Alana Pearce, who is now working on God of War: Ragnarok at Santa Monica Studio, has sent a quick reminder that writers are also part of the dev team. Developers from other studios stepped in to support her.

Investor and advisor Matthew Ball has shared his thoughts on the ruling in the Epic Games v Apple trial. He explained how it doesn’t actually benefit either developers (least of all Epic, which lost on 9/10 counts) or consumers.

Chinese players have started to review-bomb Life is Strange: True Colors released on September 9. The game features the Tibetan flag, which can be seen above a shop’s entrance in the fictional town of Haven Springs.

As spotted by SteamDB, The Steam client was released on September 12, 2003.

Publisher MyGamez, which helps Western mobile devs launch their games in China, has commented on last week’s report that the Chinese government slowed down approval for all new online games.

On September 12, Epic Games appealed the September 10 ruling passed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, which concluded the Epic Games v. Apple legal case.

Months-long legal battle between Epic and Apple has just culminated in Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ issuing a permanent injunction that compels Apple to allow independent payment systems.

Riot Games has shared its annual diversity and inclusion report, showing its hiring practices and the share of different groups working at the company.

Bandai Namco released Tales of Arise on September 10, and the game has already peaked at more than 45,000 concurrent players on Steam. It beat the record of two previous titles in the RPG series by five times.

On September 1, miHoYo released version 2.1 of Gensin Impact. And a new wave of interest from fans helped the game generate $150 million on App Store and Google Play in just a week. It is more than the title’s revenue was in the full month before.

Zachary Doig, who was a senior manager of community and events on the World of Tanks Americas Team, has left Wargaming. He named scapegoating an employee on his team and toxic corporate culture among the reasons behind his departure.

Jack Buser, formerly Director for Games at Google Stadia, is leaving for Google Cloud. On September 13, Buser is stepping in as Google Cloud’s Director of Global Gaming Solutions.

Epic Games pulled Houseparty from stores and will discontinue the app for existing users in October.

After South Korea amended its Telecommunications Business Act last week, Epic Games has attempted to bring Fortnite back to the country’s App Store. To that effect, Epic has asked Apple to reinstate its developer account on iOS. Apple, though, respectfully declined.

Although women account for almost half of gamers globally, no female player has even won the biggest prizes in any esports game. So what prevents women from competing at the highest level?

Sensor Tower has shared the list of the highest-grossing mobile titles for August 2021 by worldwide revenue. PUBG Mobile landed in first place with $270 million in player spending.

Despite many concerns about the IDFA changes, opt-in rates for mobile games on iOS are quite high. According to GameAnalytics, 43% of users gave their consent to their personal data being tracked.

In yet another curb on China’s video games industry, the country’s authorities told Tencent and NetEase to remove ambiguous representations of sexuality and identity from games. Content glorifying wealth should also be removed.

Chicago, Illinois–based developer Young Horses (Bugsnax, Octodad: Dadliest Catch) switched to four-day workweeks in July in the hopes of achieving a healthier work-life balance.