News of the Week; July 31, 2019

COMMUNICATIONS  

1.  Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2019-269: The Internet Code
2. CRTC’s new Internet Code of Conduct falls short of expectations
3. Soon you’ll be able to watch PBS on YouTube
4. DOJ Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Based on Third-Party Divestiture Agreement Involving Dish Network 
5. DOJ Prepares To Sign Off On An Elaborate T-Mobile Merger Plan That Isn’t Likely To Work
6. It’s official: US government approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger
7. The DOJ’s Plan To ‘Fix’ The T-Mobile Merger Isn’t Going To Work
8. AT&T loses nearly 1 million TV customers after raising DirecTV prices
9. AT&T Loses 1 Million Video Users After Spending Billions On Mergers To Dominate Video
10. AT&T kills DirecTV Now brand name as TV subscribers leave in droves
11. TV networks sue nonprofit to kill free TV service: Locast, an AT&T-funded nonprofit, retransmits local TV over the Internet. 
12. Court Will Decide If AT&T Is Liable For Cryptocurrency Theft Caused By Shoddy Security
13. Inside CEO John Stankey’s ‘Action-Oriented’ Approach to Reposition WarnerMedia
14. To protect its satellites, France outlines ambitious space-weapons program
15. Looking at Equal Opportunities – When Does the Appearance of a Political Candidate on a Broadcast Program Trigger Equal Time Obligations? 
16. Advertising is a cancer on society
17. Proposed Broadcast Industry Equal Employment Opportunity Reforms Receive Significant Media Attention
18. Cord Cutting Is Setting Records In 2019

