News Niantic donated a total of $7m in 2020 to Black Lives Matter charities At least $5 million more is pledged to funding new games and AR projects from Black developers Dec. 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News The Game Awards announces inaugural Future Class Awards show recognizes 50 individuals "who represent the bright, bold and inclusive future of video games" Dec. 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Left 4 Dead creator to lead Bad Robot's new in-house games division Michael Booth heads up team making new, original IP as part of J.J. Abrams' production company Dec. 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine 1 comment
News Rollic acquires matching game Onnect for $6m Zynga subsidiary will now fully take over development of Onnect from Chef Game Studio Dec. 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Stub Blair Witch wins Game of the Year at CEEGA Central and Eastern European Game Awards also honors Pilgrims for best mobile game, as well as six other categories Dec. 9, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Honor of Kings once again tops mobile game spending charts in November It returns to No.1 after being dethroned by Genshin Impact briefly last month Dec. 9, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Dave Curd takes over from Brendan Greene as PUBG creative director Curd describes his vision for the battle royale as one of evolution, not revolution Dec. 9, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Halo Infinite gets new fall 2021 release date 343 publishes development update following game's postponement out of Xbox Series X and S launch window Dec. 9, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News ZeniMax Online Studios forms new satellite studio in San Diego Veterans of Sony, EA DICE, Daybreak, and Blizzard to work on new AAA IP Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Stub Prince of Persia remake delayed to March of 2021 Ubisoft says delay occurred due to 2020 being "a year like no other" Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News MTG acquires Hutch for an expected $375 million This is the first acquisition made by newly-formed MTG holding company, GamingCo Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News GameStop has closed 462 stores so far this year, 783 in last two years Following another quarter of losses, CEO George Sherman says he anticipates fiscal Q4 to see positive year-on-year sales growth due to next-gen launch Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Ubisoft appoints former Uber D&I head as VP of global diversity and inclusion Raashi Sikka will have an "explicit and broad mandate" to lead changes following wave of mistreatment allegations Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Tencent invests in Wizard Games Amount is "in the range of several hundred million RMB" and will be used to grow Chinese studio's international footprint Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature If Found's celebration of experimental, queer game development tradition Llaura McGee and Eve Golden-Woods share their thoughts on storytelling, representation, and design following a nomination at The Game Awards Dec. 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News MTG increases investment in InnoGames, forms new holding company GamingCo will include MTG's entire gaming business, including Kongregate Dec. 7, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Nintendo reportedly sends cease and desist to custom Joy-Con charity campaign Controllers were in memory of Desmond "Etika" Amofah; but included Switch logo and copyright Dec. 7, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Stub Google Stadia is now available in eight more European countries Game streaming service now active in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland Dec. 7, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Neil Druckmann named co-president of Naughty Dog Alison Mori, Christian Gyrling become vice presidents of The Last of Us, Uncharted studio Dec. 4, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Activision sues Netflix for poaching former CFO Suit alleges Netflix incited Spencer Neumann to break his contract to become CFO of Netflix Dec. 4, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Metal Gear Solid film reportedly will star Oscar Isaac Live-action movie currently in development, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing Dec. 4, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Casey Hudson, Mark Darrah depart BioWare Work on the next Dragon Age, Mass Effect collection to continue as planned Dec. 3, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Kalypso Media fully acquires Realmforge Studios Realmforge to take over development on Tropico series Dec. 3, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Stub Ubisoft launches UK edition of Black Game Pros Mixer Three-hour free event next week to include speakers and panels focused on Black professionals in the UK industry Dec. 2, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Nintendo hacker, leaker sentenced to three years in prison Man was also sentenced for possession of child pornography Dec. 2, 2020 Rebekah Valentine