The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on people who are stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown to play active video games.

Bleeding Edge, a 4v4 multiplayer shooter/brawler from Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, came out 24 March 2020 on Xbox One and PC.

On March 4, Apple informed developers that all new apps submitted to the App Store would have to comply with the updated App Store Review Guidelines. The guidelines were changed to include features introduced with iOS and iPadOS 13 SDK or later. These changes pertain to reviews, spam, push notifications, Sign in with Apple, data collection and storage, mobile device management, and more.

Today, March 26, Epic Games announced a new initiative. It is called Epic Games Publishing. That’s right. The Fortnite and Epic Games Store company is going to begin publishing games by third-party teams.

Bethesda announced that Doom Eternal‘s launch sales have been by far the highest of any other game in the Doom series.

Remedy Entertainment announced has signed with a “major publisher” for two multi-platform titles.

According to Game Data Library, the Nintendo Switch has sold 12,801,240 units in Japan, surpassing the Wii’s 12,739,002 lifetime sales. It’s also worth mentioning that the Switch has been on the market for three years, while it took the Wii twice as long to clear 12,7 units sold.

Last year, U.S. per-device spending on iOS games increased to $53.80, up 22 percent from $44 in 2018. That’s according to Sensor Tower.

Players spent $23 million in Pokémon Go during the week of March 16, according to Sensor Tower. That is an increase of 66.7% compared to the week before. The uptick in the title’s revenue is taking place as stay-at-home orders are being issued globally.

CD PROJEKT RED donated PLN 4 million to Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, an organization that raises money to purchase medical equipment. That’s around $1 million.

The creators of the Unity engine have given users free access to its Learn Premium tutorials for three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Just Cause makers have rebranded as Avalanche Studios Group. The change has been made in the recognition of the company’s three ‘creative divisions’: Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction.

While GDC organizers announced that the show would be postponed until summer, some of the talks were streamed last week as part of GDC Virtual Talks. Now they are available on Twitch or via the GDC Vault for free.

In mid-March, rumors surfaced that two Silent Hill games might be in development. One is allegedly a soft reboot made by the creators of the original games including director and writer of the 1999 Silent Hill Keiichiro Toyama, Silent Hill 2 and 3 art director Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka. The other project was described as an attempt to revive the cancelled Silent Hills, with Kojima Productions behind it.

Plague Inc. maker Ndemic Creations has made a $250,000 donation to Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

Crytek is rolling out its CRYENGINE on mobile. The company is inviting developers to sign up for a beta program on Android, which will launch later in 2020.

One of the most pressing challenges Stadia is facing is a small library. Google understands this. That is why the tech giant announced that it’s working on a program that will allow indie devs to publish games on the cloud platform.

Playtika decided to support vulnerable people amidst the ongoing health crisis, Gamesindustry.biz writes.

Fortune Business Insights analysts are confident about the bright future of cloud gaming.