Marvel Rivals, an upcoming PvP hero shooter from NetEase, is showing great numbers at the start of its closed beta. The game has already attracted tens of thousands of concurrent users on Steam alone.

Humble Games, a publishing arm of Humble Bundle, has been hit with mass layoffs. The company went on to deny reports of its full closure, calling the process a “restructuring of operations.”

A new study sheds light on the scale of staff reduction across the Chinese games industry. The number of professionals employed by local companies fell by thousands last year.

No Man’s Sky has risen again with the release of a new update. However, Hello Games’ survival hit wasn’t the only big winner on Steam over the past seven days.

It can be quite expensive for developers and publishers to showcase their games during Gamescom Opening Night Live. Here are the official prices for the Geoff Keighley’s upcoming event.

Honor of Kings, one of the highest-grossing mobile games of all time, launched outside of China on June 20. Tencent has now revealed the first major milestone for its hit MOBA.

Concord, an upcoming hero shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios, doesn’t look promising. While burying the game before launch might be too much, early metrics clearly point to a major problem with modern publishers’ unhealthy obsession with live services.

Rumble Entertainment joins a growing list of studios that have been shut down in recent months. The mobile and web game developer has closed its doors after 13 years.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going after Microsoft with new accusations. The regulator believes that the company is violating the promises made before the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Pacific Drive, an exploration survival game focused on driving through a mysterious exclusion zone, is one of the most notable indie hits this year. The game has exceeded developer Ironwood Studios’ expectations.

GTA publisher Take-Two has updated the list of risk factors that may affect its financial performance and business reputation. One of the new additions is review bombing.

Ubisoft has published its financial report for the first quarter ended June 30. The company’s outperformed expectations thanks to its strong back catalog and the launch of XDefiant.

European players continue to actively spend money on games. Sales in the region remained strong in the first half of 2024 despite a slight decline compared to the same period last year.

Blue Scarab Entertainment is a new indie studio formed by a group of industry veterans. The team has already secured funding in a seed round for its debut MMORPG.

On July 25, the organizers of the WN Conference and ChinaJoy, the largest video game conference in Asia, will bring together games industry professionals at a special international summit in Shanghai. Here are the details about the event’s program.

There are several genres that Steam players love the most, but the market as a whole is not stagnant. Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski has analyzed how many games and in what niches performed the best in the first half of 2024.

Gaming remains one of the fastest-growing sectors within the entertainment industry, according PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Analysts have shared a new forecast for the growth of the global video game market over the next five years.

After leaving Valve and going indie, veteran game designer Matt T. Wood found success with his studio Double Dagger and cute adventure title Little Kitty, Big City. Here is some new data about the game’s commercial performance.

The Steam Summer Sale has been a success for Bohemia Interactive. Here is how the studio’s tactical shooter Arma 3 performed during the event.