Feature Dauntless developer acquired by Garena VC-backed Phoenix Labs reaches an exit, but co-founder and CEO Jesse Houston has no plans to leave anytime soon Jan. 29, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Nintendo mobile games have brought in $1b in lifetime revenue Sensor Tower: Fire Emblem Heroes accounted for 61% of the total; Dr. Mario World brought in less than 1% Jan. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News ArtCraft raises $11.7m for Crowfall Latest surge of funding set to push the MMO toward planned 2020 launch Jan. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Valve Index sales more than doubled following Half-Life Alyx announcement SuperData: The Index sold 149k units in 2019, 103k of which were sold in Q4 Jan. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have sold a combined 150m units Red Dead Redemption 2 is the best-selling game of the last four years in the US, by dollar sales Jan. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Chrono.gg secures $5.5m to build its answer to the discoverability problem CEO Justin Sacks explains why tackling the issues with PC storefronts means letting content creators make a whole lot more of them Jan. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Pokémon Home cloud service detailed and priced Launches on mobile and Switch next month, will cost up to £15.99 per year Jan. 28, 2020 James Batchelor
Feature When do deceptive playable ads help, and when do they hurt? Dan Greenberg of ironSource says misleading interactive mobile ads were huge in 2019, but likely to be reined in this year Jan. 28, 2020 Brendan Sinclair 19 comments
Feature Journey to the Savage Planet: Critical Consensus A divisive sci-fi romp from Alex Hutchinson's Typhoon Studios that shines in some areas while falling short in others Jan. 28, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Rocket League support ending on Mac and Linux, offers refunds Psyonix woking with Valve to expand refunds beyond normal two-week policy but requires manual request Jan. 28, 2020 James Batchelor
News Revealed: The largest video game development cities in the UK Over half of UK games industry are employed outside of London and the South East Jan. 28, 2020 Christopher Dring 8 comments
News Ninja was reportedly paid between $20m and $30m for Mixer exclusivity deal Other top streamers above certain viewership thresholds may have been offered as much as $10m Jan. 27, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Atari wants to open gaming hotels in at least eight US cities Planned locations to include VR and AR experiences, esports venues Jan. 27, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Jurgen Post named CEO of Miniclip Rob Small moves to a new role of President Jan. 27, 2020 Christopher Dring
News Washington bills would carve out exceptions for games in gambling law Bipartisan legislation aims to protect gaming industry from lawsuits if games don't let users cash out Jan. 27, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
Feature Industry faces "significant" regulatory risk following 2019 government inquiry Combined concerns around bullying and gaming disorder could lead to "badly-informed regulation that damages the functioning of the industry" Jan. 27, 2020 Ivy Taylor 10 comments
News The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch Latest episode also discusses allegations against Riot in class-action lawsuit, Paradox's subscription experiment, and tossing coins to Witchers Jan. 27, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Plague Inc dev: Game is "not a scientific model" for coronavirus outbreak Ndemic Creations compelled to release statement as sales spike in China Jan. 27, 2020 James Batchelor
Academy How to market your video game and find your target audience Versus Evil, Raw Fury, Headup Games, Good Shepherd and Dan Adelman offer advice to developers on how to market their game Jan. 27, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Console tariff off the table as tensions ease between US and China Tariff backtrack is well-timed as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X prepare for launch Jan. 27, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Disney reportedly closing down Fogbank Entertainment FoxNext's San Francisco studio was not part of recent sale to Scopely Jan. 27, 2020 James Batchelor
Data UK Charts: The Witcher 3 rises as Dragon Ball holds No.1 Meanwhile, Rugby 20 makes the Top 20 Jan. 26, 2020 Christopher Dring
News Activision Blizzard and Google sign esports, cloud deals Overwatch League and others will air exclusively on YouTube and Google Cloud becomes preferred cloud service for game hosting Jan. 24, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Over 10% of developers are making games for the next generation GDC State of the Industry Survey: 34% are making games for both next- and current-gen platforms Jan. 24, 2020 Rebekah Valentine 2 comments
News Developers are divided on how subscription services will affect game values GDC State of the Industry: One-fourth of devs are concerned such services will devalue games, another fourth aren't worried at all Jan. 24, 2020 Rebekah Valentine 2 comments