News Dutch court rules in EA's favor and says that loot boxes aren't gambling The decision overturns a 2020 district court ruling that fined the game publisher €10 million March 9, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
Feature How to win a GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Award Everything you need to know March 9, 2022 Christopher Dring
News Valve: During 2021 Steam saw 2.6m first-time buyers each month Report also says that people spent almost 38 billion hours playing games on the platform, up 21% compared to 2020 March 9, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Supercell and CI Games stop sales in Russia and Belarus Finnish studio to suspend existing players, while Sniper Ghost Warrior maker moves to pull future sales of its back catalogue March 9, 2022 Danielle Partis
Feature Mass Effect 3's ending blows up | 10 Years Ago This Month Fans disappointed by RPG's ending vow to Retake Mass Effect, BioWare lets them have it March 9, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
Feature Games firms opposing Russia are cutting off a $3.4bn market Analysts help us contextualise the impact of sales bans by Microsoft, EA, Take-Two and more March 9, 2022 James Batchelor
News Atari purchases Moby Games Jeremiah Freyholtz will remain onboard as general manager of the video game credit database March 9, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Nintendo delays Advance Wars remake indefinitely amid Ukraine invasion Switch strategy game had already been pushed back to Advance Wars, on hold until further notice March 9, 2022 James Batchelor
Feature Will Epic's ownership of Bandcamp affect the music industry for better or worse? Games composer Kenny Young, artist 2 Mello and more share thoughts on how the deal will affect independent creators March 9, 2022 Danielle Partis
News Trio of Activision Blizzard shareholders reportedly under investigation Three businessmen with links to Bobby Kotick bought $108 million worth of shares four days before Microsoft acquisition March 9, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News Amazon Games addresses Lost Ark's gender representation concerns Game will roll out more gender classes choices over time and marketing will focus less on featuring female characters with revealing outfits March 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Netflix names Roberto Barrera as new head of gaming strategy Games industry veteran departs PlayStation after 11 years to join streaming platform's growing games division March 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News EA removing Russian national teams from FIFA, NHL 22 Update: Publisher stops selling Russia items within FIFA Ultimate Team saying it was "in line with real world actions taken by our partners at FIFA and UEFA" March 8, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
News Gran Turismo 7 | Critical Consensus New entry puts the iconic racing series back in pole position, but its monetisation may be offputting March 8, 2022 Danielle Partis 2 comments
News Postcard Game Studio secures $3.5m seed investment from Smilegate Newly formed game studio founded by Ray Almaden aims to develop an open world FPS title March 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Lightforge Games raises $15m in Series A funding round Studio to build a game "that looks to push the boundaries of the stories and worlds players can create together," CEO says March 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Bohemia Interactive unaffected by sale of former sim arm to defence contractor BAE Systems has completed $200 million acquisition of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, which separated from Arma studio in 2013 March 8, 2022 James Batchelor 1 comment
Feature Far Cry 6, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ratchet & Clank sold better at physical retail than digital in the UK last year But FIFA is now over 60% digital March 8, 2022 Christopher Dring
News Sanctions prevent Twitch from paying Russian streamers Streaming site is asking content creators to provide alternative payment details, will pay missed income when restrictions lift March 8, 2022 James Batchelor
News Xbox to launch women's mentorship programme New initiative will connect leaders at the firm with aspiring industry talent in the form of one-on-one coaching sessions March 8, 2022 Danielle Partis 1 comment
Academy Adaptive audio in menus: game development's untapped opportunity Unlock Audio's Elliot Callighan looks into ways to make menu and lobby music more engaging March 8, 2022 Elliot Callighan
Stub Lost Ark passes 20m players Amazon and Smilegate's RPG also reached 1.32 million concurrent users at its peak, the second highest in Steam's history March 8, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
Sponsored How Rebellion North are spreading their wings with best-in-class ports and original projects Inside the Rebellion support studio stepping into the spotlight March 8, 2022 Sponsored Article
Stub Luminous Productions delays Forspoken Developer moves RPG's release date from May 24 to October 11 citing that its focusing efforts to polish the game further March 7, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Bobby Kotick to exit Coca-Cola board of directors After joining in 2012, the exec leaves citing that he's focusing on the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger March 7, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau