Twitter has summed up the gaming activity on its platform for 2021. Genshin Impact became the most talked about title of the year, while the overall number of game-related tweets exceeded 2 billion.

It was no surprise that Take-Two would like to use Zynga’s expertise to bring its main video games franchises to mobile. However, the company saw its stock fall soon after discussing the deal with its investors.

A team behind city builder Laysara: Summit Kingdom made a post on Reddit at the end of last year. It has gone viral since then helping generate 11,000 wishlists on Steam. So what really worked for the devs?

Mateusz Kanik, who has been working at CD Projekt for 15 years, has decided to leave the studio. He worked on The Witcher 2 and at one time was game director on Cyberpunk 2077.

Roblox had high hopes for its Chinese app as it was supposed to help the company expand into the local market. However, it has been suddenly removed from app stores. While not sharing specific reasons behind the decision, Roblox is now working on the new version.

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski has analyzed post mortems of a few indie games to find out what strategies and tips were the most useful for them in terms of promotion.

Billionaire David Baszucki, known as the CEO of Roblox Corporation, has found a legal but really tricky way to avoid millions of dollars in capital gains taxes. According to the latest report, he has given plenty of his company’s shares to his family members

Valve has revealed the top-selling and most played Steam games of 2021. Battlefield 2042 and Valheim were among leaders by revenue, while Cyberpunk 2077 and Halo Infinite topped the charts by concurrent players.

Forward Game Studios senior product manager Mike Crassweller has shared a few thoughts on the development costs of indie games. While some people think that budgets are “bloated,” he disagrees and explains why it often might cost millions of dollars for a small team to make one project.

Remedy Entertainment has signed a development, license, and distribution agreement with Tencent. The Chinese giant will co-finance the production of PvE shooter codenamed Vanguard and localize it for the selected Asian markets.

A few reports about Steam malfunctions in China emerged over the weekend, followed by headlines like “Steam might be banned in China.” The store’s client, however, is still working, but there are some nuances that signal potential government interference.

StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg have shared some stats on the Twitch viewership for 2021. Grand Theft Auto V became the most streamed video game, only behind the Just Chatting category.

Analytics platform BuzzGuru has analyzed the influencer marketing strategy for RAID: Shadow Legends, finding how much money Plarium pays YouTube creators on average. According to the report, the company has spent $8.66 on this type of ads over the last six months.

VOID Interactive parted ways with publisher Team17 just days after promising to add a school shooting level in Ready or Not. The studio has now commented on the matter, saying that it hopes to make an authentic and realistic game while also honoring those who have been impacted by real tragedies.

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has commented on the concepts of Web3 and the metaverse. He thinks that all these ideas are just overhyped and lack compelling scenarios.

Yuji Naka, known as one of the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, has released SHOT2048, his first mobile title as an indie developer. It is a hypercasual puzzle game, which he created by himself after leaving Square Enix.

Naughty Dog has shared a list of video games that “inspired, thrilled, and entertained” the team in 2021. It includes titles like Deathloop, It Takes Two, Inscryption, and even Bugsnax.

GfK Entertainment senior client director Dorian Bloch has shared the data on the top-selling physical copies of video games in the UK during the Christmas holidays over the last 38 years. In a nutshell, Electronic Arts and Activision are the two undisputed leaders.

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has shared guidelines on creating inclusive games, which it has developed in collaboration with Facebook Gaming. The organization pointed out the main principles of diversity that developers should follow to make their titles more appealing to different audiences.