News March 5 Microsoft and ZeniMax deal approved by US Securities and Exchange Commission The US Securities and Exchange Commission has just accepted Microsoft’s filing for its deal with ZeniMax. The European Commission is the only instance left to approve the acquisition.
News March 5 Hogwarts Legacy lead designer parts ways with Avalanche following YouTube channel scandal The lead designer of Hogwarts Legacy quit the studio following a public backlash. It happened after he was criticized for the views he expressed on his YouTube channel.
News March 5 Riot, Bungie, Blizzard, and Valve veterans launch Theorycraft Games studio, raise $37.5 million Theorycraft Games is a new studio formed by former developers of League of Legends, Halo, Dota 2, and Overwatch. They raised $37.5 million to make PvP titles.
News March 5 Sensor Tower: Genshin Impact reaches $874 million in revenue, becomes top earning mobile RPG Genshin Impact continues its rise to the top. Its revenue hit $874 million, making it one of the top grossing mobile titles worldwide.
Marketing March 5 CreativeForge Games’ Piotr Karbowski: “In our case, each contract is tailored to the developer” As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Piotr Karbowski, CEO at CreativeForge Games (part of PalyWay group).
News March 4 MY.GAMES revenue surpasses $560 million in 2020, mobile games accounted for 73% of it Russian publisher MY.GAMES announced its revenue reached over $0.5 billion in 2020. Mobile games were the key factor, contributing to over 70% of total earnings.
News March 4 Mobile publisher InnoGames hits record-breaking revenue of $266 million in 2020 German mobile game developer and publisher InnoGames has been growing consecutively for more than 10 years. In 2020, it hit a record-breaking revenue of over $260 million.
News March 3 Zynga acquires Torchlight III developer Echtra Games to bring mobile titles to PC and consoles Publisher Zynga follows its ambitions of developing games for PC and consoles. To bring its existing franchises outside the mobile sector, the company has just bought Echtra Games, creators of Torchlight III.
News March 3 The Sinking City disappears from Steam again after DMCA take-down notice The legal fight for The Sinking City is not slowing down. The game has been removed from Steam again after Valve received a DMCA claim.
News March 3 Epic Games buys Fall Guys developer Mediatonic, game to remain available on Steam Mediatonic, known as the creator of popular battle royale Fall Guys, joins Epic Games. The deal won’t affect the title’s presence on Steam.