Following the recent investment from Tencent, French hypercasual publisher Voodoo is launching new offices across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

French publisher Nacon has responded to the open letter posted by The Sinking City developer Frogwares.

CD Projekt Red generates 25% of the revenue of the entire Poland’s gaming industry. This is according to a report from Game Industry Conference titled “The Game Industry of Poland.”

Fall Guys has just become the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time on a global basis, PlayStation tweeted. No figure is given for how many downloands Mediatonic’s battle royale has generated, though.

Developer Frogwares has taken its Lovecraftian title The Sinking City down from Steam and other platforms.

Nintendo plans to launch an upgraded version of its Switch console in 2021, accompanied by a strong lineup of new titles.

Epic partially won a temporary restraining order against Apple. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple can’t terminate Epic’s developer accounts or otherwise limit the ability of developers to use Unreal Engine on iOS and Mac. Not yet, anyway.

Last week, Apple announced it would terminate all Epic’s developer accounts and block iOS and Mac development tools for the Fortnite company. Epic filed a motion for temporary restraning order on Apple’s actions. According to the documentation Epic submitted to the court, Apple’s decision does not simply target Fortnite on iOS and Mac devices. It’s also “a direct attack on the ongoing viability of the Unreal Engine” on those platforms.

Following the coronavirus lockdown, Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios is shifting to a hybrid model allowing both remote and in-office work.

IGDA (The International  Game Developers Association), world’s biggest game developer community, published a statement on violence and human rights in Belarus.

In Australia, all games featuring in-game purchases must disclose it on the box art of their retail versions. This applies to all games submitted to the Australian classification board since May 2020.

In the latest blog post, discoverability guru Simon Carless discusses how developers or publishers’ net revenue compares to what gamers actually spend on the game.

Chinese giant Tencent acquired a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher. Following the deal, Voodoo is valued at $1.4 billion.

Film production company Snoot Entertainment is working with studio Campo Santo on a film adaptation of 2016 indie hit Firewatch.

Last week saw a major standoff between Apple and Epic Games. In response to a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic against Apple, the latter decided to terminate all Epic’s developer accounts and block iOS and Mac development tools for the Fortnite company. The decision will come into force on August 28.

Nearly 40% of the world’s population is gamers. This is according to research firm DFC Intelligence, which found that 3.1 billion play games. Half of them play on mobile.

UK gaming company 110 Industries raised $20 million from Roman Abramovich’s investment company Norma Investment, GEM Capital, and film producer Sergey Kornykhin, Vedomosti reports.