Next year’s gamescom will be held as a hybrid event. Its physical part will take place in Cologne from August 25 to 29, 2021. At the same time, its online edition will run on the net.

Thunder Lotus, the studio behind “cozy management game about dying” Spiritfarer, came under fire for what users felt was insensitive portrayal of a character with disabilities.

DPS Games is the new name of Wargaming’s studio based in Guildford, UK.

Indian authorities have blocked 118 mobile apps from Chinese companies that are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.”

Huuuge Inc. is preparing for a potential initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Russia’s State Duma is reviewing a bill on mobile application stores submitted by the Just Russia party.

Startup Dorian has raised $3.25 million in seed funding led by March Capital Partners. Dorian is a platform allowing fiction writers and other storytellers to create their own games without coding.

46 thousand people backed RPG Eiyuden Chronicle on Kickstarter, having pledged the total of $4.5 million. This is almost 900% more than the amount initially requested. So far, only two games have shown better results.

In its 2020 corporate report, Sony reiterated the importance of exclusives to its growth strategy. In fact, “SIE will accelerate the enhancement and rollout of its portfolio of exclusive PlayStation titles,” the company said.

From 28 September 2020, games companies can submit applications for funding to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). Studios can now get non-repayable grants from the government covering 25 to 50 percent of development costs.

Netflix announced it’s working on a Resident Evil TV show.

Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you play as an amorphous creature of unknown origins.

Following the recent investment from Tencent, French hypercasual publisher Voodoo is launching new offices across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

French publisher Nacon has responded to the open letter posted by The Sinking City developer Frogwares.

CD Projekt Red generates 25% of the revenue of the entire Poland’s gaming industry. This is according to a report from Game Industry Conference titled “The Game Industry of Poland.”

Fall Guys has just become the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time on a global basis, PlayStation tweeted. No figure is given for how many downloands Mediatonic’s battle royale has generated, though.