Lovestruck
Intel CEO steps down after breaching "non-fraternisation" policy
Brian Krzanich resigned from the tech giant after five years
Playing The End Game
It’s raised another $100 million but where next for Scopely?
Looking for the perfect combination
Building Blocks
Roblox set to raise up to $150 million
PitchBook estimates funding would value the company at $2.4 billion
Arrr
Nintendo bans Switch consoles with pirated games
Reddit post warns against pirating games to the handheld
Beef
Nintendo and Microsoft dunk Sony on Twitter over Minecraft cross-play
Sony’s cross-play policy has been under public scrutiny since Fortnite launched on Switch
Takeover
Americans will soon be spending more time on mobile than their telly
Time spent on mobile may be reaching a peak, however
Charity Dinner
Steel Media on the hunt for chicken dinners in SpecialEffect #ChickenForCharity PUBG tournament
Your favourite b2b journos are entering the fray to raise money for charity
Mr Design Tips
4 mixed reality design considerations from Magic Leap
Aleissia Laidacker and Brian Schwab discuss creating MR experiences
It's Snow Joke
Cuphead developer Studio MDHR signs up former Alto’s Odyssey producer Eli Cymet
The former mobile games journalist served a producer on Alto’s Odyssey
Wallets Away
Tencent trialling a new feature to halt high-spending by underage users
“Underage User Game Spending Reminder” to prevent kids from splashing too much cash
Troubled Times
Ukie opens consultation to see how post-Brexit UK games industry can still flourish
"Last year’s State of Play EU report showed that 61 per cent of games businesses in the UK rely on international talent"
Catch Em All
Pokémon Quest snags 2.5 million downloads on Nintendo Switch
The RPG is also set to launch on mobile on June 27th
Event Report
First Chinese mobile internet global traffic exchange expo welcomes over 1,500 attendees
GTE 2018, hosted by Beluga Global, just launched in Beijing to great success
Big Indie Pitch
Spellfast crowned champion at the Big Indie Pitch in Los Angeles
Check out the champions for our recent Big Indie Pitch, as we arrived in LA for E3 week
Realer Than Real
Unity drives deeper into augmented reality with Project MARS
“Reality is our build target”
Smooth
Unity showcases machine learning powered animation with Kinematika
New pipeline hopes to make high-quality animation easier
Job News
Two Owlchemy Labs bosses are leaving to co-found a new venture
VR studio CEO and studio director depart for projects unknown
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds breaks 400 million players
PUBG also draws a crowd of 87 million players each and every single day
Not Bad
Fortnite bags $100 million in its first 90 days on iOS
And it still has not launched in China or on Android
Android Odyssey
Snowman team up with Noodlecake to bring Alto's Odyssey to Android
The next instalment in the Alto series will launch next month
Funded
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raise additional $100 million to fund acquisitions and investments
The Los Angeles-based publisher originally raised $60 million last year
Indie Mavens
What do indies think of the streaming model from a creative and business standpoint?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Nested Prefabs People
Nested prefabs come to Unity preview at long last
Along with an entirely new prefab workflow
Big Deal
Unity migrating entire infrastructure to Google Cloud
Tech firms also reveal open source matchmaking project set to go live in summer 2018
Augmented
Report: Microsoft plans to unveil Hololens 2 in late 2018
“Sydney” set to launch next year with a significantly lower price tag
Switch It Over
Nintendo and Disney team up to put Switch on the telly
Two entertainment giants collaborate to create a game show based on the popular console
Unlocked
Tencent takes on Fortnite’s battle pass with the PUBG Mobile Royale Pass
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ battle pass looks rather familiar
Gaming Disorder
Gaming Disorder included in WHO’s latest draft of International Compendium of Diseases
Members of WHO aren’t expected to report using the ICD-11 until 2022
Beast Mode
Beasts of Balance dev Sensible Object raises $3.2 million to back voice-capable board games
Sensible Object’s first game When in Rome will go on sale in July
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Brad Erkkila on Castle Pals and bringing a background of visual design to mobile
"As long as I can live pretty well and I can make the games I want to make, I consider that success."
Trade ‘em All
Trading is finally coming to Pokemon Go two years after launch
It’s taken Niantic a long time to create a safe and stable system that doesn’t break balance
Partner Up
War Robots developer Pixonic enters China’s Android market with iDreamsky
Director of business development Mike Fei discusses the publisher's distribution model
Eve
Eve: War of Ascension mobile game enters soft launch in the Philippines
The Eve title is available on Android
Downloads Milestone
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! English version racks up one million downloads
Milestone celebrated by series of in-game events
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
Explaining Supercell’s M&A strategy, Wooga back to profitability, and Full XP snags new CTO
The past weeks hottest articles
The Weekly
The Weekly: Gaming's bigots have lost, there's life in Nintendo's handhelds yet, and mobile's E3 showing
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Development
Unity ARKit update includes persistent mapping and improved tracking
Apple and Unity worked closely in the latest update for the ARKit 2 plugin
Legal Dispute
Former Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner sues studio over alleged contract breach
Claims the developer failed to fulfil obligations after stepping down in 2017
Home Run
Nintendo’s Fils-aime: Loot boxes "have gotten a bit of a bad rap”
Nintendo Of America president Reggie Fils-aime chips in on the loot-box debate
Storm Closing In
Nintendo and Xbox go on the attack as Sony flounders on Fortnite cross-play controversy
Crackdown on cross-platform play continues to rile up players
Virtual Gaming Only
Com2us reveals Skylanders Ring of Heroes mobile game but appears to ditch toys-to-life aspect
But appears to lack toys-to-life
E3 2018
E3 2018 welcomes nearly 70,000 attendees and over 200 exhibitors
200 exhibitors showcase 3,250 products
M&a
Tencent-backed Chinese developer Seasun eyes Western partnerships
JX Online studio set to wrap up US investment
Linked
Valve removes games purchasing from iOS Steam Link following App Store rejection
Pages now display a buy from PC option instead of a buy now option
Hang With The Squad
AzzyLand, Bart Baker, Chad Wild Clay and more star in Squad Rivals mobile game
Content creators have a combined audience of 41 million YouTube subscribers
Greatest Generation
In a bid to combat industry ageism Game Advocacy unveils first 50 Over 50 list
Recognition hopes to shine a spotlight on ageism within the games sector
Dialled In
Sony’s PlayLink project is still alive with seven new games coming this year
Playstation’s local mobile multiplayer platform expands with games old and new
Big Drops
Fortnite for Nintendo Switch stacks up two million players in less that 24 hours
Epic’s hit continues to be a worldwide phenomenon in spite of cross-platform woes
Stranger Definitions
Netflix not getting into games despite commissioning Minecraft interactive TV show and Stranger Things games
How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?