Startup Fundamentally Games concluded a new seed round of funding. This company was created to help developers turn their games into services.

The “console war” is heating as users compare the specifications of upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer shared his view of the situation.

Because of the coronavirus lockdown, people are resorting to games. According to Nielsen, the United States has seen a 45 percent increase in the time spent in games. Moreover, users have begun to spend more money on games.

Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. The top spot is held by Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, the game with impressive player counts and an unusual update schedule.

Riot Games’ Teamfight Tactics has become the biggest auto chess debut on mobile with over 4.5 million downloads in the two weeks since release.

Rockstar Games is joining the industry-wide efforts to fight COVID-19, and it means business. From April 1 to May 31, the company will donate 5% of GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenues for the treatment of patients.

Playtika decided to support vulnerable people amidst the ongoing health crisis, Gamesindustry.biz writes.

Crazy Labs announced an impressive milestone. The installs of its hyper-casual titles have exceeded 3 billion.

On March 10, Activision Blizzard launched its free battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. On the first day, the title’s player count exceeded 6 million.

On March 6, medieval kingdom management simulator Yes, Your Grace came out on Steam. Over the weekend, the game generated $600k. Publisher No More Robots names possible reasons for this success.

Over the three months since its launch, Google Stadia only added 6 games bringing the total to 28. Business Insider talked to a number of developers and publishers and learned why they are not rushing to the platform.

Newzoo has shared a forecast for the global esports market for 2020-2023. According to the analyst firm, this year, the segment’s revenue will, for the first time, exceed $1 billion.

Valve has refined Steam Search. New filters were added, allowing you, for example, to filter out titles that you are already familiar with.

Sanzaru Games became part of Oculus Studios. The developer was acquired by Facebook.

On January 21, MMO adventure Temtem was released into Steam Early Access. The game inspired by the Pokémon series has already sold over 500 thousand copies.

Europeans will spend around $23 billion on apps in 2020 across the App Store and Google Play. Spending on mobile games will also increase from 2019, but their share of the total revenue generated on mobile will decrease compared to non-gaming apps.