To stream on Steam or not to stream? That is the question posed on Twitter by Mike Rose of No More Robots.

For our friends at law firm Semenov&Pevzner, the video games industry is something of a courtroom drama, if not a legal thriller. Exclusively for Game World Observer, the firm’s IP lawyers have put together a rundown of two years’ worth of video game lawsuits.

Tiny Money from two Israel-based artists, Dor Bar and Shachar Peters, is a stop motion clay animation game in the vein of 1998 classic The Neverhood. The game is still in development. We caught up with Dor Bar to discuss the studio’s debut project.

While most games these days embrace colorblind accessibility through adding colorblind modes, one title doesn’t need it.

The latest update brought about a major landing page redesign that makes it easier for users to navigate among recently played games, friends activity, collections, and technical support. Developers can now use the new Events feature to let players know about changes made to the game, ongoing challenges, and other stuff. But it’s not all the Steam has been up to as of late.

Blizzard lost one of its esports sponsors, Mitsubishi Motors. The company decided to pull its dollars in response to how Blizzard treated Chung ‘blitzchung’ Ng Wai, who openly supported Hong Kong protestors during an official Hearthstone livestream.

Ninja Theory is the studio behind 2017 hit Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. The game follows a protagonist who must struggle with her psychosis to overcome physical and psychological threats. Despite its experimental nature, the title found commercial success.

Sony published its Q2 (July-Sept) fiscal year 2019 report. Here’s how the company did in Game & Network Services segment.

Want your game to sell well on Steam? Just use the store’s features! That’s what the makers of The End Is Nigh did. Once they added Steam Workshop, the sales jumped 1000%.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts has signed an agreement with Valve. Under the new deal, EA games will be available on Steam. Again.

Users are review bombing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Metacritic over the game’s depiction of the Russian forces. Currently, the title holds the user-generated score of 2.4 out of 10.

The trade war between China and the United States is gaining momentum. Its next victim may be TikTok, one of the most popular mobile apps in the US.

GameClub, a subscription platform for the classic iOS titles, arrived on iOS in the US. For the familiar $4.99 per month, the subscribers can access the curated library of 50 iOS hits that had been previously rendered unplayable after Apple dropped support for 32-bit devices.

What is the gamedev scene like in France? The French Video Game Trade Association has posted the findings of its annual survey conducted in collaboration with IDATE DigiWorld.

Epic Games has started deploying its own Android store. The company changed the name of the Fortnite installer on Android.

Finland’s gaming organization Neogames explores the state of video games markets of China, Japan and South Korea in their latest study.

For our friends at law firm Semenov&Pevzner, the video games industry is something of a courtroom drama, if not a legal thriller. Exclusively for Game World Observer, the firm’s IP lawyers have put together a rundown of two years’ worth of video game lawsuits.

Despite Gears 5’s successful release, in general, July-September was not the best period for the Microsoft gaming division.

Earlier this month Mike Ybarra left Microsoft after 20 years with the company. Now we know what his next gig is going to be.