DIGITAL

1. Sites could be liable for helping Facebook secretly track your web browsing, says EU court
2. Court of Justice of the European Union Press Release No 99/19 Luxembourg, 29 July 2019 Judgment in Case C-40/17 Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV
3. Russian Interference and Data Privacy: Facebook Stockholders Demand Section 220 Inspection to Investigate Wrongdoing of Board and Senior Management
4. The FTC is investigating Facebook. Again
5. FTC Announces Record-Breaking Facebook Settlement
6. FTC unfriends Facebook
7. FTC Sues Cambridge Analytica for Deceptive Practices 
8. Facebook Enters into Data Privacy Violation Settlement Agreement 
9. FTC Hits Facebook With an Unprecedented Fine for Privacy Violations and a Rigorous Order on Privacy Governance
10. Business Takeaways from the FTC $5 Billion Settlement with Facebook
11. What’s Next After Facebook’s Record $5 Billion Fine and Cambridge Analytica? 
12. Cambridge Analytica made “ethical mistakes” because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says: “…we forgot to pause and think about, ethically, what was going on.”
13. The Great Hack Wasn’t A Hack And Big Tech’s Problems Aren’t Really About Big Tech
14. FTC Hands Down 5 Billion Dollar Penalty To Facebook
15. Facebook Just Paid a $5 Billion Fine for Privacy Breaches. Now it Wants Access to Your Brain.
16. Please break up Facebook, cofounder asks regulators: They say that breaking up is hard to do, but Hughes really wants to try.
17. Facebook to Settle with SEC for $100 Million 
18. Privacy group asks court to reconsider FTC’s $5 billion Facebook deal: The settlement does nothing to address the underlying issues, EPIC says.
19. What Facebook’s next 20 years will look like: is this the future of US privacy? 
20. Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset: Facebook really wants to get inside your head.
21. Facebook is funding brain experiments to create a device that reads your mind: Big tech firms are trying to read people’s thoughts, and no one’s ready for the consequences.
22. NY Times Calls Out Politicians For Lying About Section 230
23. Congressman Who Was Sued For Blocking Constituents On Social Media Now Also Wants To Undermine Section 230
24. Second Circuit Issues Powerful Section 230 Win to Facebook in “Material Support for Terrorists” Case–Force v. Facebook (Eric Goldman)
25. Facebook Defeats Pro Se Consumer Privacy Suit–Hassan v. Facebook (Eric Goldman)
26. Facebook reached out to Netflix, Disney on new TV device, report says: The device will reportedly use the same tech as Facebook Portal.
27. Facebook Wants Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO’s Streaming Services On Its Upcoming Connected TV Device (Report)
28. GitHub access restricted in Iran, Syria, and Crimea due to sanctions
29. Disney to Integrate Hulu Scripted Originals Team Under Dana Walden
30. Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency – Congress responds
31. Regulators Dislike Facebook’s Entry into Cryptocurrency Market, Calling “Libra” an AML Threat
32. Facebook’s Libra Prompts Federal Draft Legislation 
33. Facebook And Instagram Ban User Posts Selling Alcohol And Tobacco
34. Teenage Instagram Users Are Exposing Their Personal Information To Access The Platform’s Business Analytics (Report)
35. Instagram Permanently Suspends Roughly 30 Meme Accounts With Millions Of Followers
36. Why Conservatives Allege Big Tech Is Muzzling Them: Google and Facebook aren’t infringing on the right’s freedom of expression, but insisting otherwise is politically convenient.
37. The future of the decentralized web
38. International Law and Cyber Activity: Why are a set of governing norms needed?
39. Full Social Media Disclosure Now Required for U.S. Visas
40. CJEU rules that unauthorized (non-trasformative) sampling can infringe a phonogram producer’s rights and German free use is against EU law (Eleonora Rosati)
41. Chinese vlogger who used filter to look younger caught in live-stream glitch
42. Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sues Google for ad censorship
43. Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google, Using All The Same Debunked Legal Theories Others Have Tried
44. People forged judges’ signatures to trick Google into changing results
45. Why Is Trump Seeing Red Over France’s ‘Google Tax’?: French unilateral efforts to fix loopholes in global tax rules are adding fuel to the trans-Atlantic trade spat.
46. Chrome continues to wind down Flash support with latest browser update
47. Missouri Senator Proposes Bill Banning YouTube’s Autoplay, Facebook And Twitter’s Infinite Scroll
48. Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video: The features drive addiction by exploiting our brains, Sen. Josh Hawley says.
49. Josh Hawley Wants To Appoint Himself Product Manager For The Internet
50. Can YouTubers really unionize?: Yes, and no. They at least have the support of a really big one.
