The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear Epic Games v. Apple antitrust appeal on October 21. The Fortnite maker will try to argue that Apple must be considered a monopoly, while the iPhone maker will challenge the court’s decision.

Grand Theft Auto remains one of the biggest gaming franchises globally. However, its quarterly earnings are back to pre-pandemic levels, although the numbers are still strong due to the success of GTA Online.

Apex Legends has reached another milestone after the Season 14 launch. Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale broke its previous record for peak concurrent players by almost 100k users.

Microsoft has commented on Sony’s concern over the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The company told a Brazilian regulator that PlayStation pays developers to stay off Game Pass to prevent Xbox’s growth.

A few weeks after announcing his departure from 343 Industries, Nicolas Bouvier has joined AAA studio Team Kaiju. He is another Halo veteran at the new development subsidiary of Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group.

Juan Linietsky and a group of other Godot veterans have started a new company called W4 Games. Its goal is to strengthen the engine’s ecosystem and help the games industry to embrace the open source model.

Unity has issued a financial report for the second quarter ended June 30. Despite seeing strong revenue growth, the company’s losses also increased year-over-year.

Another huge gaming acquisition is on the horizon. Mobile app marketing platform AppLovin has made an offer to buy Unity in a $17.54 billion deal.

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard will likely close by the beginning of 2023. If this happens, the number of Game Pass subscribers might reach 100 million, an analyst believes.

Take-Two has released its first financial report after closing its acquisition of Zynga. Although the publisher’s revenue rose in the three months ended June 30, it posted a huge loss due to increased costs and macroeconomic factors.

Less than 2 million people on average play games on Netflix daily. Although the number is small compared to successful mobile studios, the streaming giant will continue to invest in this field.

Arc System Works has announced that Guilty Gear Strive has reached a new milestone. The game is now officially the best-selling title in the long-running series.

Polish developer Ice Code Games has seen its shares increase by over 100% after the release of Hard West 2. The studio’s market capitalization reached almost $30 million.

FlyinDogs is a Georgia-based team working on The Tales of Bayun, a narrative adventure game inspired by the Slavic folklore. The studio’s co-founder Ilia Maksimenko has told us about crafting a colorful yet gloomy fantasy world and diving into the sea of indie development.

Another game studio has announced mass layoffs. Jam City has cut hundreds of people across several offices as part of its restructuring, citing economic challenges as the main reason.

GamesForest.Club, a non-profit company helping the games industry invest in carbon absorption, recently partnered with two game companies. Xsolla and CD Projekt will join the organization to protect forests in Europe and South America.

Tencent continues to pursue Western expansion amid ongoing pressure in China. The company has reportedly reached out to the Guillemot family to increase its stake in the Assassin’s Creed maker.

The US mobile games market has faced a recession during the first half of 2022. According to Sensor Tower, nearly all genres saw their revenues decline from the previous year.

A group of employees at Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, have accused Activation of preventing their unionization efforts. The Diablo IV developers say the company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to deny their labor rights.