Vermintide, Elder Scrolls and Total War devs ditch Red Shell

Controversial tracking program given the boot after questions raised about its data collection policies

• red shell
• spyware

Cyberpunk 2077 dev CD Projekt RED says its independence is vital for high quality games

Polish studio says this gives it time to iterate on game design

• cyberpunk 2077

Brendan “Playerunknown” Greene loves to see the battle royale genre grow

But his words don’t exactly match his studio’s deeds

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• battle royale

Blizzard set to host an in-house Starcraft Remastered league this month

The grandfather of esports never really stopped being the biggest thing in Korea

• esports
• starcraft

Microsoft to finally launch the revamped Xbox Avatar Editor after a year of waiting

Xbox Insiders will get early access to the improved, inclusive editor

• Avatars
• diversity
• xbox

Video game addiction officially added to WHO disease list

And global trade bodies are not happy

• video game addiction
• who

What’s on at next month's Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed

Four-day event features 100 exhibitors, 500 trade visitors, a public audience of 4,000, a Big Indie Pitch, awards, game jam, and four tracks of seminars

Natalie Clayton joins PCGamesInsider.biz and PocketGamer.biz as staff writer

"I'm excited to see where this latest opportunity takes me"

• Job News
• staff writer

Three new faces join Women in Games board

Multiplay's Vanessa Joyce, UKIE's Daniel Wood and Abertay's Ruth Falconer join board

• Women in Games
• Job News

Darrell Gallagher's job at new Microsoft studio The Initiative? "Make something ground-breaking"

No biggy then

• e3 2018
• the initiative

Star Citizen’s newest ship looks a little too familiar for Eve Online players

Two empires go to war over a shared spaceship design

• eve online
• star citizen

Spirit is using AI to curb toxic behaviour in game communities

Creative partnership director Mitu Khandaker speaks on using AI to steer online communities

• community management
• artificial intelligence

Brazil will play host to the first all-women Rainbow Six Siege tournament

Ubisoft Esports Brazil are hoping the tournament will shine a spotlight on unsung female talent

• rainbow six siege
• esports
• gender equality

Ex Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner is suing the studio over alleged contract breach

Claims the developer failed to fulfil obligations after stepping down in 2017

• Lawsuit
• Legal

PUBG Corp defends the use of store-bought assets in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Such practices vital for making games quickly

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• assets