This week saw a heated debate unfold on Twitter after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted about PC exclusives on EGS and the store’s revenue share model.

There can’t be too many battle royale games. Or so they thought at NetEase. 

Adult gaming portal Nutaku has released Nutaku Android Store. It allows users to download adult games, bypassing restrictions on Google Play.

Respawn CEO Vince Zampella announced that the studio would not be shipping new Apex Legends content on a weekly basis, per Gamasutra. Instead, the game will receive season-by-season updates

In March, users spent $ 8.7 billion on digital copies of games. This is a 3% drop from the spending in March 2018.

Polygon interviewed Epic Games staff about the success of Fortnite and the stress it brought on the team.

StreamElements and Stream Hatchet released the State of the Stream report for Q1 2019. The report analyzes viewership data by streaming platform, by streamer, and by game.

Launched last year, Indie Games Accelerator program is now accepting applications for class 2019.

Tencent has secured the necessary approval to sell Nintendo’s portable console in China. The console will be distributed with a test version of the “New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.”

Iraq’s parliament voted this week to ban PUBG and Fortnite, popular online battle royale games, Reuters reports.

The latest Newzoo report looks at the strongest players of the games market in 2018. Last year, the top 25 companies by game revenue earned a record-breaking $107.3 billion, which signifies 16% growth over 2017.

Wall Street banks are showing interest in Playrix, a gaming company established in Russia.

Kickstarter proudly announced on its blog that backers had pledged over $1 billion to projects in Games category.

Yesterday, the world held its collective breath in disbelief as flames engulfed Notre-Dame, Paris’s and the world’s gothic landmark.

On April 13, Twitch launched its first game, Twitch Sings. It’s a karaoke game allowing users to stream their performances to their channels.

Apple Arcade budget already exceeds $500 million, according to The Financial Times. Unnamed “people involved in the project’s development” indicate that Apple is spending several million dollars on each of 100+ games for Apple Arcade.

Mike Nichols, Xbox chief marketing officer, shared his thoughts about Google’s Stadia with Telegraph. According to him, Google has the infrastructure for streaming but lacks the portfolio of big titles.

On Thursday, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) permanently banned the online multiplayer battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), Reuters reports.

Chinese market research company Analysis published a report suggesting MOBA’s decline in popularity among Chinese players. Since 2018, MOBA has moved from the first to the third place in the mobile gaming category. Players’ preferences now lie with first-person shooters and simulation games, both of which attract lots of female users.