51. Popular Stream-Ripping Site Declines To Play Whac-A-Mole With YouTube
52. YouTube videos with kids get three times as many views as videos without kids: A new study has found
53. YouTube Videos Featuring Young Children Get Triple The Views Of Videos That Don’t (Study)
54. A Week in the Life of Popular YouTube Channels: Analysis of videos posted finds that children’s content – as well as content featuring children – received more views than other videos
55. YouTube video takedowns of harmful content haven’t hurt revenue: Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat says the company’s doing just fine.
56. YouTube’s New Feature Requires Creators To Self-Rate How Ad-Appropriate Their Videos Are
57. YouTube Stays Uncharacteristically Silent On New 24-Hour Music Video Viewership Record
58. YouTube Creator Group Teams With Europe’s Largest Trade Union To Launch ‘FairTube’ Initiative
59. All Def Digital Has Reportedly Filed For An ‘ABC’ — An Alternative Procedure To Bankruptcy
60. Bustle Digital Shelves Gawker Relaunch, Lays Off Site’s Staff
61. Apparently, More Than 64,000 People Paid $50 To Watch Jake Paul And Tana Mongeau Get Married
62. Consumers Can’t Understand the Online Contracts They “Agree” To. Now What?
63. After SEC Approval, YouNow Integrates ‘Props’ Crypto Tokens Into Livestreaming Ecosystem
64. Iran’s Government Gives the Official Nod to Crypto Mining
65. Cryptocurrencies: practical considerations in insolvencies 
66. NBCUniversal Streaming Service To Launch In April 2020, Will Feature ‘The Office’ And Original Content From Sky Studios
67. NBC Pacts With Twitter For Exclusive 2020 Tokyo Olympics Live Programming
68. Lilly Singh’s NBC Talk Show To Bow Sept. 16, Names Comedy Vet John Irwin Showrunner
69. Vice Media In Talks To Acquire Refinery29
70. NBA Renews China Digital Deal With Tencent
71. Music crowdfunding website PledgeMusic goes offline amidst bankruptcy proceedings: The company shut down operations earlier this year after not delivering funds to 
72. Why A ‘Clever Hack’ Against Nazis Shows How Upload Filters Have Made Copyright Law Even More Broken
73. Everything Cops Say About Amazon’s Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring
74. Amazon writes scripts for cops to sling Ring home cameras, report says
75. Amazon’s Free Doorbell Cameras Only Cost Law Enforcement Agencies Their Dignity And Autonomy
76. New Campaign Demands End to Amazon’s Partnerships with Police: People can sign a petition urging their local government to forbid police partnerships with surveillance companies like Amazon’s Ring.
77. Could Oberdorf Open the Door to Infringement Liability for Amazon 
78. Wisconsin Court Holds Amazon Can Be Strictly Liable for Marketplace Items–State Farm v. Amazon (Eric Goldman)
79. The L.A. Times’ disappointing digital numbers show the game’s not just about drawing in subscribers – it’s about keeping them
80. HBO, The Walking Dead, And Star Trek Grab Comic-Con Spotlight On Social Video
81. Virtually every Apple business grew in every region this quarter—except the iPhone
82. Apple acquires Intel’s 5G smartphone modem business for $1 billion
83. Apple acquires the bulk of Intel’s smartphone modem business for $1 billion
84. Insights: Netflix Tumbles But Who Can Take Advantage?
85. Netflix is not a tech company
86. Netflix Is Asking Android Users For Permission To Track Their Physical Movements
87. WarnerMedia greenlights a retelling of The Odyssey for HBO Max: Based on Madeline Miller’s take on the original epic poem
88. Snapchat launches ‘instant’ tool for creating vertical ads
89. The ugly side of Snapchat and Instagram filters
90. PinkNews has tripled revenue over the last year, driven by Snapchat
91. Duolingo partnered with Twitch to help you learn languages better: Now you have no excuse to avoid the owl
92. Casey Neistat’s 368 Hits Stride With Brand Collabs, Including Ongoing Pact With Adobe
93. Nerdy Craigslist founder wants to change the world — starting with your news: Craig Newmark is a self-proclaimed nerd and reformed jerk. Now he’s putting money behind his politics.
94. Bytedance Confirms It’s Developing A Smartphone, But Says That’s Not Because Of TikTok
95. Sony Music Revenue Up 11%, Streaming Soars 27% in First Quarter
96. Spotify’s Q2 2019: 108m subscribers, €1.67bn revenues, and a €76m net loss
97. Thinking about our digital afterlives
98. The Death Of Ownership: Educational Publishing Giant Pearson To Do Away With Print Textbooks (That Can Be Resold)
99. Trump threatens retaliation against France over digital service tax
100. The Superiority of the Digital Service Tax over Significant Digital Presence Proposals (Wei Cui)
101. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC v. Disney Enterprises, Inc.
102. Cyber laundering: What are some key challenges in detection and regulation?
103. Now Even Funerals Are Livestreamed—And Families Are Grateful
104. Chinese vertical dramas made for phone viewing show the future of mobile video

A.I.

1. No authors at all, or too many to count? – AI and IP
2. DeepMind AI predicts acute loss of kidney function two days in advance, study shows
3. AI’s current hype and hysteria could set the technology back by decades
4. 6 ways AI is making an impact on video games: AI has changed the way video games work, and it’s slated to change that even more. NPCs beware.
5. Video: A dev’s guide to testing game AI
6. One chip to rule them all: It natively runs all types of AI software
7. It’s Sentient: Meet the classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs

PRIVACY

1. FaceApp, the Methuselahn faced Cloud of privacy concerns
2. Terms of Use: Disarming Ourselves, Arming Russia and China 
3. Hackers Seize Control Of Bulgarian Tax Agency, Sprinkler System
4. Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex (and contractors hear it)
5. Apple contractors ‘regularly hear confidential details’ on Siri recordings: Workers hear drug deals, medical details and people having sex, says whistleblower
6. Privacy Tip #200 – Iranian Backed Hacking Group Using LinkedIn To Deliver Malicious Documents 
7. Hacker ID’d as former Amazon employee steals data of 106 million people from Capital One
8. Capital One Gets In On The Data Breach Action, Coughs Up Info On 100 Million Customers To A Single Hacker
9. San Mateo Dumps Red Light Camera Program After A Decade Of Continuous Failure
10. ICO Issues First Intentions to Fine Under the GDPR 
11. UK – New ICO guidance on the use of cookies and similar technologies
12. An Increasing Regulatory Focus on Cookies: Time to Review Your Compliance?
13. Capital One Data Breach Compromises Data of Over 100 Million
14. Post GDPR world – cross-border data privacy best line of defence
15. Cookie consent: update one year post-GDPR
16. William Barr Turns Up The Heat On The DOJ’s Anti-Encryption Rhetoric
17. Unsealed Warrant Shows SFPD Officer Misled Court About Journalist’s Occupation
18. You can go claim at least $125 from the Equifax settlement right now
19. You’re probably not going to get your $125 from the Equifax settlement: Equifax has somehow found a way to make the settlement even more disappointing.
20. City Of Orlando Kicks Amazon’s Facial Recognition Tech To The Curb
21. NYPD Screws Up Again; Hands Out Even More ‘Secret’ Facial Recognition Docs To Researchers
22. Louisiana declares state of emergency in response to ransomware attack
23. The Newest Growth Market For License Plate Readers Is Those A——s Running The Local Homeowners Association
24. Once More With Feeling: ‘Anonymized’ Data Is Not Really Anonymous
25. Privacy Perils: Bluetooth Blues
26. Who have you been giving your name and number to? A cautionary tale
27. WannaCry slayer, malware author Marcus Hutchins sentenced to time served
28. 200 million devices—some mission-critical—vulnerable to remote takeover
29. Cybersecurity officials warn state and local agencies (again) to fend off ransomware
30. FTC Seeks Comments on COPPA
31. FTC Announces COPPA Rule Review
32. FTC Seeks Comments on Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule 
33. Preparing for the inevitable hack: Experts in cybersecurity say businesses that handle personal information need to know that protecting themselves from liability is not a matter of if a data breach occurs but when.
34. Op-Ed: How data privacy laws could make the criminal justice system even more unfair
35. The CPSC Releases Framework of Safety for the Internet of Things 
36. Interaction Between Privacy and Competition Law in a Digital Economy
37. Intellectual Property and Technology News (North America), Q2 2019: The government in your cloud
38. Data Protection update – July 2019

