This month in the meta: victories for Epic and video game developers in China, Google and Comcast have big plans, heartbreaking controversies, and a new award.
- Victory Royalty for Epic as “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” actor drops lawsuit over dance (APNews.com).
- China seems to have resumed approving video games (CNBC.com).
- Google announces Stadia – a new video game streaming service releasing later this year (USAToday.com).
- Comcast will build esport stadium for the Philadelphia Fusion – an Overwatch League team (Philly.com).
- Valve reckons with a sexually violent games (Gamasutra.com).
- The industry is dragged into the New Zealand terrorist attack (VentureBeat.com).
- GLAAD added a category for video games, and developers want to win it (GameDaily.biz).