In 2019 UK is getting a combined physical-digital games chart

Market research firm GfK loses exclusive rights to boxed title info

• data
• charts

Take-Two gets into indie publishing with Private Division label

Rockstar and 2K Games now have a new sibling

• indie publishing

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds creator Greene says games need better protection from copycats

Battle royale blockbuster has sold more than 24m copies now, too

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• protection

Indie publisher Raw Fury secures $600k investment

“We’re excited we got some money and people to join us blah blah blah.”

• Investment
• indie publishing

Crytek is suing the developers behind sci-fi title Star Citizen

Troubled software firm has taken issue with a lot of what CIG and RSI have been up to

• Lawsuit
• star citizen
• cryengine
• amazon lumberyard
• legal drama

Bank of America Merrill Lynch predicts that EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 will undersell by 2.5m units

Investment firm expects EA to have a “stronger” 2019 fiscal year

• star wars battlefront
• sales targets

Report: Codemasters preparing London Stock Exchange IPO

Racing specialists said to be valued at more than £100m

Late CCP employee’s family to receive all profits from limited edition Eve cosmetic skin sale

CCP Blaze passed away in November; leaves “amazing legacy” at CCP

• rip
• skins

In-game ban notifications added to Overwatch

But game director Jeff Kaplan says this will not entirely solve toxicity problem

• overwatch
• toxicity
• in-game bans

Keywords snaps up Sperasoft for $27m

The acquisition spree continues

• Acquisition

"It’s clear that we’ve made some mistakes" - things haven't got any easier for Destiny 2 developer Bungie

Studio on the backfoot following player backlash to locked content

• destiny 2

UK Gambling Commission says 11% of 11-16 year-olds have used skin-betting sites, but less than 1% are problem gamblers

Boys also more likely than girls to have gambling with game skins.

• gambling
• game skins

Steam once again removes game for adult content

Developer protests You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter's removal

• Steam
• adult content

Sega Europe chief Bergstresser off after just four months

No reason given for the departure, but it is said to be on 'strong terms'

• Job News

Doki Doki Literature Club has been downloaded 1m times

"I’m doing my best to keep up with everything business- and development-related so that I can give the community more of what they want"

• sales data
• Doki Doki Literature Club
• visual novels