News China gaming regulator publishes new rules for minors targeting playtime, spending Age-rating system still in the works as restrictions are tightened, expanded to mobile games Nov. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Brass Lion Entertainment aims to diversify the industry New studio from AAA vets will focus on original games "that center on Black and Brown characters, cultures, and stories" Nov. 5, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
News Just Dance launches campaign to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK Ubisoft will donate £1 for every dance memory shared on social media Nov. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare dominates the EMEAA charts Meanwhile, FIFA fends off new releases The Outer Worlds, MediEvil and WWE 2K20 Nov. 5, 2019 James Batchelor
Feature Does French streaming platform Shadow have its head in the clouds? Co-founder Emmanuel Freund on opening up games to more people, the tech side of things and Google's entry into the space Nov. 5, 2019 Alex Calvin
News Microsoft Japan's four-day week trial boosts productivity by 40% Company also noted paper and electricity consumption dropped significantly Nov. 5, 2019 James Batchelor 1 comment
News Call of Duty was the UK's best-selling game in October FIFA 20 was very close to taking the crown, while Ghost Recon Breakpoint had to settle for No.3 Nov. 5, 2019 Marie Dealessandri
Feature Whitethorn Digital wants to be a "pleasing, small ship," not a galleon CEO Dr. Matthew White pushes back against high publisher take-rates, aggressive growth, crunch, and capitalism Nov. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine 3 comments
News Hideo Kojima to venture into film production “Games, films and dramas will have to compete in the same space,” Death Stranding director said Nov. 5, 2019 Marie Dealessandri
News Starbreeze losses were $30.8 million for the first nine months of 2019 But company is confident reconstruction efforts and new publishing deal Payday 3 will save the studio Nov. 5, 2019 James Batchelor
News Games industry international trade bodies unite on universal esports principles Set of four principles for engagement agreed upon by representatives of the ESA, ESAC, UKIE, ISFE, and IGEA Nov. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News 100 Thieves' Jack "CouRage" Dunlop signs YouTube exclusivity deal Dunlop asks over 2m Twitch subscribers to follow him as exodus of major streamers from Twitch to other platforms continues Nov. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Gio Corsi leaves PlayStation Last week was the end of a six-year run with Sony for the head of global second-party games Nov. 4, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
Opinion Blizzard's substance-less BlizzCon statement speaks volumes | Opinion President J. Allen Brack's opening speech rings hollow as company changes no policies, stands by Hearthstone pro's ban for supporting Hong Kong protesters Nov. 4, 2019 Brendan Sinclair 3 comments
News Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud for game development program New Improbable/Tencent Cloud Developer Program to support creators making games in SpatialOS for the Chinese market with cloud services Nov. 4, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Wargaming partners with Gearbox for its first full retail release World of Warships: Legends will get a retail version in Firepower Deluxe Edition Nov. 4, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Braid and the beauty of not wasting time Why I Love: A Duel Hand Disaster dev Jaycee Salinas takes inspiration from the indie time manipulation platformer Nov. 4, 2019 Jaycee Salinas
News The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The mixed messages of Modern Warfare Latest episode also discusses the ongoing AAA shift towards live service games, and what we can expect from PlayStation 10 Nov. 4, 2019 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Brack confirms Blizzard won't repeal Blitzchung ban The sanction against the casters won't be withdrawn either, Blizzard's president said Nov. 4, 2019 Marie Dealessandri
News Blizzard is adding ethnically diverse character skins with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Fifteen years after launch, players will be able to customise their character to match their ethnicity Nov. 4, 2019 James Batchelor
News Xiaomeng 'Liooon' Li is the first woman to win Hearthstone GrandMasters Li is also the first woman to win a major competition across all Blizzard games at Blizzcon Nov. 4, 2019 James Batchelor
Stub Team17 raises revenue expectations for 2019 Adjusted EBITDA and revenue should be ahead of market expectations due to portfolio success Nov. 4, 2019 Christopher Dring
News UK Charts: Luigi's Mansion 3 is the biggest Switch launch of 2019 (so far) At least until Pokémon comes along Nov. 4, 2019 Christopher Dring
Feature "If we're going to be drug dealers, let's not literally mine for addicts" At Reboot Develop, indie publisher Mike Wilson used the game addiction debate to call for devs to "be intentional" about what they create Nov. 3, 2019 Matthew Handrahan 1 comment
News Overwatch 2 announced, will be cross-compatible with original game Overwatch surpasses 50 million players, all of whom will be able to PvP match with, transfer cosmetics to Overwatch 2 Nov. 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine