Today at 1pm PT / 9pm BST, Sony is revealing PS5 games from internal and third-party studios. We will likely see more of Unreal Engine 5 in action.

Angry Birds makers have become another studio to borrow from Playrix’s experience. Rovio released a match-3 game that uses pretty much the same concept and mechanics as Homescapes and Gardenscapes.

In the past, Microsoft wasn’t quite clear on whether Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is being built on Unreal Engine 4 or 5. In the latest post for Xbox Wire, Jason Ronald, Director of Program Management for Xbox Series X, confirmed that the title is being developed on the next version of the eninge.

Brawl Stars launched globally in November 2018. To date, the title still hasn’t crossed the $1 billion revenue milestone. However, that might change soon. Yesterday, YOOZOO, the Chinese partner of Supercell, announced that the game was officially released in China.

VR escape room puzzler I Expect You To Die came out on PC in late 2016. In early 2017, its PSVR version was released.

Garena’s valuation has grown from $1 billion to $23 billion over the last six years.

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile generated over $226 million in revenue last month, which is 41 percent more than it did in May 2019. It makes the title the top-grossing mobile game of May 2020.

In April, Nintendo confirmed a massive privacy breach that led to as many as 160,000 Nintendo Accounts being illegally accessed. Following an investigation, Nintendo has now admitted another 140,000 accounts were compromised, for a total of 300,000.

PlayStation officially announced the new date for its The Future of Gaming event. It will now take place on June 11. During the live stream, Sony will reveal PS5 games from internal and third-party studios. Some exclusives are expected. A sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the probable announcements.

Gregory Fulton, Lead Designer on Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (1999), is working on a “spiritual successor” to the title. The project is still in early stages.

Timelie is a puzzle adventure game that offers a new take on time manipulation. The game came out on PC on May 21. It’s the first title from a Thai team called Urnique Studio. While still in development, the project won Microsoft Imagine Cup both domestically and internationally.

Unity Technologies Inc. is reportedly working with financial advisers to prepare for an initial public offering. This is coming from Bloomberg, which cites its own sources.

Defold, the game engine from the makers of Candy Crush Saga, doesn’t make news quite as often as, for example, Unreal or Unity. Last May, however, was important for the engine. First, it became open source. Second, it officially separated from King. Björn Ritzl, Defold product owner, explains why and how this happened.

Humble has set up a $1 million fund to publish games from black games developers.

UPD: Bohemia Interactive announced that Tencent hadn’t acquired a majority stake in the studio. The news of the investment was originally reported by The Information.

Today, on June 3, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), tune in on the WN Hub for a roundtable discussion on What to expect from hyper-casual and idle games.

On June 8-11, the Talents In Games conference will go live bringing together over 2,000 game developers.

Developer Digital Sun and Publisher 11 bit studios announced that rogue-like action game/trade simulator Moonlighter has sold over 1 million copies after two years on the market.