Industry News February 16, 2021 Unity’s Kim Jabal: “Our real competition is businesses that still have their own home-grown tech” Unity doesn’t see Unreal Engine as a real competitor. Not on mobile at least. This is according to Kim Jabal, chief financial officer at Unity, who thinks that companies using proprietary engines present a more serious challenge.
Industry News February 15, 2021 One More Level alleges being paid no royalties for Ghostrunner, despite game’s success Today, Polish studio One More Level stated that it hasn’t seen revenue from Ghostrunner’s commercial success yet. Not being able to publish its financial report, the company saw its shares drop.
Industry News February 15, 2021 Winners announced of G-Core Labs multiplayer indie game contest International provider of cloud and edge solutions G-Core Labs announced the five winners of its contest for the best online indie game.
Industry News February 15, 2021 Steam reaches 50,000 games milestone Shortly after breaking its concurrent user record, Steam hit another milestone. The store has now over 50,000 games available, with the number growing every month.
Industry News February 15, 2021 Valheim becomes 10th most popular game by concurrent players in Steam history Valheim continues to set new records as the game peaked at over 360,000 concurrent players yesterday. On top of that, the Viking-themed survival has already made it to the top 10 games by concurrent players in Steam history.
Industry News February 15, 2021 Techland not being acquired by Microsoft or any other publisher, to remain independent Techland community manager denied recent reports about a potential Microsoft acquisition. Despite the rumors, the studio will keep its independent status.
Industry News February 12, 2021 Zynga plans to release its first cross-platform game on PC and consoles Zynga is known as one of the leading mobile publishers. The company is now planning to expand its brands on PC and consoles with the first title expected to release this year.
Industry News February 12, 2021 Control sells 2 million copies, helps Remedy surpass €40 million in annual revenue Control has exceeded 2 million copies sold, according to Remedy’s financial report for 2020. The company also managed to surpass €40 million in annual revenue.
Industry News February 12, 2021 Controversial shooter Six Days in Fallujah revived 11 years after being canceled by Konami Six Days in Fallujah is a game about the Iraq war that was canceled by Konami in 2009 due to a controversy over the title’s portrayal of the armed conflict. 11 years later, the game is suddenly back in development by a new studio led by former Bungie employees.
Industry News February 11, 2021 App Annie: Genshin Impact becomes highest-grossing Core RPG on mobile, displacing Pokémon Go Genshin Impact continues its rise on mobile charts. It managed to surpass Pokémon Go and become the highest-grossing Core RPG in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Industry News February 11, 2021 Survival Valheim sells 1 million copies in just one week and becomes new Steam smash hit Valheim is another dark horse that debuted on top of the Steam chart and sold 1 million copies. The Viking-themed survival game only needed one week to hit this milestone.
Industry News February 10, 2021 Microsoft creates new subsidiary company Vault to complete ZeniMax deal ZeniMax is about to be merged with Microsoft’s newly created subsidiary Vault, while EU is now preparing to decide whether to approve the $7.5 billion acquisition.
Industry News February 10, 2021 UPD: Gamestream and Chunghwa Telecom launch cloud gaming app on iOS approved by Apple An approved cloud gaming app debuted on the App Store in Taiwan. It was developed by Chunghwa Telecom using technology from the French company Gamestream.
Industry News February 10, 2021 Gwent’s complete source code made public following hacker attack on CD Projekt CD Projekt faced the aftermath of the recent hacker attack. An alleged full source code for Gwent has been made public, and anonymous intruders are now threatening to leak more data.
Industry News February 10, 2021 Riot Games CEO sued for sexual harassment, company calls accusations ‘simply false’ Riot Games faces another lawsuit. The company’s CEO Nicolo Laurent is accused of multiple instances of sexual misconduct and discrimination. He promised to cooperate, although Riot denies a former employee’s claims.
Industry News February 9, 2021 Open-source engine Cocos Creator receives support of 3D features The newest version of Cocos Creator merges 2D and 3D rendering, finally giving developers a variety of tools to fully work with 3D graphics.
Industry News February 9, 2021 Electronic Arts acquires Glu Mobile, creator of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, for $2.4 billion EA is ready to buy developer and publisher Glu Mobile. The deal worth $2.4 billion will help the company expand its 100+ million monthly active players on mobile.
Industry News February 9, 2021 CD Projekt’s source codes and internal data stolen as result of hacker attack The company refused to give in to the demands of the anonymous hackers who also claimed they dumped an unreleased version of The Witcher 3.
Industry News February 9, 2021 Steam becomes officially available in China with only 40+ games Steam has just launched in China with the help from Perfect World. The store has now only 40+ games, including Valve’s own hits like CS:GO and Dota 2.
Industry News February 9, 2021 SayGames launches $10 million growth program for indie developers Hyper-casual publisher SayGames is allocating $10 million for the new growth program SayHero. Its main goal is to help indie developers ship their games.