Steam has reached the biggest number of new games released on its platform in a single month, according to Video Game Insights. In October, developers launched 1229 new titles on the store.

Sky Mavis has reported the biggest price ever paid for a plot of land in its NFT hit Axie Infinity. Digital real estate was sold for 550 ETH, which is more than $2.3 million.

Antstream Arcade has become the first cloud gaming platform to launch on the Epic Games Store. It has over 1200 classic retro games like Space Invaders or Mortal Kombat that will be available to users for free.

CD Projekt still has a lot of faith in Cyberpunk 2077 and has no plans to stop its support and improvement. The company’s CEO Adam Kiciński has explained why he thinks the game will have a long tail of sales just like The Witcher series.

Writer David Gaider, who worked at BioWare for almost 17 years, has shared his thoughts on the possible Mass Effect TV series. He explained why he thinks that a ME show is not necessarily the best idea and there’s a good chance its showrunners will fail.

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski has shared his thoughts on how to properly announce a video game on social media. He also cited a few examples of good and bad tweets from real studios.

PUBG Mobile remains the highest-grossing mobile battle royale. According to the latest data by Sensor Tower, the game recently surpassed $7 billion in revenue since its launch in March 2018.

China has tightened its regulation on the games industry over the last few months. The local publisher CMGE believes that the rules will soon become even stricter and similar to the ones applied to films and TV shows.

BioWare has lost one of its key developers, as Matt Goldman decided to leave the studio. He has been working as the senior creative director of the Dragon Age series for the last few years and was directly involved in the development of Dragon Age 4.

Pfizer has launched a new campaign in Brazil to promote vaccination among young people. Players can take part in a special mission in GTA RolePlay, a modified version of the game, and get vaccinated in real life.

The University of Arizona history department has launched a new initiative in collaboration with Microsoft. Students will be able to earn credits by engaging with special content in Age of Empires IV.

The Mass Effect franchise might expand into TV in the future, as Amazon Studios is reportedly in talks to develop a series based on popular games. However, there are not many details available about the project.

Epic Games has announced an acquisition of Harmonix, a studio known for its Rock Band series. The team will create special music content for Fortnite as a part of the game’s shift towards the metaverse. The financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed.

HypeHype, formerly known as Frogmind, has raised €13 million from Supercell. The company will spend this investment to develop and support its own platform, which allows users to create and remix their own mobile titles.

CD Projekt RED developers have discussed the process of creating nonlinear gameplay in Cyberpunk 2077. They explained why variability is not always great for a huge game like this, as the team had to spend too much resources on small elements.

Activision Blizzard has faced criticism from another platform holder. Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser called the latest news in the harassment scandal distressing and claimed that Nintendo has already taken action.

tinyBuild has announced its expansion by adding publisher Versus Evil and its internal studio Red Cerberus to its family. The deal could be worth up to $31.3 million.

Kojima Productions has opened a new office in Los Angeles, which will be focused on producing films, TV series, and music. The division will be led by Riley Russell, who previously worked at PlayStation for 28 years.