Tencent is launching the Chinese version of the Nintendo Switch on December 10. The Chinese Switch will be priced at 2,099 yuan (around $300) and will come with a copy of New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, the only game for Switch so far to have received official license.

Apple announced its picks for the best games released in 2019. Google named games that won User’s Choice awards across several categories.

Sony released the first PlayStation 25 years ago today.

Solutions from mobile game development are finding their way to other platforms. PC strategy Age of Empires 4 will collect and anlyze players’ data to offer personalized tutorials.

Last Thursday, ZeptoLab rolled out an idle merge game called Om Nom: Merge. It’s the first title in the franchise to be developed by a third-party studio. Here’s what you need to know about the project plus a short interview with Dylan Tredrea, Head of Publishing at ZeptoLab.

One of December’s biggest mobile releases will be Black Desert Mobile. While still in soft-launch, the game has generated more than half a million dollars in a month.

Three senior Assassin’s Creed developers left Ubisoft to work at Jade Raymond’s Stadia Games and Entertainment studio.

Playrix will earn over a billion dollars on mobile in 2019. And that’s just from in-app purchases.

Stadia’s rollout turned out to be one of the most disastrous launches in the history of gaming platforms. That’s according to analyst firm DFC Intelligence.

Facebook purchased Prague-based independent studio Beat Games. The price is not disclosed.

This Steam Autumn Sale you can buy the Steam Controller for $5 plus shipping. And this is also the last time you can buy it at all.

Respawn Entertainment can crack open a bottle of champagne. Electronic Arts (EA) announced that STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order became one of the strongest launches in the history of Star Wars-themed games.

Valve is cleaning Steam up. Over the past 24 hours, the company has removed 982 games from its store. The official reason is that the affected developers abused the Steamworks tools.

The management of CD Projekt told investors that it was not afraid of the competition with Half-Life: Alyx. The Cyberpunk 2077 makers also expressed doubt regarding business viability of VR games as mass-market entertainment.

The mobile gaming market is becoming increasingly transparent. Industry tracking firm GameAnalytics has unveiled a new service. It allows you to see what KPIs your game should hit if it is to match the top products on the market.

Valve found its Valve Index headset in high demand following the announcement of the new Half-Life game. The VR headset ranks second on Steam top sellers list.

SuperData and Wargaming published a joint report focusing on the CIS region. As per the findings of the study, Russia’s games market will grow 57% in 2019.

The video game market is growing slower than a year before and slower than Newzoo analysts predicted earlier.

Half-Life: Alyx is now officially revealed. It’s a feature-length entry in the legendary franchise that is coming to PC in March 2020. Oh, and it’s only playable in VR.