SuperData and Wargaming published a joint report focusing on the CIS region. As per the findings of the study, Russia’s games market will grow 57% in 2019.

The video game market is growing slower than a year before and slower than Newzoo analysts predicted earlier.

Half-Life: Alyx is now officially revealed. It’s a feature-length entry in the legendary franchise that is coming to PC in March 2020. Oh, and it’s only playable in VR.

As announced at E3 2019, online tactical first-person shooter CrossFire that came out on PC about ten years ago is launching on Xbox One in 2020 rebranded as CrossFire X. Remedy has been working on a single-player campaign for CrossFire X since 2016.

Raphael Colantonio, Arkane Studios founder, is back after two years off the radar. Colantonio teamed up with Julien Roby, another ex-Arkane director, to found WolfEye Studios, a distributed indie company that’s already working on a new title.

The rollout of Apple Arcade could have negatively affected the sales of premium games on the App Store. Or not.

Dream Games, a newly founded studio based in Istanbul, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding. The investment round took place against the backdrop of the explosive growth that Turkey’s game development community is experiencing.

The Half-Life series is getting a new installment. Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx today. It is a VR game.

Google Stadia is out now in 14 countries. So are the tech reviews. Those who tested the platform agree that it offers the unprecedented quality of streaming, but the experience is still far from optimal.

InnoGames has generated $1.1 billion in revenue over 16 years on the market. More than half of these earnings, according to the company’s execs, resulted from its transition to mobile.

Google Stadia launches tomorrow (November 19) with 22 titles, which is somewhat more generous than the 12 titles announced last week.

During Inside Xbox, Microsoft announced the upcoming expansion of the lineup of games on Game Pass. Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, explains how the subscription will change the way games are developed.

Everybody copies. Even big publishers do. Lion Studios, owned by AppLovin, has published a clone of hyper-casual game Domino Smash by Gismart. Everything from mechanics to levels is the same. What should the original creators do in situations like this?

Sensor Tower analysts have rounded up this October’s top 10 hyper-casual games by downloads. Titles from Belarusian companies continue to dominate the ranking.

Game Academy has launched in early access. Game Academy is a service that analyses players’ gaming stats to advise them on career choices.

What to expect from the mobile games market in 2020? App Annie has all the answers and graciously shares them in the latest report titled 5 Things You Need to Know for a Successful 2020 on Mobile.

Epic Games has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court against Lucas Johnston who allegedly leaked Fortnite Chapter 2 content ahead of its release.

Serious games market is rapidly growing and will reach over $9 billion by 2023. The term “serious game” applies to gaming content that is designed to have an application beyond play and entertainment (although entertainment value still comes first).

Google announced the lineup of games available on its Stadia platform when it launches on November 19. One of them, Gylt by Tequila Works, will be Stadia’s exclusive.