the best game engine: is Amazon Lumberyard right for you? The GamesIndustry.biz Academy's in-depth guide to Lumberyard, a 3D engine powered by Amazon Web Services Oct. 16, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Sega criticised for launching Golden Axe prototype created "under crunch conditions" Update: Sega edited the Steam page and said in a statement that it "didn't mean to dredge up painful memories" Oct. 15, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Rooster Teeth's Ryan Haywood and Adam Kovic let go amid 'explicit photos' scandal The Achievement Hunter and Funhaus hosts reportedly sent inappropriate unsolicited photos to fans Oct. 14, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Beamable files for bankruptcy The studio formerly known as Disruptor Beam reported $3.4 million in liabilities Oct. 14, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Tencent proceeds with Huya and DouYu merger The agreement is expected to close during the first half of 2021 Oct. 13, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News UK National Videogame Museum receives £400,000 grant The funding from the Arts Council's Culture Recovery Fund will ensure the NVM can function until the spring Oct. 12, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
Academy Retaining and fostering women in the games industry Victoria Setian gave a GDC Summer talk addressing how to fight discriminatory attitudes in the workplace and develop female talent into leadership Oct. 12, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Xbox Elite Series 2 added to Microsoft controller drift lawsuit The updated lawsuit also shed light on what's allegedly causing the drift Oct. 12, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News 72% of US next-gen pre-order customers chose PS5 29% of the respondents to a VGM study said they tried to pre-order a next-gen console but were not able to do so Oct. 8, 2020 Marie Dealessandri 2 comments
News Epic Games vs Apple trial set for May 2021 It's uncertain at this stage whether the trial will be conducted in person or virtually Oct. 8, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Valve adds chat filter after successful Steam Labs test The new tool hides hateful language from people you don't know by default in Steam Chat Oct. 7, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Thirdverse secures $8.5m in Series A funding The Japanese studio, previously known as Yomuneco, is currently working as publisher on inXile's Frostpoint VR Oct. 6, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Thunderful Group acquires Coatsink The Swedish company purchased the British studio for £23 million Oct. 5, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Google Play delays 30% cut in India to 2022 A coalition of 150 Indian companies pushed back against Google's upcoming policy Oct. 5, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News GOG Galaxy 2.0 to sell Epic Games Store titles The client will offer games that were previously exclusive to Epic's platform Oct. 2, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News ProbablyMonsters opens new RPG-focused studio It joins Cauldron Studios and Firewalk Studio as the company moves into new headquarters Oct. 1, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Genshin Impact becomes biggest international launch for a Chinese game The free-to-play RPG is the second top-grossing app on iOS in China, only beaten by the Chinese version of TikTok Oct. 1, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Among Us drives record Discord installs Discord's daily downloads worldwide have reached around 800,000 Sept. 30, 2020 Marie Dealessandri