* Bases on a recently released documentary about Valve's past 10 years, the main reason why development for Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 were cancelled were due to issues with the Source 2 Engine at the time. The documentary also revealed that Valve had worked on and scrapped five Half-Life series projects in between the time of HL 2: Episode 2 and Half-Life: Alyx's releases. It was also revealed that Valve has been working on a "top secret project" since 2018.
Link to the documentary (paid):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1...__Final_Hours/
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...d-596899.phtml
* According to a report from GameBeat, Sony recently purchased a minority ownership share in Epic Games for around $250 million. In terms of the actual ownership share, Sony now owns around 1.4% of the company.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/09/s...er-epic-games/
* EA is currently dealing with backlash from some of their investors in regards to a new proposal for their bonus pay system for their executives that would see them earn even more money than before. The main issue revolves around claims of the company has already become very addicted to spending lavish sums of money on executive bonuses and at a frequent and overlapping pace.
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...s-596771.phtml