EA "indifferent" to whether Microsoft Activision deal goes through

"And whether it goes through or not, we will continue to be the No. 1 publisher on the Microsoft platform"

• Acquisition

Private Division signs publishing deal with Pokemon giant Game Freak

Studio is creating a new action-adventure IP under the working title Project Bloom

• Publishing
• Partnership
• development

EA net bookings up 11 per cent year-on-year

Company made a record-breaking $1.622 billion from live service

• Financials

Atari acquisition will let Nightdive "spread our wings"

Developer will "realise [its] full potential" under this new ownership

• development

Plaion is restructuring to merge publishing divisions

• Publishing

CHARTS: Age of Wonders 4 reaches No.2 on Steam

Pre-orders came in at No.10 last week

• Steam
• steam charts
• age of wonders 4

Boissiere promoted to Thunderful VP of studios

Follows Jumpship being acquired in 2022

• Job News

Spencer questions CMA logic in blocking Microsoft Activision deal

Exec says that the organisation's definition of cloud games "doesn't really exist yet"

• Acquisition

Destiny 2 cheat seller has to pay $12m damages to Bungie

VeteranCheats made $146,662.28 selling hacks for the game

• Lawsuit
• Legal
• destiny 2
• cheat

Valve tweaks Steam page trailer guidelines

Developers and publishers will be prohibited from frontloading a whole load of videos at the top of their game listings

• Steam

Journalists use CS:GO to share Ukraine war reports with Russian players

A room on the de_voyna map contains foreign news about the invasion

• Russia
• counter-strike: global offensive
• ukraine

Respawn is exploring a new IP

Skunkworks team headed by Titanfall director Steve Fukuda is on the case

• development
• new ip

Capcom eyes record-breaking 10m sales for Street Fighter 6

Previous entry in the franchise sold seven million units

• data
• sales
• street fighter
• street fighter 6
• street fighter 5

600 jobs cut in latest Unity layoffs

Company has axed around 1,100 members of staff in the last year

• layoffs

Connect with The Pokémon Company, Big Fish and more at PG Connects Seattle’s Careers Zone!

Register your interest for PG Connects Seattle’s Careers Zone for a free ticket to the show and recruitment opportunities with lead gaming companies this May 16-17th!

• pocket gamer connects
• seattle
• PGC Seattle
• Careers Zone