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press release, EA has officially acquired Glu Mobile, Inc for just over £1.5billion.

RuneScape developer Jagex has discussed the future for the MMORPG following its recent acquisition by US equity firm The Carlyle Group.Jagex CEO Phil Mansell spoke of the company and RuneScape’s future in a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, where he shared that he believed Jagex’s acquisition by The Carlyle Group was the right fit.“The most important thing for us was can we get to a long-term investor who really buys into the company and the things we want to be doing,” he said.

Activision Blizzard has several free-to-play mobile games set in the Warcraft universe under development.CEO Bobby Kotick spoke about the publisher’s plans for the long-running franchise during an earnings call on Thursday (February 4).

Among Us developer InnerSloth has revealed why updates for the game have been taking such a long time.The developer offered an explanation for the game’s slow update schedule in a new blogpost, where it also touched upon the game’s update timeline for 2021, upcoming features and levels.

Krafton, the publisher behind the popular battle royale game PUBG, has revealed that it is working on two new games set in the PUBG universe.Krafton CEO Kim Chang-ha recently told Bloomberg that the company plans to release a new PUBG-based battle royale mobile game this year, with a second PUBG-related PC and console game by 2022.

Pokémon GO reportedly made US$1.92billion last year, despite the global pandemic limiting players’ abilities to travel and play.That is according to a report from Super Data, which includes statistics for the global gaming industry.

Among Us topping the list.According to a new Apptopia report, Among Us was the most downloaded mobile game of 2020, both in the United States and globally with 264million and 41million downloads, respectively.

PUBG Corp is set to introduce a reputation system to its popular battle royale, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.The new feature will be part of the game’s upcoming patch 10.2, which is already live on its test servers, and will assign players with a reputation level ranging from 0 to 5, the higher the better.

Mojang Studios has announced that it will be pulling the plug on its Augmented Reality (AR) game, Minecraft Earth, in June this year.Mojang made the announcement via a new blog post, and accredited the game’s closure to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

PUBG Mobile publisher Tencent Holdings has announced that it banned over 2million accounts last week.The company revealed the results of its wide-ranging ban through the official PUBG Mobile Twitter account.

Diablo Immortal is now live, two years after the game was officially announced.Blizzard Entertainment shared the start of the alpha on its official website.

Innersloth have released the first real look at the new map from Among Us in action.The free map will be added to both the PC and mobile early 2021 and is set aboard an airship, after previously being teased via the game’s social media channels last month.More information has been dropped as a trailer fully dives into the new maps features coming next year.

Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us Part II was the night’s biggest winner, leading the pack with seven wins across ten different across 10 different categories. Other games that clinched multiple awards includes indie studio Supergiant Games’ Hades, Sucker Punch’s Ghost Of Tsushima, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake and viral mobile game Among Us.Popular titles such as Phasmophobia, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and more.

Microsoft have announced its cloud gaming service will be rolling to PC and iOS next year, as well as detailing more surprises to come.The company shared an Xbox Wire post celebrating the engagement the new consoles have had since their launch last month, as well as reporting record breaking Game Pass numbers for November.

King has shared a new look at the gameplay for next year’s Crash Bandicoot: On The Run!King has revealed a glimpse at four levels that will feature in the upcoming Crash-themed endless runner – each based on iconic stages from the franchise – as well as a slew of nostalgic Crash Bandicoot hazards for players to overcome.Check out the new gameplay footage below.As detailed by IGN, the four levels are being titled Dino-Mite, Sewer Or Later, Snow Go and Great Gate respectively.

Travis Scott’s record-breaking virtual concert in Fortnite reportedly earned significantly more than his average in-person show.The nine-minute digital concert, which was held in April, grossed the rapper roughly $20million including merchandise sales, according to a new Forbes report.

Square Enix has announced a remastered version of the PlayStation classic SaGa Frontier.Titled SaGa Frontier Remastered, the game will be released in Summer 2021 for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS and Android.

Square Enix has announced a remastered version of the PlayStation classic SaGa Frontier.Titled SaGa Frontier Remastered, the game will be released in Summer 2021 for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS and Android.

