Many free-to-play hits on Steam have experienced an increase in gross revenue over the past seven days. Here’s our weekly roundup of the top games on the platform, including new releases and impressive comebacks from older hits.

Shift Up has released its financial report for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Here’re the key findings about the South Korean company’s performance and its games.

Australian gambling company Aristocrat has decided to divest one of its core assets, Plarium. The Raid Shadow Legends developer will be sold to Modern Times Group (MTG) for up to $820 million.

Sometimes it feels, and rightly so, that the games industry, outside of the indie segment, is lacking new IP. Here’re some observations from Metacritic’s fresh list of the highest-rated original games of the 21st century.

The market has reacted negatively to Square Enix’s latest financial report. The Japanese company recorded a significant decline in both revenue and profit.

Sega has released its financial report for the six-month period ended September 30, 2024. Despite a lack of new hits, the Japanese publisher saw strong growth in its video game business.

On December 11, WN Media Group will host its first event focused on online gambling. WN iGaming Summit, which will take place in Cyprus in partnership with Google, is expected to bring together over 500 professionals.

Warner Bros. Discovery continues to suffer from a series of commercially failed video games. Here are the key takeaways from the company’s financial report for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024.

Sony has released its financial report for the second quarter ended September 30, 2024. Here are the key takeaways about the company’s video game business.

Games industry veteran Vladimir Nikolsky and online gambling traffic expert Alex Riddick have discussed the state of these two different markets during the recent WN Conference Cyprus’24. Here’re the main differences in terms of competition, user acquisition, and other issues.

In time for Death Stranding’s fifth anniversary, Kojima Productions has also that it now has full ownership of the IP.

Bandai Namco has released its financial report for the first half of FY25 ended September 30, 2024. The company posted strong revenue and profit growth, thanks to the performance of its key franchises.

Take-Two has released its financial report for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024. The company posted modest growth in its key business metrics and shared several updates on its gaming pipeline.

Game companies have been cutting costs this entire year, and October was no exception. Even the most conservative estimates show that there were over 400 layoffs last month.

Call of Duty: Mobile remains one of the top-grossing mobile games globally. The developers have now also boasted a new achievement in the number of installs.

Hogwarts Legacy has been a massive success for Warner Bros. Discovery’s gaming division, also strengthening the franchise’s position. And the game has now reached a new impressive milestone.

Nintendo has released its financial report for the six months ended September 30, 2024. The company also lowered its full-year outlook.

Thanks to various Halloween sales events, many older hits games returned to the Steam charts over the past seven days. However, the top spots are still occupied by new releases and evergreen hits.

WN Media Group is coming to the United Arab Emirates next month with WN C-Level Summit Abu Dhabi’24. This event is designed to bring together decision makers of top video game companies across Europe and the Middle East.