Microsoft has updated guidelines that might help developers make their projects more accessible for people with disabilities. Now the studios will be able to send their Xbox or PC games for review and receive feedback on how to improve them.

Saudi Arabia continues to show interest in the game industry. The sovereign wealth fund bought stakes in three major publishers, with Activision Blizzard taking almost half of the $3 billion investment.

The employees weren’t aware of Google’s plans to close two first-party Stadia studios. It happened soon after the leadership praised them for making “great progress.”

Six Days in Fallujah is controversial war shooter that continues to cause debate online. After its creators said that the game won’t be a “political commentary,” some developers questioned whether games should touch political topics at all.

Liftoff, a global mobile app marketing optimisation platform, announced the launch of the Post-IDFA Alliance. Liftoff is joined by other mobile marketing technology companies like Fyber, Chartboost, InMobi, Vungle and Singular.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Bill Wang, co-founder and CEO at Skystone Games.

At the end of January, US game developer Tilting Point announced the launch of a St. Petersburg, Russia-based studio. We have discussed the new studio and the challenges it’s facing with Samir El-Agili, the president of Tilting Point.

Unity doesn’t see Unreal Engine as a real competitor. Not on mobile at least. This is according to Kim Jabal, chief financial officer at Unity, who thinks that companies using proprietary engines present a more serious challenge.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Anton Ravin, Commercial Director at 1C Publishing EU.

Today, Polish studio One More Level stated that it hasn’t seen revenue from Ghostrunner’s commercial success yet. Not being able to publish its financial report, the company saw its shares drop.

International provider of cloud and edge solutions G-Core Labs announced the five winners of its contest for the best online indie game.

SocialPeta and Nativex released a review of global mobile market data in 2020. The report titled “2020 White Paper on Media Buying in the Global Mobile Market” also makes predictions on the mobile market trends for 2021.

Shortly after breaking its concurrent user record, Steam hit another milestone. The store has now over 50,000 games available, with the number growing every month.

Analysts unveiled a new forecast on the possible aftermath of Apple’s changes in its IDFA privacy rules. This year, the in-app ad market on iOS may see a 17% drop in the value.

Valheim continues to set new records as the game peaked at over 360,000 concurrent players yesterday. On top of that, the Viking-themed survival has already made it to the top 10 games by concurrent players in Steam history.

Techland community manager denied recent reports about a potential Microsoft acquisition. Despite the rumors, the studio will keep its independent status.

Tim Willits, chief creative officer at Saber Interactive and former studio director and level designer of id Software, is one of the key people behind the DOOM, Quake, and Rage franchises. We caught up with Tim amid WN Winter’21 in a futile attempt to capture his 25+ years in video games, as well as to find out what he’s up to these days.

Zynga is known as one of the leading mobile publishers. The company is now planning to expand its brands on PC and consoles with the first title expected to release this year.