CREATIVITY

1. Watch Hong Kong demonstrators pack airport, sing protest song from ‘Les Misérables’: The tune has become a universal anthem of protesters, “Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men?”
2. Attacks on the media in Hong Kong threaten democracy
3. Covington teen’s $250M suit against the Washington Post dismissed
4. As Expected: Covington HS Teen’s Lawsuit Against The Washington Post Is Dismissed
5. Covington student’s defamation case against Washington Post is dismissed
6. Judge dismisses suit against Washington Post filed by teen who faced-off with Native American activist in DC
7. Defamation Lawsuit Against The Washington Post Has Been Dismissed: Teen claimed he was misrepresented, but a judge ruled that was not supported “by the plain language in the article.”
8. $250 Million Lawsuit Against The Washington Post Dismissed: Federal judge dismissed suit of student Nick Sandmann after the Post wrote about his confrontation with a Native American activist earlier this year.
9. Court Dismisses Democrats’ Nutty Lawsuit Against Russia, Wikileaks And Trump Associates
10. CJEU rules that freedom of information and of the press cannot justify a derogation from the rights of copyright holders beyond allowed exceptions and limitations (Eleonora Rosati)
11. CJEU rules that use of a protected work for the purpose of reporting current events does not, in principle, require authorization (Eleonora Rosati)
12. Aussie court finds media outlets liable: Winkler
13. Iron Man’s Iron Defense 
14. Katy Perry loses ‘Dark Horse’ Trial:…Jury Says It’s A Rip-Off
15. Katy Perry Flame’d: Dark Horse infringes Joyful Noise Copyright
16. Andy Warhol Foundation Wins Copyright Lawsuit Over Prince Portrait & More Art World Headlines
17. Horizon Comics Productions, Inc. v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC.
18. Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz May Have Cost His Client A Ton Of Money, And Set An Expensive Precedent For Copyright Trolls
19. Rock Stars Form Lobbying Group to Counter Tech Giants’ Power
20. Liverpool FC Also Apparently Attempted To Trademark Widely Used Chant By Football Fans
21. Fans, Indie Soccer Clubs Slam Liverpool FC For Trying To Trademark ‘Liverpool’
22. The World’s Most Ridiculous Trademark Dispute Is Now Over: Yosemite Gets Its Names Back
23. Canadian Competition Bureau updates Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
24. Kawhi Leonard v. Nike, Inc.: Copy, derivative work or distinct work?
25. Copyright Infringement Claims Against Just Fresh Restaurant Prove Stale
26. Intellectual Property Protection for Recipes
27. K-Pop’s Big China Problem: Chinese stars are spinning off in their own orbit as politics gets in the way of profit.
28. UFC Broadcast Partner Goes Pay-Per-View And Pushes Fans To Piracy
29. Sweden vs. ASAP Rocky: The rapper has unwittingly stumbled into a bitter debate over race, crime, immigration, and the future of the country’s famed welfare state.
30. IP rights in art in USA – New York (New York)
31. Intellectual Property and Technology News (North America), Q2 2019: Supreme Court Corner Cases we are following
32. Woman dies in Alaska trying to reach famed bus from book

