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The analytics company Newzoo has finalized the results for the global video game market in 2023. They calculated that the market earned $183.9 billion last year. This is slightly below the lowered November forecast of $184 billion, while initially, analysts had predicted revenue of $187.7 billion.
Will generative AI be orderly progress or a copyright battlefield? Here is a deep dive into the topic by two experts from the REVERA law group, head of arbitration & IT disputes subpractice Kamal Tserakhau and associate Andrei Rutkouski.
At the end of April, Supercell launched its new mobile game, Squad Busters, in softlonch in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Finland and a number of other countries. Sensor Tower analysts estimate that the game has been downloaded more than 5 million times in just 18 days.
Ghost of Tsushima has joined the growing list of PlayStation’s first-party games coming to PC. Despite the new regional restrictions, the title is performing well in terms of player count.
On May 16, Ghost of Tsushima, a former PlayStation exclusive, was released on PC. The game immediately became one of the most popular Sony-published projects on Steam.
Australian gambling giant Aristocrat has launched a strategic analysis of its portfolio of mobile casual and midcore games. It is possible that following the results of the audit, he may sell Plarium and Big Fish Games (but not Big Fish Social Casino) or their assets.
The CEO of Take-Two Interactive, Strauss Zelnick, in a conversation with IGN, denied reports about the closure of the Roll7 and Intercept Games studios.
Take-Two Interactive summed up the results of the financial year ended March 31, 2024. She talked about the strong growth in losses and called the release window GTA VI.
Take-Two has just announced its financial results for the 12 months ended March 31, 2024. The company experienced a huge increase in net loss, but remains confident in its game development pipeline and the upcoming GTA IV launch.
Manor Lords has reached its first major milestone in less than a month after its Early Access launch. The city builder has already sold over 2 million copies on PC.
Phoenix Labs is making cuts for the third time
· 2 days agoThe authors of Dauntless are making cuts again. The exact number of those fired is unknown, but we may be talking about more than 100 employees.
Nick Kaman, co-founder of indie studio Aggro Crab, discussed the successes of the underwater soulslike game Another Crab’s Treasure in a conversation with GameDiscoverCo.
Another’s Crab Treasure, a charming take on the Soulslike genre, has proven to be a huge success for small studio Aggro Crab. Here are some numbers for another indie success of 2024.
Microsoft wants to release more Xbox exclusives on PlayStation consoles, according to sources of journalist Jez Corden from Windows Central. According to him, the corporation does not have "red lines" for games — it can transfer any project, including key franchises, to a competing platform.
Spanish studio Stage Clear Studios has become another victim of the restructuring of the Thunderful Group. The management of the holding announced the closure of the studio as part of the financial report.
Ubisoft has published its financial report for FY24 ended March 31, 2024. The French company posted strong revenue and profit growth, while continuing its cost-cutting program.
Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation told the RBC newspaper that they are ready to study the proposal on labeling games supplied to Russia. This idea was proposed by the association "R.A.D.I. Video Games".
Ubisoft has released a report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Below is the main part of the document.
Tencent has published its financial report for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. With domestic game revenues slowing, the Chinese tech giant is now in the process of reorganizing some of its development process to accelerate growth of its portfolio.
The 2022 reboot of the Saints Row series was far from being a commercial success for Embracer, especially given its $100 million budget. According to new information, the game has sold less than 2 million copies.
Polish residents want Valve to update the recommended regional zloty price tags on Steam, taking into account the current exchange rate. The other day they created on the site Change.org the relevant petition.
The French publisher Gameloft is going to liquidate a branch in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. He will close the doors forever after 14 years of work.
Following the publication of Sony’s FY23 report, Niko Partners director of research and insights Daniel Ahmad has shared more data about the company’s gaming business and the sales of PlayStation 5 consoles.
Tencent has published a report for the first quarter of 2024. The Chinese holding company as a whole showed excellent results in terms of revenue and profit, but everything was not smooth for the gaming division.
In January-March 2024, the PlayStation 5 consoles sold significantly better than the Xbox Series, according to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad.
