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All publications for 07.08.2024

Industry News August 7

New publisher Digital Bandidos to work with indie games with budgets up to $3 million

Steve Escalante, founder and former general manager of the now-closed Versus Evil, has launched a new publishing label. The company, called Digital Bandidos, will focus on small-budget indie games.

Industry News August 7

Former IO Interactive, Riot, and Plarium devs start Chamo Games to make “non-lethal” FPS

Chamo Games is a new game studio formed by industry veterans. The team, comprised of former IO Interactive, Plarium, Riot Games, and Ubisoft devs, has already secured funding for its debut project.

Industry News August 7

Rising game sales and services help PlayStation offset 21% decline in hardware revenue in Q1

Sony has released its financial report for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024. Just like other platform holders, PlayStation saw a decrease in hardware revenue.

Industry News August 7

Cataclismo hits 120k copies sold: how it compares to other Hooded Horse-published games

Publisher Hooded Horse has added another successful indie project to its portfolio. Digital Sun’s strategy/tower defense game Cataclismo has reached an impressive sales milestone within two weeks of its release.

Market Analysis August 7

Top 5 Steam countries for games with over 100k players include US, China, and Russia, with Japan’s share growing since 2021

Steam is a global games platform, with its core audience spread across multiple regions (usually radically different from consoles). GameDiscoverCo recently analyzed geographical data to find the distribution of hit games by country.