Artie, a mobile platform for instant games, raised $10 million with money coming from Zynga and Shutterstock founders among other investors. It supports not only JavaScript and HTML5 but also Unity.

Rumors about a potential reboot of Silent Hill have been circulating for a while. Now The Medium developer Bloober Team reveals it is working on a certain horror franchise with a famous publisher.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Ivan Nikitin, Head of Product at Sensorium Galaxy.

Codemasters officially joins Electronic Arts. The publisher confirmed that it has finally completed the $1.2 deal.

Mobile publisher Playrix and famous Russian rock singer Zemfira released an animated music video for a new song Austin. It’s inspired by the Homescapes butler of the same name.

Microsoft has updated guidelines that might help developers make their projects more accessible for people with disabilities. Now the studios will be able to send their Xbox or PC games for review and receive feedback on how to improve them.

Saudi Arabia continues to show interest in the game industry. The sovereign wealth fund bought stakes in three major publishers, with Activision Blizzard taking almost half of the $3 billion investment.

The employees weren’t aware of Google’s plans to close two first-party Stadia studios. It happened soon after the leadership praised them for making “great progress.”

Six Days in Fallujah is controversial war shooter that continues to cause debate online. After its creators said that the game won’t be a “political commentary,” some developers questioned whether games should touch political topics at all.

Liftoff, a global mobile app marketing optimisation platform, announced the launch of the Post-IDFA Alliance. Liftoff is joined by other mobile marketing technology companies like Fyber, Chartboost, InMobi, Vungle and Singular.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Bill Wang, co-founder and CEO at Skystone Games.

At the end of January, US game developer Tilting Point announced the launch of a St. Petersburg, Russia-based studio. We have discussed the new studio and the challenges it’s facing with Samir El-Agili, the president of Tilting Point.

Unity doesn’t see Unreal Engine as a real competitor. Not on mobile at least. This is according to Kim Jabal, chief financial officer at Unity, who thinks that companies using proprietary engines present a more serious challenge.

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Anton Ravin, Commercial Director at 1C Publishing EU.

Today, Polish studio One More Level stated that it hasn’t seen revenue from Ghostrunner’s commercial success yet. Not being able to publish its financial report, the company saw its shares drop.

International provider of cloud and edge solutions G-Core Labs announced the five winners of its contest for the best online indie game.

SocialPeta and Nativex released a review of global mobile market data in 2020. The report titled “2020 White Paper on Media Buying in the Global Mobile Market” also makes predictions on the mobile market trends for 2021.

Shortly after breaking its concurrent user record, Steam hit another milestone. The store has now over 50,000 games available, with the number growing every month.