In 2018, the EU video games market grew by 15% year on year and reached €21 billion. That’s according to the latest report by Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE).

Hades by Supergiant Games was one of the three launch exclusives on Epic Games Store. Since its launch in December 2018, the game has been in early access.

Ubisoft believes that now is the best time to develop new IP. This is due to the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles and cross-platform gaming.

The Google Play Store has received a new design. It makes it easier to find games and apps.

GameRefinery estimated the Q2 revenues of gaming genres in the US iOS market. Match 3 is leading by far.

With no launch date announced for Steam China, Valve’s DJ Powers elaborates on the company’s strategy in the country.

Last week, Voodoo, a French hyper casual games publisher, announced the acquisition of h8games, a studio based in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Perfect World, Valve’s partner in China, announced today the lineup of games that will be launched on the upcoming Steam China platform.

The tech giant follows Apple’s suit. A review process for new apps has been impleneted on Google Play. It’s off to a sloppy start, however.

Insomniac Games, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man, becomes an exclusive Sony developer.

Last week, two lead producers at BioWare, the studio’s old-timers, left the company. One of them worked on Anthem, the other was responsible for the upcoming Dragon Age 4.

I have spent a few hours playing Wildscapes and here are some thoughts about the game and a new direction Playrix is taking with it. 

Poland-based SUPERHOT developers announced Superhot Presents, a small games fund to help indie developers start or finish their projects. In addition to funding, the studio offers organizational consulting and mentoring.

While rhetoric goes on that connects real-life violence to violent games, media keep citing research that defies any linear correlation between the two.

Tencent is steadily recovering after the Chinese government has lifted the freeze on game licensing in the country. During Q2, the Chinese giant released 10 mobile games.

For all its issues, one thing is true about Steam: it’s continuously working to make its systems better.

The UK’s most popular game engine is Unity. 72 percent of local studios make games using this tech.

Striking Distance, the studio working on an undisclosed “original narrative experience in the PUBG Universe,” hired former Call of Duty and Dead Space developers, as well as three former Telltale Games artists.

Former id Software director Tim Willits got himself a new gig at Saber Interactive.