Zynga agreed to acquire Turkish mobile game company Peak Games for a whopping $1.8 billion. The update came from Bloomberg.

Jim Ryan, President & CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment, has announced a digital showcase that will be held on June 4. During the event, which will last over an hour, Sony will reveal the lineup of games coming to PlayStation 5.

Game designer Hideo Kojima said that Death Stranding was profitable on PlayStation 4. This is despite the rumors suggsting otherwise, as well as the reluctance of Sony to disclose any sales data for the title.

CD Projekt disclosed sales figures for The Witcher trilogy. Over 13 years, the trilogy has sold 50 million copies.

Eve Echoes is an upcoming mobile space MMORPG that expands on its PC predecessor Eve Online (2003). The title developed by NetEase Games is currently in open beta with a launch date set for mid-August 2020.

Match3 games generate 21% of all US iOS revenue, which makes it the biggest subgenre in the region. This is according to GameRefinery’s latest genre snapshot report.

Starni Games’ Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg came under attack from Russia’s Federation Council.

Blizzard announced it will not be running BlizzCon 2020 citing uncertainty around national and local health guidelines in the months ahead.

Steam China has stealthily graduated to an alpha stage, according to WIN.gg.

GameAnalytics has added a new directory to its website. It contains listings and links to numerous platforms, providers and tools for mobile game developers.

Today, on May 27, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), the WN Hub organizers are coming back with the second installment of the WN Talk series. This week’s roundtable discussion is on Team management in the COVID-19 era.

The Spanish government is going to give 20 million euros to CREA SGR, a Spanish non-profit financial organization, to support cultural industries affected the pandemic. Some of that money will go to video games companies.

Zhu Yongxin, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), proposed a rating system for online games.

Financial Times published an article about Playrix. It doesn’t offer any new facts, but there are some interesting quotes, about UA, investments and the stock market.

The Shattering is a first-person story-driven psychological thriller with horror elements. It came out on April 21 and is currently available on PC.

On May 22, 1980, Pac-Man debuted on arcade machines in Japan.

Fortnite is becoming an event platform in its own right. The second trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming action thriller, Tenet, debuted in the game yesterday.

Twitter user Dusk Golem posted a thread saying that a new Silent Hill title has been in development since early 2019.