Industry News December 28, 2021 Valheim, Battlefield 2042, and New World among top-selling Steam games of 2021 Valve has revealed the top-selling and most played Steam games of 2021. Battlefield 2042 and Valheim were among leaders by revenue, while Cyberpunk 2077 and Halo Infinite topped the charts by concurrent players.
Industry News December 28, 2021 Forward Game Studios’ Mike Crassweller on why indie games budgets increasingly running into millions of dollars Forward Game Studios senior product manager Mike Crassweller has shared a few thoughts on the development costs of indie games. While some people think that budgets are “bloated,” he disagrees and explains why it often might cost millions of dollars for a small team to make one project.
Industry News December 28, 2021 Remedy signs development and distribution agreement with Tencent for online shooter Vanguard Remedy Entertainment has signed a development, license, and distribution agreement with Tencent. The Chinese giant will co-finance the production of PvE shooter codenamed Vanguard and localize it for the selected Asian markets.
Featured December 28, 2021 “2021 in Video Games” with 11 bit studios’ Konrad Adamczewski In this episode of our “2021 in Video Games” series, Konrad Adamczewski, PR Specialist at 11 bit studios, discusses how the company’s development and publishing arms fared this year.