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Industry News August 28, 2024

CD Projekt reports 88% profit growth on strong Cyberpunk 2077 sales, next Witcher game nears full production

CD Projekt has released a financial report for the first half of 2024. The company posted strong revenue and profit growth on the ongoing success of Cyberpunk 2077, while its new projects continue to accelerate.
Industry News August 28, 2024

11 bit studios expects its net revenue from The Thaumaturge to be below $11.6 million within six months of launch

11 bit studios has released its financial report for the first half of 2024. The Polish developer expects strong launches of Frostpunk 2 and The Alters, also sharing some data on its portfolio of third-party games.
Industry News August 28, 2024

Core Keeper graduates from Early Access with over 31k CCU, lifetime sales hit 2 million copies

Swedish studio Pugstorm has launched version 1.0 of its survival sandbox game Core Keeper. The game has amassed a huge audience over two years of Early Access.
Industry News August 27, 2024

Control hits 19 million players on its 5th anniversary, with free copies making up majority of total

Remedy Entertainment is celebrating the 5th anniversary of Control. The Finnish studio has shared some more figures for its successful action game.
Industry News August 27, 2024

Coin Master tops $6 billion in player spending, generating around $1.2 billion per year since 2020

Coin Master has reached a new revenue milestone. The social casino hit remains one of the highest-grossing mobile games globally.
Industry News August 27, 2024

Tactical Breach Wizards looks like new indie hit, debuting in top 10 highest-grossing premium games on Steam

The top 3 games on Steam by gross revenue remained unchanged from the previous week. However, there were still plenty of events to cover, including the successful launch of Tactical Breach Wizards and strong pre-orders for upcoming major titles.
Industry News August 26, 2024

Brian Fargo: “Back in the day, you’d get an award for selling 50k or 100k units, now it’s the end of your career”

Prominent game developer Brian Fargo has managed to get his memorabilia from the good old times of Interplay Entertainment. Some of these relics show how the games industry has changed since the 1990s.
Industry News August 26, 2024

Concord peaks at only 697 CCU on Steam, casting shadow over Sony’s live service strategy and ambitions

Concord, unfortunately and unsurprisingly, has gotten off to a poor start in terms of player numbers. Let’s take a closer look at Sony’s latest foray into the live service field.
Featured August 23, 2024

How Black Myth: Wukong and its 10 million copies sold in three days compare to other best-selling games

Game Science has shared the official figures for Black Myth: Wukong. The game’s sales are truly impressive, to say the least.
Industry News August 23, 2024

CD Projekt shares surged over 63% since January, but analysts concerned about company’s ambitious pipeline

Although CD Projekt is still trading below its 2020 peaks, its shares have been on a strong rise this year. Investors are currently optimistic about the Polish company, but have concerns about its ambitious game pipeline.
Industry News August 23, 2024

NetEase reports 17% drop in Q2 profit, with its video game revenue rising 6.7% to $2.8 billion

NetEase’s second quarter was marked by the launch of Once Human and the continued success of its live games like Naraka: Bladepoint and Justice Mobile. Here are the highlights for the three-month period ended June 30, 2024.
Industry News August 22, 2024

Over 8 million copies sold on Steam, 29 million viewers in China, and more data on Black Myth: Wukong’s success

Various analysts and research firms continue to share data on the successful launch of Black Myth: Wukong. The game, meanwhile, continues to break records on Steam.
Market Analysis August 22, 2024

96% of classic Australian games at risk of being lost forever as preservation efforts remain under-resourced

Despite the efforts of organizations across the globe, attempts to preserve classic video games come with many challenges. Some of them have been highlighted in a new study by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA).
Industry News August 22, 2024

Apple to split its App Store division into two teams amid growing regulatory pressure in EU

Apple has decided to reorganize its division responsible for the App Store in the wake of regulatory pressure in the European Union.
Market Analysis August 21, 2024

EA Sports College Football 25 becomes best-selling game in US year-to-date in its debut month, dethroning Helldivers 2

Circana has released its monthly report on the US games market. July 2024 was marked by the launch of EA Sports College Football 25, which drove player spending on consoles.
Industry News August 21, 2024

Payday 3 brought in $4.4 million for Starbreeze in H1 2024, with company’s net loss widening to $8.9 million

Starbreeze has released its financial report for the first half of 2024. The Swedish company posted a widening net loss, but saw strong growth in revenue.
Industry News August 21, 2024

Black Myth: Wukong sells over 4.5 million copies at launch, according to Chinese analysts

Black Myth: Wukong has attracted millions of players at launch, especially from Chinese users. Here are the first estimates of the game’s sales.
Industry News August 20, 2024

Steam charts: Sins of a Solar Empire II ranks second only to Wukong among premium games, Helldivers 2 drops out of top 20

While we all know which game topped the Steam charts last week, there were still plenty of interesting changes and comebacks. Let’s take a closer look at the highest-grossing titles on the platform over the past seven days.
Industry News August 20, 2024

Ninja Theory’s revenue surpassed $31 million in FY prior to Hellblade II’s launch, with profit of nearly $4 million

Ninja Theory has released its financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023. While the report covers the period before the launch of Hellblade II, it is still a rare glimpse into the UK developer’s business performance.
Industry News August 20, 2024

[UPD] Black Myth: Wukong becomes 2nd biggest Steam game of all time by peak CCU, with over 2.2 million concurrent players

As expected, Black Myth: Wukong has been released globally to a massive success. Millions of players flocked to the game within hours of launch.
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