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

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 drops Steam in favour of Battle.net

Developer Treyarch has also ditched single player for the project, per prior rumours

• Steam
• call of duty
• battle.net
• single player
• call of duty: black ops IIII

ESRB confirms digital games will still get free ratings

Phase out of Short Form process won’t affect small developers’ budgets

• rating boards

Nazi imagery appears in game in Germany for first time in 20 years

Browser game has gone unbothered

• germany
• nazis

Farming Simulator developer Giants expands with new Czech studio

Studio to expand existing offices, and open new Czech location

• expansion

Xbox Adaptive Controller unveiled with a host of input options

Microsoft officially reveals last week’s rumoured accessible accessory

• accessories

Koch Media helped THQ Nordic make more in its last quarter than in 2017

That $916m acquisition is paying off already

• Financials

Metro Exodus and Shenmue 3 see their releases pushed back to 2019

Delays hit Deep Silver titles after THQ Nordic sale

• delay
• metro exodus
• shenmue 3