Nifty Games Inc., a California-based developer and publisher focused on quick-session head-to-head sports games for mobile devices, is opening its first internal development studio in Chicago.

Chinese giant Tencent is considering acquiring a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher.

Epic Games unveiled a new iOS app called Live Link Face for Unreal Engine.

Metacritic no longer allows users to submit reviews until at least 2 days after the game comes out.

Indie publisher Yogscast Games announced Tiny Teams Indie Festival to showcase games from indie micro-studios. The event will be broadcast live on Steam and Twitch 9-15 August 2020.

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering banning TikTok in the U.S. This is in response to the way China handled the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg.

Wargaming and Mad Head Games announced that supporting Pagan Online as a multiplayer game is no longer sustainable. As a result, the publisher and the developer will be converting the title from multiplayer to single player.

11 Bit Studios is investing over $21 million in the production of seven new titles.

The White Nights Conference organizers have upgraded the summer edition of the famous trade show. The White Nights Summer’20 will run on the WN Hub July 20 through 24 uniting over 10,000 video games industry professionals.

In June, to CNBC reported that telecommunications giant AT&T is considering selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division for about $4 billion. At the time, parties reportedly interested in in purchasing WBIE included Take-Two Interactive Software, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.

Russia’s Pathologic 2 developer Ice-Pick Lodge announced it’s currently working on four projects.

HTML5 Game Developer Day is being held on the WN Hub today. It’s an event focused on the creation of HTML5 games. Speakers include representatives of Cocos, Snap, Facebook, SoftGames, CoolGames, OK.ru and other companies.

Microsoft will hold Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, at 9am PT.

Rockstar is adding a new AAA VR title to its portfolio. The company may have been inspired by the success of the LA Noire VR  spin-off, as well as this year’s release of Half-Life: Alyx.

According to the UK boxed charts, The Last of Us Part II became June’s top game, selling more copies than the rest of the top ten combined.

Prices for the next-gen console games might go up, driven by the increased development costs.

PlayStation has suspended advertising on Facebook and Instagram until the end of July.

HBO’s Westworld producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are working on a Fallout TV series for Amazon. Nolan and Joy’s Kilter Films is producing the show in partnership with Bethesda.

Facebook announced it would end new game submissions for Web Games on Facebook by December 31, 2020 and Gameroom will be closed entirely on June 30, 2021.