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Featured February 25, 2021

WN Media Group’s Pavel Räikkönen on what’s next for video games industry

WN Media Group CEO Pavel Räikkönen has posted an overview of the global gaming market trends. The report also attempts a number of predictions on where we will see the industry evolve in the coming years.

Industry News February 25, 2021

Judge orders Valve to give Apple part of Steam private data on 436 games

Valve will have to unveil some of its private Steam information requested by Apple in a lawsuit against Epic Games.

Industry News February 25, 2021

Unity: mobile game ad revenue increased by 8% in 2020, card games showed highest growth

Unity has released its latest gaming report, providing insights from 2020 on ad revenue and the market in general. The company also issues a forecast of key trends for 2021.

Industry News February 25, 2021

Bloomberg: CD Projekt developers locked out of their workstations after ‘nightmarish’ hack

The recent hacker attack impacted the development process within CD Projekt. It looks like most of its employees have been unable to properly work for two weeks.

Featured February 25, 2021

BioWare on canceling revision of Anthem: “This will be disappointing to the community”

Anthem NEXT should have become a revision of BioWare’s online game, but now the studio decided to stop the development. It will focus on other series instead, including Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

Marketing February 25, 2021

DDM’s Rebecca Owen: “It is wonderful to have fresh ideas and new hires, but only when they are tempered with some production experience”

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Rebecca Owen, Business Development Manager at Digital Development Management (DDM).