No Rest for the Wicked had a strong debut on the Steam charts, outperforming many popular premium and free-to-play titles. Let’s take a close look the top games by gross revenue for the previous week.

tinyBuild has released its report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The company saw declines in all major business metrics, while sticking to its new long-term strategy aimed at improving its operations.

Gas Station Simulator has reached a new milestone. Polish developer DRAGO entertainment has revealed that the game has generated over $10 million in revenue on Steam alone since its launch in September 2021.

The Early Access version No Rest for the Wicked, a new action RPG from Moon Studios, launched on Steam last week. Despite technical issues and initially mixed reception from players, the game has already managed to reach a relatively large audience.

Shortly after the end of its cost-cutting restructuring program, Embracer Group has announced a new transformative move. The Swedish holding company will now split into three standalone public entities.

Joost van Dreunen, best known as co-founder and former head of the now-closed research firm SuperData, has opened up about Sensor Tower’s acquisition of data.ai. The analyst is not enthusiastic about the new monopoly emerging in the mobile data market.

VG Insights recently released a report on the state of free-to-play games on Steam. It takes a deep into the most played titles and the main trends in the area.

Content Warning is without a doubt one of the biggest surprise hit this year so far. However, developer Landfall Games didn’t expect the game to sell hundreds of thousands of units after the end of its viral free-to-claim launch.

Swiss mobile publisher Miniclip has announced a new M&A deal by acquiring UK studio FuturLab best known for its successful sim PowerWash Simulator.

Ampere Analysis has looked at the performance of the recently released Stellar Blade demo. And it appears that Shift Up’s upcoming surpassed the demo of another PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, in terms of daily active users (DAU).

Saber Interactive head Matthew Karch has been on a press tour since his company’s split from Embracer Group. This time, he shared his thoughts on the sustainability of AAA game production and whether it is going to change in the future.

Ascendant Studios has reportedly downsized again, just a little over six months after laying off nearly half of its staff. This time, the Immortals of Aveum developer stopped employing dozens of its remaining workers.

Kenshi, a genre-bending sandbox game, has reached a new milestone. The cult indie title has now sold over 2.3 million copies since its global launch.

The Hurun Research Institute has released its sixth annual Global Unicorn Index, which ranks private companies and startups worth at least $1 billion. Genshin Impact maker miHoYo became the most valuable game developer on the list.

Despite challenges in the US, ByteDance had a strong fiscal year, posting significant growth in revenue and profit. The Chinese tech giant also managed to outperform one of its main rivals, Tencent.

After almost a year and a half after breaking up with NetEase, Blizzard has come to a new agreement with its Chinese partner. The deal will make the studio’s game available to local players again.

Champions of Otherworldly Magic is a digital card game, and it appears that all the art for it was generated using AI tools. According to the developers, they have already paid tens of thousands of dollars to a single “AI artist” over the past six months.

Landfall’s surprise title Content Warning made a strong debut on the Steam charts, surpassing many successful games in terms of gross revenue. Let’s take a closer look at how different projects performed on the platform last week.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch has opened up about the company’s split from Embracer Group. He also tried to explain why the Swedish holding company shouldn’t be viewed as the “evil empire.”