Games industry roundup: Apex Legends is coming to mobile, Total War heads to China, and DragonGlass has paused operations

• 1 PC game news and insights

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

  "The definitive voice game has not been built yet": Why Doppio raised $1.1m to make games for Alexa

  Jeferson Valadares discusses the future of conversational games.

  "We're really passionate about getting young girls into games": What Girls' Game Lab hopes to achieve

  Caoimhe Roddy discusses encouraging young girls to get a career in games.

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  Total War comes to China following Creative Assembly and NetEase partnership

  The franchise’s catalogue up to and including Total War: Three Kingdoms will be launched in the country.

  Modern Pick Entertainment to acquire “substantial” stake in Project Cars dev Slightly Mad Studios

  The developer has sold over 25 million units of its games.

  
  

• 2 Mobile game news and insights

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

  Nintendo offers free Joy Con repairs as firm is struck with class action lawsuit

  Following reports that Nintendo's Joy Con controllers are facing 'drift' issues, in which the controller's joystick moves of its own accord, the company has been slapped with a class action lawsuit. It has responded to the defect reports by claiming to offer free repairs.

  Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes nears 80 million players but EA’s mobile revenue drops by 16%

  EA Mobile is struggling to replace its flagging older mobile games with new hits, resulting in a decline for the business overall.

  EA confirms Apex Legends is on track for mobile

  As EA's mobile business sags, it has one potential ace up its sleeve: Apex Legends for mobile.

  Interview: Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo opens new Istanbul studio

  The new office will operate as an extension of its Paris-based publishing capability, working with local studios and building off the back of the country’s growing sector.

  Ubisoft acquires majority stakes in Green Panda Games

  With another big publisher's mobile business facing decline, Ubisoft has decided to act with a majority acquisition of Green Panda Games.

  
  

• 3 Blockchain game news and insights

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

  Cheeze Wizards starts selling its ultra-rare Mold Magicians

  While good cheeze takes time to mature, it can get sold in a flash. And that’s exactly what’s happening with Cheeze Wizards, as it shows off it’s ‘Dank Ranks’ of Mold Magicians.

  DragonGlass has paused operations until ‘better times’

  During the Crypto Games Conference last year, we managed to get a good look at what some of the big developers had in store. Among them was the Dragonglass team, which took the stage to showcase its mobile exploration and mining game – DragonFeed.

  F1 Delta Time components are now on OpenSea

  Formula One, much like any sport, is made more impressive by just how much the components cost. It’s no surprise considering they’re far more ‘custom’ than typical racers. For F1 Delta Time, along with its pretty costly auctions, its vehicle parts share that heritage as they arrive on OpenSea.

  Blockchain Cuties Universe starts off stage two of its pre-sale

  We’ve already seen a considerable amount of detail fleshed out of Blockchain Cuties Universe. Over these past quarters, we’ve seen its entire model transition over to it’s broader plan for creating a strategy title. As a result, the community was introduced to a wide range of new cuties, land mechanics and the wars to come.

  CryptoKaiju’s CryptoKitties tie-in combines 7.5-inch vinyl toy with blockchain version

  Kaiju, for anyone familiar either with the Japanese language or with the ever-increasing library of giant monster films, will know what one of these are. But with CryptoKaiju, these have been shrunk down as highly collectable vinyls.