Indie publisher Firestoke scores $2.2m seed funding

“It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to work with such proven game-focused investment teams at this early stage,” firm's CEO and founder Farley said

• Investment

Chinese PC games market hit $13.7bn in 2021

Sector brought in $45.5 billion in total

• China
• data

Report: Ubisoft would only sell for more than €60 per share

Though apparently €100 is also desired

• Acquisition

Report: GSC Game World continues work on Stalker 2

Studio has apparently relocated from Kyiv to Prague

• ukraine
• stalker 2

Early Access vampire title V Rising has sold over 500k copies to date

"Thank you all for joining us on this journey!"

• data
• early access
• survival
• v rising

Report: EA has had acquisitions talks with Disney, Apple, NBCUniversal and Amazon

Company has apparently been "persistent in pursuing a sale" for some years

• Acquisition
• M&A

CHARTS: V Rising sinks its fangs into No.1 on Steam

Early Access title dethrones Valve's Steam Deck hardware

• data
• steam charts
• early access
• charts
• v rising

VC Andreessen Horowitz opens new $600m games fund

Games Fund One is the firm's first pot dedicated to this market

• Investment

NetEase Games snaps up PlayStation vet Wilson as EU PR boss

Comes as the Chinese firm places a greater focus on the West

• Job News

Certain Affinity pledges to relocate staff out of states with restrictive healthcare

"It is appalling that states, including the CA headquarter's home state of Texas, are wading into what I consider personal healthy and privacy matters"

Hiro Capital invests in Skybound Entertainment

Sir Ian Livingstone joins the company's board

• Investment

Virtuos has bought Vietnamese art studio Glass Egg

Firm to set up a new outfit in the country next month

• Acquisition
• vietnam
• art production

Unity founder Helgason sets up climate change initiative Transition Labs

"Several of the solutions to the climate crisis already exist - but they need to be identified, invested in, and scaled up"

• climate change

Dr. Jakin Vela appointed IGDA exec director

He has been in this position in an interim capacity since January

• Job News

EA lays off FIFA Austin support staff

The company says this isn't tied to the rebrand to EA Sports FC

• Job News
• layoffs
• fifa
• ea sports fc