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Industry News July 18, 2023

Baldur’s Gate 3 became highest-grossing premium game on Steam last week as it approaches its global launch

Baldur’s Gate 3 is climbing up the Steam Weekly charts. Larian Studio’s upcoming RPG managed to outperform all other premium titles on Valve’s store last week.

Legal July 18, 2023

UK’s new loot box principles include restricting access to underage players and disclosing reward probabilities

The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) has released a new guidance for video game loot boxes, which consists of 11 principles. They are designed to be followed by developers, publishers, and other market participants.

Industry News July 18, 2023

SEGA president expects games with production budget of $70 million to “become the norm” when next-gen consoles arrive

Yukio Sugino, president and COO of Sega Corporation, has opened up about the rising development costs in the Japanese games industry. He also touched on the company’s plans to further increase the number of foreign employees.

Industry News July 18, 2023

Microsoft and Activision likely to push back their deal deadline as appeal against CMA paused for two months

Microsoft and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will have more time to negotiate, as the court has agreed to pause the appeal. This also means that the Activision Blizzard deal probably won’t close today, with a deadline being extended by the parties.