GAMES

1. British Gambling Commission: Industry should be “proactively dealing” with skin betting – Loot boxes still aren’t gambling but concerns raised over similarities and companies that fail to police secondary markets
2. Addicted to Loot: Recent developments in gaming addiction and gambling concerns in the UK
3. SEC Issues No-Action Letter for Gaming Tokens 
4. GTA dev Rockstar Games under fire from UK tax watchdog
5. Rockstar hasn’t paid UK corporation tax in ten years, claims investigative think tank: Grand Theft Auto V developer also issued claims worth over £42 million in Video Game Tax Relief
6. No Shellebration for Turtle Rock Studios 
7. Heroes Charge into Copyright Battle 
8. “It ain’t over till the Old Lady sings” – Konami, Juventus and the licensing of IP for use in sports video game content
9. CD Projekt Red promises “no disrespect” in religious-themed Cyberpunk 2077 quests: Polish studio “doesn’t want to avoid religion as a topic” but acknowledges player choices could cause controversy
10. Doomed: Bethesda’s Classic Doom Re-Releases Are Fixed, But Demonstrate Again That We Don’t Own What We Buy
11. Classic Doom games vanish, reappear on Xbox One with features missing
12. Bethesda removing mandatory login from Doom re-releases after fan backlash
13. Bethesda says online requirement for Doom re-releases was a mistake
14. Joke game removed from Steam after offering bribes to customers: Cyerprank 2069 offers collectors edition of Cyberpunk 2077 for “funniest review”
15. A bug has tanked Team Fortress 2’s Steam Marketplace economy  
16. Creators Going Pro: YouTube Gets Viewers Into The Mind Of Gamer Rez And His ‘Fortnite’-Loving Family
17. PUBG Corp says it has buried the hatchet with Fortnite dev Epic Games
18. PUBG. Corp says Epic is “one of our best partners” despite previous lawsuit attempt: Studio director Brian Corrigan dismisses notion of animosity between two companies
19. The Epic Games Store has started rolling out cloud saves
20. Epic Game store adds cloud saves: Feature active for a handful of titles, storefront says more work needed before it can be adopted on a larger scale
21. Understanding the success of Fortnite: A UX and psychology perspective
22. On YouTube’s Biggest Channels, Videos With Keywords Like ‘Fortnite,’ ‘ASMR’ and ‘Insane’ Get Higher Views
23. Immortals Gaming Club reportedly selling Houston Outlaws for $40m: Deal expected to close in August to keep Immortals from owning two Overwatch League teams at once
24. Strafe raises $3m for esports hub app: Seed round led by Bitkraft Esports Ventures
25. Bulkhead Interactive announced $650,000 investment into esports: Battalion 1944 dev expands esports offering and suggests more future investment
26. Winner of the Fortnite World Cup took home $3m: Kyle Giersdorf, 16, won the solo competition, winners of the duos tournament received 1.5m each
27. The Fortnite World Cup | A Record-Setting Tournament
28. The ‘Fortnite’ World Cup Finals Drew More Than 2 Million Concurrent Viewers
29. FaZe Clan Brings In First Female Member, 13-Year-Old Deaf ‘Fortnite’ Pro Ewok
30. Ninja is writing a book that will teach you to become an ‘unstoppable’ gamer: He’s also co-writing a graphic novel that will showcase his ‘unmatched wits and skill.’
31. Rocket League gets license approval in China: Tencent partnership leads to free-to-play release of Psyonix’s car soccer hit
32. Qualcomm and Tencent team up for future mobile game devices and content 
33. Whoever wins the console wars of tomorrow, Microsoft will profit | Opinion: Satya Nadella sees a future where every game “platform” will ultimately run on Azure’s infrastructure
34. Microsoft CEO: Partnership with Sony was driven by the PlayStation maker
35. Microsoft: Cloud partnership “all driven by Sony”: The deal means Microsoft is “dependent” on Sony’s success, according to CEO Satya Nadella
36. The PlayStation 4 has shipped 100 million units faster than any other console
37. Putting the PS4’s 100 million sales in context: 67 months to hit 9 figures is the fastest-ever pace for a home console.
38. PlayStation 4 software revenue dips as hardware shipments hit major milestone
39. US tariffs on Chinese goods could raise PlayStation console prices, warns Sony  
40. Facebook migrating Instant Games away from Messenger
41. Facebook Instant Games moves off Messenger: New game reviews re-opening after three-month hiatus
42. Zynga sees best mobile bookings and revenue in company history for Q2: Mobile publisher raises year-long guidance following record performances from Empires & Puzzles, Merge Dragons! and mobile Words With Friends
43. Pokemon Go surpasses 1 billion downloads worldwide
44. Slitherine enters contract with Dstl to develop games for UK military: Wargaming developer to create dedicated versions of Command Modern Air/Naval Operations, Flashpoint Campaigns
45. Tilting Point invests $30 million in Mino as Cat Gamelaunches worldwide
46. Tilting Point invests $30m into Mino Games’ Cat Game: This marks the publisher’s largest user acquisition investment so far
47. Mail.Ru’s My.Games grows revenues to $116.9 million in Q2: But suffers $10 million impairment charge as Obsidian co-developed MMO Skyforge falters
