Apple, Facebook and Snapchat making investments in the industry as GameStop falls behind. Meanwhile, EU, FTC and China working on regulating the industry.
Apple is launching a video game subscription service (Engadet).
Facebook is developing an AI to add people as playable characters in video games (Gizmodo).
Snapchat now offers video games (Bloomberg).
Gamestop’s stock plummets (Variety).
EU investigates geo-blocking video game activation keys (AP).
FTC will investigate loot boxes in August (Variety).
China introduces new censorship for video games (Gizmodo).