GOG capitalises on Steam adult visual novel confusion

Polish firm has brought 11 of these titles to the platform with more to come

• visual novel
• adult games

Paradox launches anniversary edition of Hearts of Iron IV after title shifts one million copies

Grand wartime strategy celebrates two year anniversary with alt-history memorabilia

• sales
• hearts of iron IV

EA buys streaming firm GameFly's tech and team

Sounds like the publishing giant is bolstering its Origin Access brand

• Streaming
• origin access

Concerns grow over Chinese Overwatch League team’s intense training schedule

Twelve hours a day, six days a week, zero wins so far for Shanghai Dragons

• overwatch league

Valve apologises to Dota 2 fans underwhelmed by statue

Reward quality attributed to poor production yields

• dota 2
• the international

'There's room for improvement in how we present our DLC,' says Paradox

But the firm is largely happy with how it handles this extra content

• dlc

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