The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (UOKiK) suspects that a number of digital gaming platforms are hindering the development of competition. It has launched a preliminary investigation.
A new independent game development studio formed by industry veterans has emerged. Midsummer Studios, led by former Firaxis devs, has already secured initial funding to make its own title in the life sim genre.
The Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) imposed two fines on Epic Games totaling over 1.1 million euros. The agency concluded that the company used unfair commercial practices in Fortnite in relation to young players.
Polish regulators have expressed concerns over possible anti-competitive practices by digital video game platforms. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) may initiate proceedings based on the analysis of the collected data.
Marc Whitten is preparing to leave Unity. The company announced this in a report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
20 weeks into 2024, here is another installment of the Steam charts. And there are plenty of successful new indie releases, as well as interesting shifts in the list of best-selling games.
In the week from May 7 to May 14, Hades II earned the most money on Steam as a premium project. However, in the general sales chart, which also takes into account the performance of free games, it took second place — the first went to Counter-Strike 2.
Sony has released its financial report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Let’s dive into the company’s gaming revenue and console sales, as well as the record-breaking launch of Helldivers 2.
During the presentation of the financial report to investors, Sony announced that Helldivers 2 surpassed all other games published by it in terms of the number of copies sold in the three months since its release.
Sony has released a report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. We have chosen the main thing about the results of the company's gaming division.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has named its new leaders following the resignation of Jim Ryan. He will be succeeded by Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino, who will report to the company’s president.
Sony Interactive Entertainment will have two CEOs
· 4 days agoSony has announced that from June 1, its gaming division will have two heads at once — Hideaki Nishino and Herman Hulst.
How much will it cost to develop a mobile game today and what marginality you should expect from it," Dmitry Yaminsky, co—founder of Azur Games, said in his column.
Little Kitty, Big City has found its place among many successful indie games released this year. Here is everything to know about the launch of Double Dagger Studio’s debut title.
The game Little Kitty, Big City about the adventures of a kitten in a big city has become another indie hit. The developers of Double Dagger Studio announced that it had crossed the milestone of 100,000 copies sold 48 hours after release.
At the end of 2023, ByteDance announced a restructuring in the gaming division: she decided to close the publisher Nuverse and sell some assets, including the Moonton studio, known for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Bloomberg, citing Core Esports, reported that the company recently partially changed its plans and refused to sell Moonton.
Square Enix has released a financial report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at the company’s business metrics and its new strategy aimed at rebooting its development processes and delivering long-term growth.
Square Enix has published a report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
The main thing for the weekend (May 9-12)
· 5 days agoThe Xbox president explained the closure of Bethesda studios, the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima was withdrawn from sale in almost 200 countries, Unity completed the "reboot" of the company, - we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.
After making mobile titles for over 13 years, CM Games has decided to enter the field of virtual reality. Here is how the studio successfully launched a custom Steam Sale event to promote its VR game Into the Radius despite knowing little about the platform and its marketing features.
Round table — what is the visual novel market?
· 9 days agoApp2Top brought together the heads of Hit'n'run Digital Studio, KPD, FlyinDogs and SERIES to talk about the situation in the visual novel market. We discussed the cost of development, the competitiveness of the market and the myths associated with the niche.
Even more disturbing reports about the state of Microsoft’s gaming division emerged shortly after the closure of four internal studios. And it appears that the future of Xbox looks hazy, especially without a clear strategy and vision.
Krafton has released its financial report for the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean company posted strong revenue and profit growth, also outlining steps to become the number one game publisher in India.
KRAFTON has record quarterly revenue. 60% were on mobile
· 10 days agoAnother financial report was published by the South Korean company KRAFTON. She summed up the results of the first quarter of 2024.
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There is little talk about games in the Telegram messenger. We decided to fix the situation by talking with Daria Novikova, product director at PlayDeck startup. The latter launched a gaming marketplace for Telegram. In a conversation with Daria, we touched on topics such as user engagement, earnings from leading projects, monetization and, of course, PlayDeck itself.