The beginning of 2024 turned out to be extremely successful for Japanese developers. Granblue Fantasy: Relink, a new RPG developed and published by Cygames, is now doing big numbers on Steam.

Devolver Digital has released a trading update for the financial year ended December 31, 2023. The publisher also announced a number of board changes.

Job cuts continue to affect studios around the world, with Polish developer Artificer becoming the latest victim. It cut roughly half of its team.

Palworld continues to break records. The hit survival game from Japanese indie team Pocketpair has reached 12 million units sold on Steam in less than two weeks.

Ubisoft could be the next major game publisher to be hit with mass layoffs. According to a new report, the company will be in trouble unless it changes its strategy and management approach.

Capcom has shared its financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2023. The company’s video game business continues to grow, driven by strong sales of Street Figther 6 and back catalog titles like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter.

Microsoft has published its financial report for the second quarter of FY24 ended December 31. This is the company’s first earnings release since completing the Activision Blizzard deal, so it is interesting to see how the acquisition impacted its gaming business.

Steam’s latest weekly chart is full of interesting shifts and strong debuts. For example, Enshrouded became the 2nd highest-grossing game on the platform among both premium and free-to-play products, proving to be a massive success for Keen Games.

Genshin Impact has reached $5 billion in mobile revenue, according to data.ai. It is now one of the 13 mobile titles in this club.

Games and Names, an industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, is back. The first episode of 2024 is all about LiveOps and the main challenges that mobile developers may face in this area.

A group of former Volition developers have started new studio Shapeshifter Games. This comes just  months after the team fell victim to Embracer Group’s restructuring.

Many players hoped that Eidos Montreal would get a chance to make a new Deus Ex game after joining Embracer Group. However, the Swedish holding company not only canceled the project, but also laid off a number of the studio’s employees.

It is no secret that Steam players love open world survival games with crafting elements. And the launch of Keen Games’ new title Enshrouded proves that the studio has chosen the right niche.

Fighting games can perform really great commercially, and the launch of Tekken 8 is further evidence of this. Last week, Bandai Namco’s latest title became the UK’s best-selling physical release.

New details have emerged in the long-running legal fight between Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace. It appears that the South Korean publisher’s preliminary injunction against the studio was dismissed.

Last year was a tremendous success for MONOPOLY GO!, as the game surpassed the one billion dollar mark in just seven months since its global launch. This is a remarkable achievement for any game in the modern market. The latest numbers indicate that this is just the beginning.

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has shared his top 5 role-playing games of the 21st century that fellow developers can learn from. Baldur’s Gate 3 has already made the list despite only launching a few months ago.

It is no secret that Steam is flooded with tens of thousands of games. But here is how its catalog size compared to consoles and how the number of games on each platform changed over time.

Ghost Ship Games has shared an annual recap for Deep Rock Galactic. The studio disclosed its hit co-op title’s sales and other metrics such as DAU and MAU.