On October 16-17, the White Nights conference took place in Moscow. Over its two days, around 1,500 participants attended, which is couple of hundred more than the previous year.

Naughty Dog celebrates 10th anniversary of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Daniel Ahmad, an analyst at Niko Partners, used this opportunity to discuss the sales of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.

Summerfall Studios, co-founded by Baldur’s Gate and Dragon Age writer David Gaider and Liam Esler, former designer at Obsidian, reveal its first title.

Released in August, Pokémon Masters became a hit. Its first month revenue amounted to $33.3 million. Nevertheless, players are criticizing its game design. So much, in fact, that the producer of the title had to apologize personally.

Mike Ybarra, corporate vice president of Xbox Live, Xbox Game Pass and Microsoft’s Mixer streaming platform, is leaving the company after nearly 20 years.

The US is on its way to becoming a nation of gamers. Their share of the entire US population reached 73 percent (last year, 67 percent played games, that we know of).

The National Health Service is opening the first specialized clinic in the UK to treat children and young adults diagnosed with gaming disorder.

Call of Duty: Mobile has become the fastest mobile title ever to reach 100 million downloads.

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirmed the name of the the next console from Sony, as well as its release date. As expected, it is called PlayStation 5. It will go on sale at the end of 2020.

Sad news from Wargaming. The Belarusian gaming corporation disbands Wargaming Helsinki after three years of work and closes the project the team was working on.

The launch of the Steam version of Destiny 2 went pretty well. In seven days, the game hit the libraries of 2.97 million Steam users.

Battle Royale Fortnite is so addictive, it calls for a class-action lawsuit  against Epic Games. So says Canadian law firm Calex Légal.

Under UK’s Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) system, game developers can claim back up to 20% of some production costs. Warner Media, which owns Rocksteady (Batman: Arkham series) and Traveller’s Tales (the Lego games), used the policy to claim up to £60m in corporation tax relief. Sony claimed around £30m, while Sega received a £20m tax reduction.

The French version of CS: GO now has an X-ray feature that allows users to scan loot boxes and see their contents before making a purchase. You would think Valve is making the lootbox mechanic less exploitative, but not it’s not quite as straightforward.

Call of Duty: Mobile brought in $2million in 36 hours since launch and hit 20 million installs.

This summer saw a sharp decline in Fortnite viewership on Twitch. As it turns out, the game’s revenue in the US has also been on the decline. In July, it generated 52% less than the same month last year.

GWO and DataMagic prepared a report on the most popular and highest-earning mobile games in September 2019.

Shawn Layden is stepping down as CEO of SIE Worldwide Studios and leaving the company. The announcement came via Sony’s Twitter account, with no explanation as to the reason for his departure.

Outfit7 Limited, the studio behind the Talking Tom and Friends franchise, is celebrating its tenth anniversary and a whopping 10 billion downloads of the the company’s mobile games (including lesser-known titles Swamp Attack and Jigty Jigsaw Puzzles).