Sony released a financial report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020. The company sold 4.5 million PlayStation5, and its revenue exceeded $8 billion.

Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group continues its shopping spree. Today the company announced three major acquisitions.

Tune in on games industry conference WN Winter’21 on February 10, at 12:00 (CET time), for a keynote session “Your App May Be Blocked Soon; Plus 5 Essential Things That No One is Telling You About iOS 14.”

The legendary id Software celebrated its 30th anniversary on February 1. The studio’s cofounders reminisced about the old days and recalled their favorite projects, including Quake 3 and Doom.

BlizzCon will take place online for the first time ever. Blizzard revealed new details on the upcoming event, promising “epic announcements.”

The future of another Google’s product seems hazy. The company is about to stop developing games for Stadia, meaning the streaming service will have no more exclusive titles.

Five gamers filed an antitrust class action, accusing Valve of forcing developers to list the same prices for their games as on other stores. The suit alleges that it destroys the competition.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Yuri Lyashenko, Producer at Kefir.

Bleeding Edge won’t receive updates anymore, Ninja Theory said. The studio accepted the game’s failure and decided to focus on its upcoming projects.

Last year, Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion. Apparently, the tech giant is now ready for more.

According to Sensor Tower’s report, Brawl Stars has become Supercell’s fourth title to surpass $1 billion in lifetime revenue.

“The esthetics of Cyberpunk are incredible btw,” Elon Musk casually tweeted yesterday, and CD Projekt’s stock soared 19%, in its highest increase since June 2015. The company’s trading volume nearly reached six times its three-month average, according to Bloomberg.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Grzegorz Drabik, VP, Head of Business Development at Untold Tales.

Tencent became a minority shareholder of French studio Dontnod, investing €30 million in Life is Strange creators.

AFL-CIO made a proposal to Activision Blizzard to increase diversity and interview at least one minority candidate. The company called the whole initiative “unworkable.”

Russian studio Mundfish secured a Series B funding round of investments led by Tencent. Among other investors are Gaijin and GEM Capital.

Fntastic, a studio based in Yakutsk, Russia, announced open-world survival MMO The Day Before. The game is set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars.

IO Interactive revealed new details about their upcoming James Bond game, which could turn into a new trilogy. The studio is now looking to hire 200 more employees.

The Last of Us Part II currently holds 261 “Game of the year” awards. It puts Naughty Dog’s hit ahead of such recognized titles like The Witcher 3, The Elder Scrolls V, and Red Dead Redemption 2.