Microsoft has tried to convince Apple that it will be great for users to get some AAA games from Xbox on iOS, according to new private emails. However, negotiations about bringing xCloud to the App Store didn’t end well due to some financial and engineering disagreements.

Google has revealed its plans to bring Android mobile games to Windows. The company officially confirmed that Google Play Games will come to PC in 2022.

It’s been a year since the release of Cyberpunk 2077. Due to a lot of issues and scandals, CD Projekt shares dropped by 54% over the last 12 months. On top of that, the game’s sales are far from the initially optimistic forecasts.

MYTONA has joined numerous tech companies that have their own metaverses. Its project is called MYTONAVERSE and will unite people in a social sandbox, where they could make friends and change virtual worlds.

For a new installment in our “2021 in Video Games” series, we are joined by Peter Warman, Co-Founder and CEO of Newzoo.

CD Projekt might soon be able to settle a class-action lawsuit from investors over Cyberpunk 2077’s botched launch. However, it doesn’t mean that the company is going to accept all allegations against it.

An appeals court has granted Apple’s request to put the previous order on pause. It means that the company doesn’t have to make changes to its App Store policy, which would let developers add links to third-party payment solutions.

As we all know, the world of mobile ads has changed forever since the release of iOS 14.5. Apple let users say no to tracking their personal data. Some apps, however, are still collecting information using a looser interpretation of Apple’s privacy rules.

Young developers who tried to get jobs at Riot Games, Rockstar, and Manticore Games fell victim to an unknown group of scammers. The impostors presented themselves as recruiters, showing devs what looked like authentic paperwork, to extort money from them.

Time Loader is a new story-driven and physics-based puzzle game created by small indie team Flazm. We spoke to the studio’s head Alexey “Flazm” Davydov about the development process, the game’s mechanics, publishers, budgets, and the indie dev space in general.

Developers at different Activision Blizzard studios have joined a walkout in protest of the latest layoffs at Raven Software. They oppose the arbitrariness in the workplace and demand that all contract testers receive full-time positions.

Ward B, an indie studio that is now developing sci-fi shooter Oceanic, has accused Russian weapon manufacturer Kalashnikov of stealing its design. The developer claims that the company copied one of the game’s guns for its new shotgun.

Last week, Activision Blizzard laid off about a third of the Raven Software QA team, although they had been previously promised promotions. It resulted in a walkout organized by workers, who want all layoffs to be reversed.

With 2021 almost over, Craig Chapple, Mobile Insights Strategist, EMEA at Sensor Tower, reflects on the achievements of the year and what lies ahead.

The latest bundle of documents related to the Epic Games and Apple lawsuit has highlighted the decline in projected revenues for the Epic Games Store. It looks like the company expects its store to stay unprofitable until 2025.

Game developers from studios across the US and Canada have been sharing their pays using #GameDevPaidMe on Twitter. Here is some of the most interesting data.

Apple has filed a lawsuit against Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which opened a case against the company in October over its refusal to let developers use third-party payment methods.

While Battlefield 2042 had many technical problems at launch and got negative reviews from players, the game still might be doing great in terms of sales. According to a new report, the shooter reached 4.23 million units sold in its first week.

A series of trademark disputes filed by Take-Two emerged earlier this week. The list included a dispute with It Takes Two developer Hazelight, which still hopes to resolve the situation.