2020 is YouTube Gaming’s biggest year, with 100 billion hours of gaming content watched, according to Ryan Wyatt, Head of Global Gaming, You Tube.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands sold 3.7 million copies globally during its launch day, according to Blizzard, which makes it the fastest-selling PC game of all time industry-wide.

“Video game studios are so obsessed with GROWTH and ACQUISITIONS and WEALTH, that they quite often fail to make sure that all of their employees and developers are happy and looked after properly.”

Just like The Witcher 3 five years ago, Cyberpunk 2077 is debuting in an already “famously buggy state.” This is despite mandatory crunch that lasted for more than a year for at least some devs at CD Projekt RED.

The Wolf Among Us Season 2 teaser trailer and a minute-long developer update video will be shown at The Game Awards, according to a post on subreddit GamingLeaksAndRumours.

YouTube channel NeoGamer posted an extensive making of video on Cyberpunk 2077. It features the interview with Keanu Reeves and the developers of the game at CDProjekt Red, motion and facial capture, the creation of the world, the cars the music and more.

Supergiant Games, the studio behind Bastion, Pyre, and Hades, is now 16 people strong. Seven of them have been with the company from the very beginning over ten years ago. Studio director Amir Rao and writer / designer Greg Kasavin discuss the culture of sustainability at the studio.

Poland-based Galaktus PR Agency specializes in public relations and marketing services for gaming and tech brands across Europe and the USA. We caught up with Galaktus CEO Mateusz Szukajt to discuss what 2020 meant for the company and the industry.

We have rounded up facts and opinions about Cyberpunk 2077 ahead of its release.

Film director Jordan Vogt-Roberts confirmed that Oscar Isaac will play Solid Snake in the upcoming adaptation of Metal Gear Solid.

The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley said that BioWare willl be showing more of Dragon Age 4 at the show.

Naughty Dog President Evan Wells announced that Neil Druckmann has just been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog.

Looks like TikTok can stay in the U.S. after all.

The Monster Hunter movie premiered in China on December 3 only to be reportedly cancelled due to public outcry against a racist joke in the film.

With 2020 hopefully coming to a close (unless it gets pushed back or something), we have reached out to indie devs and publishers to find out how they fared amid these challenging times. Turns out, pretty well! At least as far as Poland’s 11 bit studios is concerned. Here’s what Konrad Adamczewski, PR Specialist at 11 bit studios, has got to say:

Two guest hosts have just been announced for this year’s edition of the Game Awards. Gal Gadot and Brie Larson, two superhero movie stars, will join the show creator Geoff Keighley as presenters.

Epic Games released Unreal Engine 4.26.

Enrollment is now open for the new App Store Small Business Program. Devs and publishers that earned up to 1 million USD in revenue in 2020 can apply right now for a reduced commission rate of 15% on paid apps and in-app purchases.

EA announced that Casey Hudson, GM at BioWare, and Mark Darrah, Executive Producer on Dragon Age, are departing from BioWare. The upcoming Mass Effect and Dragon Age installments will continue to be developed with new people on board.