Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima will be part of the jury of the Venice Film Festival 2020.

Epic Games has announced that over 600 recipients have been awarded $42 million under its MegaGrants program.

Ghost of Tsushima sold over 2.4 million copies during its first three days on sale, Sony tweeted today.

Over 28,000 video games businesses shut down in China in 2018 and 2019 as a result of the nine-month licensing freeze. However, more than 22,000 new game-related companies have been registered in China in 2020.

Ukie, the trade organization for the UK video games and digital entertainment industry, conducted 15 roundtable discussions with over 50 businesses along with two surveys with a combined 300 repsonses. The purpose of these studies was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the UK games industry.

The creators of Rocket League announced that the title is going free-to-play in summer 2020. At the same time, it will become an Epic Games Store exlusive on PC.

Epic Games has announced the Unreal Fellowship, a 30-day intensive blended learning program designed to equip the experienced industry professionals in film, animation, and VFX with the in-depth knowledge of Unreal Engine.

The European Commission has launched an official antitrust investigation to establish whether Apple’s rules for the distribution of apps via the App Store are in violation of the EU competition law.

Simon Carless, the author of Game Discoverability Weekly newsletter, wrote a post arguing it’s time to re-evaluate the lifetime review/sales ratio on Steam.

Eric Lempel, Senior Vice President Marketing & Head of PlayStation Network, has confirmed that first-party exlusives will continue to be released for PS4 even after PS5 debuts this holiday.

Attentat 1942 is a a historically-accurate adventure about the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. When working on the title, the developers at Charles Games consulted historians at the Czech Academy of Sciences. The game came out on PC in 2017 to critical acclaim and very positive user reviews.

Paradox Interactive has bought the Finnish developer, Iceflake Studios.

Microsoft is stopping the production of Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles.

Nifty Games Inc., a California-based developer and publisher focused on quick-session head-to-head sports games for mobile devices, is opening its first internal development studio in Chicago.

Chinese giant Tencent is considering acquiring a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher.

Epic Games unveiled a new iOS app called Live Link Face for Unreal Engine.

Metacritic no longer allows users to submit reviews until at least 2 days after the game comes out.

Indie publisher Yogscast Games announced Tiny Teams Indie Festival to showcase games from indie micro-studios. The event will be broadcast live on Steam and Twitch 9-15 August 2020.

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering banning TikTok in the U.S. This is in response to the way China handled the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg.