Gary McKay has officially become the new general manager of BioWare. He started his career at Electronic Arts and was also development director of the FIFA series. Despite his experience in the games industry and promises to create big story-driven RPGs, some fans weren’t happy about McKay stepping in as new studio head.

There are a lot of changes on the list of the best-selling titles on Steam this week. Guilty Gear: Strive, the latest installment in the famous series of fighting games, has become a new chart-topper, with Battlefield 2042 also debuting in the top-5.

George Perkins, Managing Director at Super Rare Games, discusses the new Super Rare Shorts label and how physical distribution can help smaller-scale games gain mass-market appeal.

After a group of hackers stole a whopping amount of data from Electronic Arts, it’s been reported how exactly they managed to find a breach in the system. The list of stolen information includes the source code of FIFA 21.

Kalypso Media, known for series like Tropico and Patrician, will now sell all its new releases at lower prices. This move was made possible due to a significant increase in digital sales.

Apple Design Awards honors excellence in innovation and technical achievement in app and game design. This year, the list of winners includes mobile titles like League of Legends: Wild Rift and Genshin Impact.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, a new PlayStation 5 exclusive, was officially released on June 11. The game got 89/100 on Metacritic, based on almost 100 reviews. Critics praised Rift Apart for its visuals and the usage of new technologies but said that it’s almost the same old action-adventure when it comes to gameplay.

Games conferences and shows like E3 have been receiving criticism for years. The latest person to voice their issues with old formats is Raw Fury head Johan Toresson who urged developers and publishers to stop spending money on big events.

Finding investors might be a problem for small studios and indie developers. Achievers Hub has compiled dozens of companies that invest in games into one list.

Chinese tech companies have very strict working rules, with many employees having to work six days a week, from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. However, Tencent-owned studio Lightspeed & Quantum, known for developing PUBG Mobile, decided to make a few changes to this system.

Roblox allows its players to add virtual players into their games to listen to music. That, however, didn’t sit well with major music labels who accused the company of causing the loss of profit. They are now demanding at least $200 million in damages.

As announced in March, Google is reducing its 30 percent cut to 15 percent for all Android developers for the first $1M of revenue earned each year. This is effective from July 1st, but Google has just announced that devs can start enrolling for the reduced service fee.

WN Eastern Europe will take place July 1-31. The event is expected to bring together over 3,500 game industry professionals from more than 100 countries. That includes game developers, publishers, investors, platforms, and service providers.

Developers of upcoming RTS Homeworld 3 have been collecting donations on crowdfunding platform Fig since 2019. However, all investment reservations were cancelled after publisher Gearbox was acquired by Embracer Group.

Xsolla’s XDC Contest Canada wrapped up during PC/Console Game Developer Day Canada on June 8. Windigo from Affordance Studio was named The Best Game by Xsolla.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has received positive reviews from critics, getting an average score of 89/100 on Metacritic. And some Insomniac employees are now sharing their experience of working on the game and making it without crunch.

Users of website Royal Games, owned by Candy Crush developer King, weren’t able to cash out their money for almost half a year. It is all due to a legal investigation by PayPal.

China has very strict rules when it comes to publishing games. According to the data from the latest hack, CD Projekt removed certain content from the Chinese version of Cyberpunk 2077. Controversially, this censored content happens to be labeled “Winnie the Pooh.”

After iOS 15 is released, Apple will send SKAdNetwork data not only to ad networks but to advertisers as well.