Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and iOS devs sue Apple over store fees

• 1 PC game news and insights

  Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site PCGamesInsider.biz for the last week.

  Why Raw Fury boss Antonsson thinks indie publishers are more important than ever in 2019

  "Making it easier for anyone to self-publish is great, but the challenge becomes how to stand out in the sea of new games."

  How Total War: Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running strategy series

  Creative Assembly chief product officer Rob Bartholomew and game director Janos Gaspar tell us all.

  Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises

  Around 60 members of staff to get the axe.

  Updated: People Can Fly insists New York studio is new organisation, not Defiant Studios acquisition

  Or did it acquire Defiant Studios, set up in 2016 by David Grijns, now in charge of the Polish firm's American development house?

  Updated: Sports Direct puts in offer to buy UK's GAME Digital for $66.1m, owns 38.49 per cent of retailer

  Follows Mike Ashley's firm buying 8.59 per cent of chain's shares.

  
  

• 2 Mobile game news and insights

  Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site PocketGamer.biz for the last week.

  Harry Potter: Wizards Unite conjures up 100,000 installs from first month in beta

  Niantic’s next location-based augmented reality game uses another monster IP: Harry Potter. The title has picked up 100,000 installs during its first month of open beta in Australia and New Zealand, ahead of its global launch.

  Stillfront snaps up Kixeye in deal worth up to $120m

  The Stillfront Group is no stranger to the M&A game, this time splashing out $90 million for War Commander developer Kixeye, in a deal that could rise by a further $30 million based on earnouts.

  Developers sue Apple over App Store fees

  Apple is facing another lawsuit, this time from iOS developers over the annual $99 developer fee and 30 per cent cut it takes from all purchases on the App Store, which the suit claims violate California’s unfair competition laws.

  The secret of Scopely’s success? How we think about IP, says CEO

  Scopely has a portfolio of profitable games under its belt, recently adding Star Trek Fleet Command to its array of hits. We caught up with Scopely’s co-CEO Javier Ferreira to discuss just how it’s been so successful.

  Roblox hits mobile revenue of $750 million ahead of its Chinese launch

  The hit sandbox game continues to grow, with the latest estimates claiming the game made an estimated $36 million on mobile in May.

  
  

• 3 Blockchain game news and insights

  USS Enterprise is coming to CSC thanks to Star Trek licensing deal

  Lucid Sight has announced a deal with CBS Interactive to bring Star Trek into its forthcoming space trading and combat game CSC (aka Crypto Space Commanders).

  CryptoKitties coming to Decentraland

  Picture frames are shots into another world and time. But for CryptoKitties, these allow players to bring their kitties into the virtual world of Decentraland. This is one of the new mechanics introduced by the CryptoKitties team in order to really delve deeper into item interoperability.

  How MakerDAO intends to streamline mass adoption for blockchain games one title at a time

  With the conclusion of the CryptoChicks event over the previous weekend, it represented the debut of MakerDAO in CryptoWars.

  Project Genesis now listed on Steam

  Having hosted a closed pre-alpha test of its gameplay, Project Genesis is bringing the show to the gaming community. More specifically, this comes from the news that 8 Circuit Studios will be featuring the title on Steam.

  Loom Network fully integrates with TRON and featuring exclusive Relentless cards

  Having announced its intention to integrate a few weeks ago, Loom has now fully integrated with TRON. In the team’s opinion, making itself available across multiple blockchains will help drive mass adoption.