Former id Software director Tim Willits got himself a new gig at Saber Interactive.

South Korea is the 4th top economy by video games revenue after the US, China, and Japan.

Pathologic 2 developed by Ice-Pick Lodge is an open-world survival thriller set in a town that’s being consumed by a deadly plague. Its cheerful tagline “You can’t save everyone” pretty much says it all.

Several publisher have recently committed to disclosing odds on loot boxes. Epic Games follows suit and confirms its plans to make it a transparent mechanic.

Sounds crazy, but the StarCraft franchise seems to be getting less and less attractive for Activision Blizzard. At least the publisher’s latest financial report kind of points to that.

No more messing around with release dates on Steam. Now, developers will have to obtain Valve’s approval before they can move the launch of their game.

The revenue of the mobile gaming market in Japan in 2018 reached $13.3 billion. But its growth rate is declining.

The creators of Unity have rolled out a new platform – Unity Live Help. The service allows game developers to learn from industry experts.

How to decide if a particular mobile genre is promising or not? Aleksandr Bezobrazov, Marketing Director at Social Quantum, breaks down the genre of restaurant sims and explains what metrics are important to look at.

Acts of violence are once again blamed on video games. US President Donald Trump implicated games as the reason for two shootings in Texas that killed more than 30 people. Following Trump’s speech, biggest game publishers saw their shares sink.

After 20 years of making games, Jonathan Chey just refuses to settle.

Vadim Charugin, Lead Game Designer at Pixonic, speaks on the importance of in-game events and the studio’s experience with them.

Glumberland, the indie studio behind Ooblets, signed a temporary PC exclusivity deal with Epic Games Store. The reaction of the community was overwhelmingly harsh, with the two-people studio of Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser getting “thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages.”

In China, there is a clear preference for free-to-play games. According to a survey, 61% of the players in the Middle Kingdom choose free games over premium.

Google is gearing up to release a mobile service that will allow you to play premium games via subscription. It will be called Google Play Pass and will cost $4.99 per month.

Ubisoft now owns 70% stake in Paris-based mobile publisher Green Panda Games.

Pokémon Company rolled out a new trailer for Pokémon GO in Japan saying that the game has been downloaded over 1 billion times.

There was a time when guild mechanics were a feature of midcore titles. Right now, however, more and more casual games are adopting guild mechanics to enhance the social element.

Submissions are open for the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). The entry deadline is September 30, 2019. The finalists announced in January 2020.