Black Mesa 1.0 came out on March 6 bringing closure to 16 years of arguably the most ambitious modding effort ever. The nuances of Gordon Freeman’s inaugural adventure cleverly rewritten, multiple environments and AI overhauled, Xen completely reimagined. The game itself, once a fan mod, is now a commercial stand-alone title. All good things to those who wait.

Square Enix sold 3.5 million copies of Final Fantasy VII Remake in the first three days since release. There’s no breakdown between digital and retail though.

More publishers are leaving the GeForce Now. Xbox Game Studios, Warner Bros., Codemasters and Klei Entertainment are pulling their games from Nvidia’s game-streaming service.

Apple is rolling out the App Store in another 20 countries, eight of them in Africa.

Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan announced that the crowdfunding company is likely going to lay off employees.

Jason Schreier has joined the team at Bloomberg News. This he revealed in an interview to gamesindustry.biz.

Platformer GRIS has sold 1 million copies in just over a year. This is coming from the developer Nomada Studio who took to Twitter to thank players and publisher Devolver Digital.

Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. The top spot is yet again held by Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

Crytek has officially confirmed Crysis Remastered and shared some details.

The Chinese authorities are tightening political censorship in video games.

Jason Schreier announced he is leaving Kotaku after eight years with the website, most recently as news editor.

Crytek is working on Crysis Remastered. The game will come out on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch.

Newzoo has adjusted its esports forecast for 2020 to reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic: this year, many esports events have been delayed, cancelled or made digital-only.

This week, Jim Ryan, President & CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced the Play At Home Initiative.

Rival Games, a Finland-based developer best known for its mobile title Alien: Blackout, has closed down.

Nifty Games Inc., a California-based developer and publisher focused on quick-session head-to-head sports games for mobile devices, has secured more than $12 million in Series A financing.

In the USA and Canada, a special designation has been introduced for games with loot boxes. Prior to this, all games with IAP, including those containing loot boxes, had the same in-game purchase notification.

Valve has announced Steam Game Festival Summer Edition. From June 9 to June 14, free demos of the upcoming games will be featured on the store. Developers wishing to participate must submit applications by April 24.

On April 22, a new digital platform will launch for the video games industry. It’s called the WN Hub and it will allow industry professionals to network and discuss relevant business topics. The platform has announced the speakers that will give talks during the launch week.