Innersloth has released a new patch for Among Us, which introduces a number of balance and bug fixes.Following last week’s tease of an upcoming map, the developer has implemented balance changes, such as task arrows now being hidden when comms are sabotaged and the red comms light no longer immediately responding to the right position.Other bug fixes include problems that caused the security cameras to fling about, players being able to reach through walls to mess with panels on Polus, improving

Square Enix has announced a new Tomb Raider game, scheduled for a 2021 release.The company revealed the game, titled Tomb Raider Reloaded, on Monday (November 23) with a new trailer. The title, being developed by Emerald City Games and Square Enix London’s mobile team, will be a free-to-play mobile action arcade.

Fortnite leaker has claimed that Epic Games will be adding modding support to its popular battle royale game.Data miner and leaker Lucas7yoshi shared on Monday (November 23) that players can expect modding support to be added to Fortnite in the future.

Mojang Studios has announced a number of steps it is taking to help moderators better keep a tab on the Minecraft community.On Friday (November 20), Mojang detailed new moderation actions that are being implemented in the Bedrock version of Minecraft, so that “players can continue feeling as safe as possible”.One of the biggest moderator actions that are being introduced is a moderator’s ability to permanently ban players who flout the game’s community guidelines.

Stadia for iOS, with a public beta set to launch in the near future.Google made the announcement on Thursday (November 19), noting that public testing for the service will launch “several weeks from now” according to Polygon.

Innersloth has dropped a sneak peak at an upcoming Among Us map via the game’s new official Twitter account.The teaser image captures crewmates on what seems to be the cockpit of a vast spaceship set, with one character wearing a monocle and top hat, and the other dressed as a crew member.

coronavirus should be provided with free gaming.A report from SAGE which focuses on the “increasing adherence to COVID-19 preventative behaviours among young people” identified that the compliance of 18-29 to social distance and stay at home is “substantially lower and declining”.It later suggests that there is “strong motivation to adhere”, but is ultimately ignored due to a “lack of trust in government and lack of clear information.”In order to combat this, the paper proposes several

Fortnite could be returning to iOS devices through Nvidia’s cloud gaming service.The game was pulled from the store back in August following a legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games.

Innersloth has released a patch for its viral game Among Us, which adds a number of new features like anonymous voting and colourblind support.The update will allow room hosts to utilise new features, such as the much-requested anonymous voting and additional task bar modes.

Among Us in order to “get out the vote” for the upcoming US presidential election.On Monday night (October 19), the congresswoman put out a call on Twitter, asking if her followers would like to play the viral multiplayer survival game together, as part of her effort to inspire people to vote. “Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote?” she tweeted.

Disco Elysium’s first anniversary, a fan has remade the critically acclaimed game as an old-school Game Boy title.The nostalgic port reimagines the gorgeous world of Revachol in the style of classic Game Boy titles such as Pokémon and Final Fantasy.

Riot Games has revealed the launch dates for the open beta of Wild Rift, a mobile spin-off of League Of Legends.The developer announced the open beta’s release date and list of available countries with a new post on its official website.

Korn will be collaborating with World Of Tanks Blitz for a special Halloween event and to mark the release of their music video for ‘Finally Free’.The video for ‘Finally Free’ is taken from their latest studio album release, ‘The Nothing’, and takes the character Captain from the World Of Tanks Blitz universe and turns him into a Korn fan.

Among Us continuing to sweep the world, the developers are beginning to add new features.Currently, PC players are able to opt into the beta version of Among Us, which enables new features to be added before being rolled out universally. Attack Of The Fanboy has collated an unofficial list of patch notes with everything that developer Innersloth have recently added.A new option has been added to enable anonymous voting.

Genshin Impact developer miHoYo has outlined the roadmap for its newly released free-to-play game.Although the game has only been out for two weeks – it was released on September 28 for PS4, PC, Android and iOS – miHoYo has already announced a series of events and content updates heading to the game, which was already garnered over at least 17million downloads.In a blog post on its official website, miHoYo revealed that content updates for Genshin Impact’s foreseeable future will arrive every

Genshin Impact developer miHoYo has confirmed that it is planning to bring the popular new action role-playing game to next-gen consoles.Speaking to IGN Japan, a miHoYo representative revealed that the studio is already working on a next-gen version of the game.

Ubisoft’s Blue Mammoth Games has announced its latest collaboration for Brawlhalla, this time with long-running zombie TV series, The Walking Dead.The announcement was shared on Brawlhalla’s official Twitter account.

Genshin Impact has been downloaded at least 17million times since release.The free-to-play RPG launched for PS4, PC, Android and iOS devices on September 28 and has already become a huge gaming sensation. Mobile analyst site, App Annie, tweeted various stats for the game.