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Industry News December 31, 2019

One of 2019 biggest indie successes: Untitled Goose Game surpasses 1 million copies sold

It took indie hit Untitled Goose Game three months to sell 1 million copies. The news was proudly conveyed by Cabel Sasser, co-founder at Panic, the game’s publisher.
Industry News December 30, 2019

2019 in video games: Wargaming’s Justin Farren on emerging technologies, representing women in games, and stuff that never lets go

With two days to go before 2020, we still had time to catch up with Justin Farren, Executive Producer at Wargaming, to discuss what 2019 means (meant?) for the industry.
Industry News December 30, 2019

Witcher titles played by more people than on launch

4 years after the release, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt breaks its own record. Its peak concurrent player number on Steam has exceeded 94,000.
Industry News December 30, 2019

SUPERHOT VR clears $2 million over past week

Callum Underwood, Director of Special Projects at SUPERHOT Team, announced that SUPERHOT VR generated over $2 million over the past week alone. This takes into account all platforms where the game is available.
Industry News December 27, 2019

2019 in video games: Deck13’s Jan Klose on The Surge 2, cloud gaming, and subscriptions

The Surge 2 from Deck13 became one of this year’s top releases on Steam. With 2019 almost over, Jan Klose, co-founder and managing director at Deck13, as well creative director on The Surge 2, reflects on the achievements of the year and what lies ahead.
Industry News December 27, 2019

Steam’s best of 2019

Valve posted a bunch of its 2019 top games lists.
Industry News December 26, 2019

Hong Kong protesters take to streets in Grand Theft Auto V

The conflict between Hong Kong and China is affecting the gaming world once more. Players are taking advantage of new items added in GTA V’s Diamond Casino Heist update to look like Hong Kong protesters.
Industry News December 26, 2019

Nintendo names this year’s bestselling indie games on Switch

Nintendo revealed top indie games by revenue on Switch.
Industry News December 25, 2019

Science behind Tencent’s AI that beats 99.81% of human opponents in Honor of Kings

Tencent recently revealed an AI system that could beat teams of pros in its MOBA hit Honor of Kings (aka Arena of Valor).
Industry News December 25, 2019

deltaDNA: 94% of mobile game developers use ad monetization

Analyst platform deltaDNA conducted a study on how its clients, mobile game developers, work with ads in their products.
Industry News December 24, 2019

Oh Valley of Plenty: The Witcher games responsible for biggest stock success of past decade

CD Projekt has posted a return of 21,000% since the end of 2009, the biggest surge by far of any stock in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.
Industry News December 24, 2019

Epic MegaGrants 2019 results: $13 million invested in 200 studios

Epic Games has already invested $13 million in 3D developers and projects on Unreal Engine. In less than a year, 200 teams received financial support from Epic.
Industry News December 23, 2019

2019 in video games: Spiders’ Jehanne Rousseau on GreedFall, Google Stadia, and AAA auteur games

It’s that time of year again. With Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner, we caught up with Jehanne Rousseau, CEO at French indie studio Spiders, to reflect on what 2019 meant for the company and its latest hit GreedFall.
Industry News December 23, 2019

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt surpasses 48K concurrent players on Steam

While the Netflix adaptation of The Witcher saga got an uneven reception from fans, it apparently underscored just how good of a job CD PROJEKT RED did on the IP created by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Industry News December 23, 2019

Facebook rolls out gaming report to reiterate its commitment to video games

Facebook published a report on global trends in video games market. As per its findings, there are two main phenomena defining the industry.
Industry News December 20, 2019

Despite Stadia’s quiet launch, Google reinforces platform with first acquisition

Google announced that it has purchased Montreal-based Typhoon Studios. It will become part of the Stadia team and will work on exclusives for the platform.
Industry News December 20, 2019

Facebook working on its own OS

Facebook is developing its own operating system. Once it’s created, Facebook can move its hardware away from Android.
Industry News December 20, 2019

Wargaming sues former employees. Company seeks $1.69 in damages

Belarusian indie studio BlitzTeam claims Wargaming is suing its former employees over an open source project.
Industry News December 19, 2019

NetEase’s AI allows players to create avatars from selfies

NetEase enabled AI to create lifelike gaming avatars. NetEase’s MMORPG Justice allows players to turn their selfies into in-game models.
Industry News December 19, 2019

Facebook buys cloud gaming firm PlayGiga

Facebook has purchased Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga. It cost Facebook $78 million, according to CNBC.
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