Win one of 10 indie-only expo tables at PC Connects Helsinki 2017

PC Connects Helsinki debuts on September 19th and 20th

• events
• comeptitions

Steam has 67 million monthly active users

Platform has attracted 1.5m new users a month since January 2016

• Steam

Hitman now has more than 5m players

Good news for a newly independent IO Interactive

• hitman
• sales data

34 million people are playing Rocket League, Psyonix announces new ban practices

Developer details 'Language Ban' functionality that will see player automatically suspended for using certain language

Take-Two won’t say if Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC, but highlights platform's importance

Company's CEO Strauss Zelnick defers news of a PC port to Rockstar themselves

• red dead redemption 2

Former Sega Europe boss moves to Tencent

Joins as president of international partnerships for Europe

• tencent
• sega europe

Friday the 13th has sold 1.8m copies

But Gun Media admits it has not been an easy ride

• sales
• friday the 13th

Sega Europe has a new COO and president

Chris Bergstresser returns to Sega after more than 20 years

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds could cross over with The Hunger Games

Follows the inclusion of Battle Royale film content in the... battle royale game

• Licensing
• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• ip
• crossover

Steel Media is on the hunt for editorial interns

Across our consumer and business-to-business sites

Rights for Kickstarter title Unsung Story pass to Little Orbit

Developer and publisher of Adventure Time and Barbie licensed titles to finish off the RPG

• crowdfunding

Video game Kickstarter projects ‘stable’, says Ico Partners

Category raised $9.4m in the first half of 2017, an 18 per cent rise year-on-year

• crowdfunding

Tencent makes investment in UK indie studio Milky Tea

Size of deal yet to be revealed, but will let developer grow

Controversial game House Party is back on Steam

Game now censored by default

The Long Dark film announced as game sales hit 1.3m

Resident Evil film series producer Jeremy Bolt heading up movie development

• film
• early access