Jason Schreier has joined the team at Bloomberg News. This he revealed in an interview to gamesindustry.biz.

Platformer GRIS has sold 1 million copies in just over a year. This is coming from the developer Nomada Studio who took to Twitter to thank players and publisher Devolver Digital.

Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. The top spot is yet again held by Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

Crytek has officially confirmed Crysis Remastered and shared some details.

The Chinese authorities are tightening political censorship in video games.

Jason Schreier announced he is leaving Kotaku after eight years with the website, most recently as news editor.

Crytek is working on Crysis Remastered. The game will come out on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch.

Newzoo has adjusted its esports forecast for 2020 to reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic: this year, many esports events have been delayed, cancelled or made digital-only.

This week, Jim Ryan, President & CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced the Play At Home Initiative.

Rival Games, a Finland-based developer best known for its mobile title Alien: Blackout, has closed down.

Nifty Games Inc., a California-based developer and publisher focused on quick-session head-to-head sports games for mobile devices, has secured more than $12 million in Series A financing.

In the USA and Canada, a special designation has been introduced for games with loot boxes. Prior to this, all games with IAP, including those containing loot boxes, had the same in-game purchase notification.

Valve has announced Steam Game Festival Summer Edition. From June 9 to June 14, free demos of the upcoming games will be featured on the store. Developers wishing to participate must submit applications by April 24.

On April 22, a new digital platform will launch for the video games industry. It’s called the WN Hub and it will allow industry professionals to network and discuss relevant business topics. The platform has announced the speakers that will give talks during the launch week.

The Resident Evil 4 remake is reportedly in full production, with a release date set for 2022.

Rogue Games couldn’t afford supporting Vainglory anymore. The publisher shut down the servers for the mobile MOBA, but developer Super Evil Megacorp intends to independently keep the title alive.

Amazon, which is now “investing hundreds of millions of dollars” in games development and distribution, had to delay the release of its MMORPG New World.  They game should have come out in May, but the studio’s transition to remote work has “exposed some problems” that have to do with the technical and collaborative nature of game development.

With The Last of Us Part 2 delayed indefinitely, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann suggested on PlayStation Blogcast that Sony is still exploring different scenarios for when and how to launch the title. One such option might involve the game’s digital-only release on May 29, with the physical copies arriving later.

In the 2019 financial year, CD Projekt’s revenue reached zł521m ($124.9m), up 44 percent from the previous fiscal year. Profit for the period hit zł175m ($41.9m) in a 66 percent increase.