The original Quake was released on June 22, 1996. Now, 25 years later, the legendary series might be getting a reboot.

Bobby Kotick will receive a whopping pay of $155 million following the latest approval by investors. Activision Blizzard CEO, who helped the publisher achieve record financial results, remains the longest-running CEO of a public tech company.

Angry Birds creator Rovio has made a deal to use Moomin characters in its upcoming mobile games. The studio also made an investment into Gutsy Animations, hoping to diversify its IP portfolio.

Kim Swift has become a senior director of the Xbox Cloud Gaming team. The former Stadia game design director will also work with third-party and independent studios. And, according to the latest reports, one of these cloud-native projects might be Hideo Kojima’s new game.

Berlin studio Yager has received new investment from Tencent. Now the Chinese company owns a major stake in the developer of Spec Ops: The Line and The Cycle.

Canada is home to the third-largest game development workforce in the world, following the U.S. and Japan. We caught up with Pierre Moisan, Senior Advisor New Media, CEIM, to discuss the country’s gamedev scene and the opportunities and challenges it offers.

Game developers always need honest feedback to see what’s wrong with their projects. That’s why the Reddit community created a new subreddit called “Destroy My Game.” Only honest thoughts and no sugar-coating.

Electronic Arts decided to test a new way players interact with loot boxes in the FIFA series. The company now lets users preview packs before buying them as part of a new time-limited event. However, it has some restrictions.

There are usually fewer major releases in summer, so it is a chance for smaller games to take over best-selling lists. Here are all the changes in last week’s Steam charts.

New speculations about Electronic Arts’ new game appeared ahead of the EA Play Live showcase. And some hints signal that it might be a revival of Dead Space.

Following the relase of Patch 1.23, CDPR’s troubled child has returned to the PlayStation Store. That’s after half a year of exile from the store.

Nine months after being banned in India, PUBG Mobile has become available for download again. The game is now called Battlegrounds Mobile India. Prior to its Android release, it gained over 20 million pre-registrations on Google Play in just two weeks.

WN Eastern Europe kicks off July 1. The hybrid conference will include over 3,500 attendees, representing companies like Activision Blizzard, Raw Fury, Unity, Crazy Panda, Belka Games, and Adjust. The organizers have announced the official program both for the online and offline parts of the event.

Mysterious indie studio Blue Box continues to generate fan theories around its upcoming PS5 horror game code-named Abandoned. The latest messages from the developers prompted fans to speculate that the game might be a new Silent Hill installment.

Scott Cawthon announced his retirement from the games industry amid the controversy surrounding his political views. The developer got doxed for supporting Republican candidates like Donald Trump, with people also threatening his pregnant wife.

Famous indie publisher Raw Fury strongly believes that video games are art. To show it to a wider audience, the company will open an exhibition of physical works of art based on its titles.

During its E3 showcase, Microsoft revealed that a new expansion for Sea of Thieves will be based on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. And it looks like Disney also has plans to collaborate with other developers on bringing more of its IPs to video games.

Krafton has officially announced that it is going public next month. The company behind PUBG is now planning to raise ₩5.6 trillion ($5 billion) through IPO.

There is a practice in the movie industry when authors sell so-called “options” to the rights of their stories. Squeaky Wheel CEO Ryan Sumo has explained how game companies could adopt the same approach, so game designers could see more of their ideas come to life.