Germany is considering a new reform of the Youth Protection Act. The government wants to protect kids from gambling-like mechanics by classifying games with loot boxes 18+.

Since December 2020, WN Media Group has been running a large-scale contest for the best Unreal Engine game among European developers. The contest is held in collaboration with Unreal Engine and Reboot Develop. Today, on March 5, the organizers announced the quarterfinalists. Of the 555 submitted games, the jury members selected 155 titles.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has just accepted Microsoft’s filing for its deal with ZeniMax. The European Commission is the only instance left to approve the acquisition.

The lead designer of Hogwarts Legacy quit the studio following a public backlash. It happened after he was criticized for the views he expressed on his YouTube channel.

Theorycraft Games is a new studio formed by former developers of League of Legends, Halo, Dota 2, and Overwatch. They raised $37.5 million to make PvP titles.

Genshin Impact continues its rise to the top. Its revenue hit $874 million, making it one of the top grossing mobile titles worldwide.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Piotr Karbowski, CEO at CreativeForge Games (part of PalyWay group).

Russian publisher MY.GAMES announced its revenue reached over $0.5 billion in 2020. Mobile games were the key factor, contributing to over 70% of total earnings.

German mobile game developer and publisher InnoGames has been growing consecutively for more than 10 years. In 2020, it hit a record-breaking revenue of over $260 million.

Publisher Zynga follows its ambitions of developing games for PC and consoles. To bring its existing franchises outside the mobile sector, the company has just bought Echtra Games, creators of Torchlight III.

The legal fight for The Sinking City is not slowing down. The game has been removed from Steam again after Valve received a DMCA claim.

Mediatonic, known as the creator of popular battle royale Fall Guys, joins Epic Games. The deal won’t affect the title’s presence on Steam.

A group of scientists from Finland is now developing a “therapeutic action game” to treat depression. It won’t replace therapy or drugs but will help ease the symptoms.

The whole narrative team has been hit by layoffs at Hardsuit Labs. It happened after the studio was removed from the development of Bloodlines 2.

GameRefinery, a mobile gaming analytics company from Finland, joins Vungle. Both teams will cooperate to overcome the problems that IDFA changes will bring.

The scandal surrounding The Sinking City’s release on Steam continues. Frogwares claims that the publisher pirated their game, while Nacon says that the developers just ”play the victim.”

A very first gameplay trailer for Elden Ring is reportedly circulating online, introducing the upcoming From Software game as an “all-new fantasy action RPG franchise.”