News April 13 Activision sues creator of browser game Warzone, calling his trademark claims ‘frivolous’ Indie developer Randy Ficker launched web-based strategy Warzone in 2017. After Activision released Call of Duty: Warzone last year, Ficker accused the company of infringing his trademark rights. The publisher, however, denies the claim.
News April 12 Chinese studio Ohayoo has published over 150 titles in 2 years, strengthening ByteDance’s position in mobile Ohayoo is a gaming division of ByteDance, which also owns TikTok. The studio, focused on casual and hypercasual titles, has already published over 150 mobile titles with 500 million downloads since 2019.
News April 12 Report: Sony’s obsession with AAA blockbusters damages small studios and leads to high turnover Sony’s decision to focus on AAA games and to almost stop supporting smaller games and studios might be a good business move. However, this strategy has already led to staff turnover, Days Gone 2 rejection, and other internal issues.
News April 8 Report: Hideo Kojima in talks with Microsoft to publish his next game The news came soon after people started speculating that the PS5 indie game Abandoned might be connected to the famous game designer.
News April 8 Steam introduces UTM analytics to track purchases and wishlists Valve announced that Steam now supports UTM traffic tracking. It allows developers and publishers to finally see how many people bought a game or add it to their wishlists during a specific marketing campaign.
News April 7 Death Stranding surpasses €23 million in revenue on PC Digital Bros, which owns publisher 505 Games, reported financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ended December 31. Death Stranding was the company’s main driver, earning over €23 million since its release on PC.
News April 7 Gamefam is publisher that helps Roblox developers generate six-figure revenues Roblox attracted many developers who create their own games on the platform. Some of them need help to scale and monetize their projects, and that’s when publisher Gamefam comes up.
News April 7 Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming on developing Ghost of Tsushima: “Everything broke” Ghost of Tsushima became one of the biggest hits of 2020, and now Sucker Punch co-founder reflects on the process of creating the game and the challenges the studio faced on its way.
News April 7 Krafton to submit IPO application this month after its revenue soared to $1.49 billion in 2020 Krafton, which owns PUBG, significantly increased its earnings in 2020 and has now become one step closer to going public.
News April 6 Genshin Impact fans clap back after users try to boycott game over racism and sexualization of minors Some users started using #BoycottGenshin to accuse miHoYo of racism and even sexualizing minors. Despite the calls to boycott the title, a lot of fans stood up for Genshin Impact.