Timelie is a puzzle adventure game that offers a new take on time manipulation. The game came out on PC on May 21. It’s the first title from a Thai team called Urnique Studio. While still in development, the project won Microsoft Imagine Cup both domestically and internationally.

Unity Technologies Inc. is reportedly working with financial advisers to prepare for an initial public offering. This is coming from Bloomberg, which cites its own sources.

Defold, the game engine from the makers of Candy Crush Saga, doesn’t make news quite as often as, for example, Unreal or Unity. Last May, however, was important for the engine. First, it became open source. Second, it officially separated from King. Björn Ritzl, Defold product owner, explains why and how this happened.

Humble has set up a $1 million fund to publish games from black games developers.

UPD: Bohemia Interactive announced that Tencent hadn’t acquired a majority stake in the studio. The news of the investment was originally reported by The Information.

Today, on June 3, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), tune in on the WN Hub for a roundtable discussion on What to expect from hyper-casual and idle games.

On June 8-11, the Talents In Games conference will go live bringing together over 2,000 game developers.

Developer Digital Sun and Publisher 11 bit studios announced that rogue-like action game/trade simulator Moonlighter has sold over 1 million copies after two years on the market.

Zynga agreed to acquire Turkish mobile game company Peak Games for a whopping $1.8 billion. The update came from Bloomberg.

Jim Ryan, President & CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment, has announced a digital showcase that will be held on June 4. During the event, which will last over an hour, Sony will reveal the lineup of games coming to PlayStation 5.

Game designer Hideo Kojima said that Death Stranding was profitable on PlayStation 4. This is despite the rumors suggsting otherwise, as well as the reluctance of Sony to disclose any sales data for the title.

CD Projekt disclosed sales figures for The Witcher trilogy. Over 13 years, the trilogy has sold 50 million copies.

Eve Echoes is an upcoming mobile space MMORPG that expands on its PC predecessor Eve Online (2003). The title developed by NetEase Games is currently in open beta with a launch date set for mid-August 2020.

Match3 games generate 21% of all US iOS revenue, which makes it the biggest subgenre in the region. This is according to GameRefinery’s latest genre snapshot report.

Starni Games’ Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg came under attack from Russia’s Federation Council.

Blizzard announced it will not be running BlizzCon 2020 citing uncertainty around national and local health guidelines in the months ahead.

Steam China has stealthily graduated to an alpha stage, according to WIN.gg.

GameAnalytics has added a new directory to its website. It contains listings and links to numerous platforms, providers and tools for mobile game developers.