Rage 2 is not being built on idTech

Avalanche is contributing its Just Cause engine for the open world shooter instead

• Rage 2

Epic puts $100m behind Fortnite esports prize pools

And that’s just for the first season

• fortnite
• esports
• battle royale

We Happy Few refused classification in Australia

Mechanically mandated pill popping likely cause of the game’s effective ban

• early access
• rating boards
• australia

PUBG peak player figures have dipped by a third since January

Average player count down by 40 per cent, too

• data
• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• player figures

Just Cause maker Avalanche opens new studio in Sweden's Malmö

Third location for the firm

• Sweden
• studio
• just cause

Devolver is doing another E3 press conference and has already apologised

"There will almost certainly be blood, possibly loss of life"

• e3
• press conferences

Green Man Gaming apologises after 'joke' GDPR email

CEO Sulyok says sorry after 'Order Confirmation' email

• gdpr
• apology

RPG veteran Josh Sawyer is “taking a break” after Pillars of Eternity 2

Will move away from party-based fantasy games after a hiatus from games

Path of Exile dev Grinding Gear is Tencent's latest games investment

"Tencent's agenda is clear: to give us the resources to make Path of Exile as good as it can be"

• Investment
• path of exile

Infinity Ward has been snapping up former Respawn staff

Seven hires from the Titanfall studio, including three Infinity Ward alumni

• hires

Team17 anticipates $144.1m in gross proceeds from IPO

Public offering set to

• IPO
• london stock exchange

Things got really weird for adult game developers on Steam this weekend

Studios told their games were going to be cut, but Valve has since apologised

• Steam
• adult content

What is best in life? Conan Exiles comes close, at No. 2 on Steam

Last week also saw success for smaller developers smashing bricks and wizard kicks

• steam charts

NCSoft appoints chief development officer for Western operations

Chris Corry will be responsible for overseeing all development in the West

• Job News

Ubisoft swashbuckler Skull & Bones delayed until 2019-2020

French publisher claims more polish is needed before setting sail

• delay