48. Focus Home Interactive’s Q1 revenue up 49% YOY: World War Z accounted for nearly half of the publisher’s sales last quarter
49. Star Trek Fleet Command surpasses $100m in lifetime revenue: Mobile game is publisher Scopely’s fastest-growing mobile title
50. No More Robots reaches $3m in lifetime revenue: Manchester-based publisher reaches milestone one week after launch of Nowhere Prophet
51. Bigben Interactive acquires French development studio Spiders
52. Automation enters administration and cancels Mavericks: Proving Grounds
53. Kickstarter veterans on how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign: YoYo Games’ Ross Manthorp explains seven key crowdfunding lessons from GameMaker Studio 2 developers
54. EA expects The Sims 4 to deliver net bookings on par withApex Legends
55. Live services brought EA $2.5 billion in net bookings in the last 12 months
56. Nearly half of EA’s unit sales are now digital: Publisher’s quiet first quarter headlined by growing digital dominance
57. Switch driving sales at Nintendo as ‘foreign exchange losses’ cut profits
58. Nintendo recasts Fire Emblem: Three Houses voice actor after abuse confessions
59. Fire Emblem beats Wolfenstein to the top of the UK charts: Nintendo published four of the top ten games in the UK last week
60. Nintendo’s 3DS plans remain unchanged as unit and software sales slow
61. Both digital and packaged game sales on the rise at Sega Sammy
62. Wolfenstein: Youngblood Review: A co-op spin-off does Wolfenstein better and worse than ever.
63. Fire Emblem Three Houses: Critical Consensus: Critics heap near unanimous praise for the strategy RPG’s return to console
64. Grand Theft Auto V leads a static top three in the EMEAA charts: Team Ninja’s Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was the only new entry in the combined physical and digital chart
65. Dragalia Lost becomes second highest-grossing Nintendo mobile game: Game still sits well behind Fire Emblem Heroes, but continues trend of high spend per install
66. Amazon is ending Prime Video support on the Wii U
67. Amazon reportedly ends Prime Video on Wii U, launches it for VR: Company offering a $25 credit toward Fire TV services for Wii U Prime users
68. Bandai Namco opening Barcelona mobile studio: Bandai Namco Mobile will focus on creating and marketing games outside the Asian market
69. The irony of Oddworld: Lorne Lanning on crunching to make games about the exploitation of workers
70. There is no typical Curve game: Publishing director Simon Byron explains how the indie publisher tries to keep surprising and introduces new signing Autonauts
71. Creating terrifying, memorable 2D monsters
72. Video: A game programmer’s guide to the dark secrets of RNG
73. Watch two of Elsinore’s devs discuss the tragic Shakespeare simulator
74. Don’t Miss: Balancing the old with the new in Monster Prom’s fandom-friendly DLC
75. Unity valuation hits $6 billion following latest investment deal
76. Latest Unity investment values company at $6 billion: Tender offer of $525 million more than doubles valuation for game dev engine outfit
77. Video: Niantic founder examines the state & future of AR games
78. Schell Games receives $900,000 for HistoryMaker VR from government grant 
79. US Department of Education awards $900k to Schell Games for VR education: Grant from Small Business Innovation Research program will assist with development of HistoryMakerVR
80. HP Reverb Still ‘Sold Out’ as Reports of Display Issues Continue
81. Zuckerberg to Shareholders: ‘Quest is selling as fast as we can make them’
82. Cloudhead Games’ VR sleight of hand: Designer Antony Stevens and senior programmer Cameron Oltman talk Aperture Hand Labs, and where hand tech is headed now
83. Devcom set to thrive in close alliance with Gamescom: Nico Balletta on what being backed by the organiser of Gamescom means for the future of Devcom
84. Creating a vegetation system that reacts to the environment
85. Learn, reset, repeat: The intricacy of time loop games
86. Improving the depiction of mental illness in Vampire: The Masquerade
87. Don’t Miss: How devs deal with making enemies that feel ‘okay’ to kill
88. Don’t Miss: The Blue Shell and its discontents (Ian Bogost)
89. Making the bizarre, hilarious world of Trover Saves the Universe
90. Q&A: Behind the new open-ended design of Wolfenstein: Youngblood
91. Video: How 20XX survived and thrived in Early Access
92. Making the most interesting licensed games through self-sabotage: John Wick Hex director and writer Mike Bithell shares his strategy for finding good partners to make interesting licensed projects
93. EarthNight’s quest for epic yet accessible: Cleaversoft’s Rich Siegel on why he made it less punishing for novices late in the process
94. Blog: Considerations when writing music for games
95. Couples that play Mario Kart together stay together: A survey finds playing Mario Kart keeps the romance alive. And Call of Duty and Skyrim aren’t bad for love either.
96. U.S. Patent No. 9,061,205: Music video game with user directed sound generation 

Jon