On August 14, Playrix launched Wildscapes, a new match-3 game. We sat down with Anton Chernyagov, the General Manager at Playrix, to talk about the new project and what makes it different from the other games in the -scapes series.

The end of August 2019 saw Playrix enter the top 3 companies by mobile games revenue. The top spot is held by Tencent followed by NetEase.

Tying your mobile game to a major IP can have a huge impact on your installs and revenues. Or not.

We have already discussed how games are not just about playing anymore. Newzoo has segmented all game enthusiasts into eight distinct personas based on their gaming behavior ranging from playing to owning to viewing.

At the latest Gamecom, Tencent showcased PVPVE shooter with RTS elements called SYNCED: Off-Planet. The game features robo-zombies that you can eliminate or take control of to attack other players.

After six months of work, the CryEngine team rolled out a new version of the engine — 5.6. It features over 1,000 changes to optimize game development.

Several developers said the UK studio Chucklefish took advantage of dozens of unpaid contributors who worked on Starbound.

If you announce your game too early, you risk disappointing the community with the long wait. Thus spoke Borderlands 3 producer Chris Brock.

CD Projekt is now between big releases – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077. The publisher’s revenue, however, continues to grow, as do the sales of The Witcher 3, even four years later.

Blizzard sued China’s Sina Games over plagiarism. Its mobile strategy Glorious Saga heavily borrows element of the Warcraft series, Blizzard’s lawyers say.

It’s going to be a good year for China’s two largest gaming companies. For that matter, it’s going to be a good year for all of the country’s digital gaming market.

Telltale Games, which essentially shut down in September last year, is returning under the new management. The studio’s assets were bought by a company called LCG Entertainment.

“Most likely Epic will be the more mainstream version of Steam,” says Joost van Dreunen, the managing director of SuperData Research, a Nielsen company.

Google has updated its Community Guidelines that signal a change in the company culture.

Playtika makes another big purchase. An Israeli company acquired Seriously, which is known for the Best Fiends series.

The makers of RetroArch, an open-source front-end for emulators, has integrated AI into their classic gaming emulation platform. The tool now supports instant translation from Japanese into English.

Supercell, a hit-making studio from Finland, today officially announced the beta release of a new game called Rush Wars.

In 2018, the EU video games market grew by 15% year on year and reached €21 billion. That’s according to the latest report by Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE).

Hades by Supergiant Games was one of the three launch exclusives on Epic Games Store. Since its launch in December 2018, the game has been in early access.