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Industry News May 30, 2024

PS5 add-on content spending up 176% over PS4, plans to cut costs through outsourcing, and more on PlayStation’s business

Sony has published its annual business briefing. Here are the key takeaways about the performance of the PlayStation business and updates to the company’s gaming strategy.
Industry News May 29, 2024

Tim Cain recalls his 2004 proposal for Conan the Barbarian RPG with third-person camera and Source as its engine

Tim Cain, one of the lead developers of games like Fallout and Arcanum, recalled his idea for an action RPG based on the Conan universe, which never came to fruition. This dates back to 2004, when he was working at Troika Games.
Industry News May 29, 2024

Dungeon & Fighter Mobile hits $140 million in first-week revenue in China, shaping up to be new hit for Tencent

Dungeon & Fighter Mobile (DnF Mobile) launched in China last week. Looking at its impressive metrics, the game has every chance to become another big hit for Tencent.
Industry News May 29, 2024

MultiVersus peaks at over 114k concurrent players on Steam at full launch, but receives mixed reviews from players

Almost two years after the release of the early access beta version, MultiVersus has now officially launched globally. Despite initially high player interest, many users criticized the changes to the fighting game’s core mechanics.
Industry News May 29, 2024

People Can Fly: net loss cut by almost 5x in Q1, “unsatisfactory” launch of Bulletstorm VR, and 5 games in development

People Can Fly has published its financial report for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at its key business metrics and the status of the five games currently in development at the Polish company.
Industry News May 28, 2024

Cyberpunk 2077 finally wrapped, finishing pre-production on Polaris, net profit up 44%: CD Projekt posts strong Q1 results

CD Projekt has published its financial report for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. The company saw a huge increase in net profit and shared some updates for the next Witcher game and other projects in its pipeline.
Industry News May 28, 2024

Hellblade 2 debuts at #15 on Steam charts, Helldivers 2 drops out of top 10 for first time since launch

Last week, no game could dethrone Counter-Strike 2 from the top spot on the Steam charts. Here’s how other titles, including Hellblade II, performed.
Industry News May 28, 2024

Dragon’s Dogma 2 sells 3 million copies in two months, improving its position among Capcom’s best-selling games

Capcom has announced a new milestone for its latest action RPG, Dragon’s Dogma 2. The game has now reached 3 million copies sold globally.
Industry News May 28, 2024

The Rogue Prince of Persia peaks at less than 1,000 concurrent players on Steam, but devs have huge plans for Early Access

The Rogue Prince of Persia, already the second game in the series this year, has just launched in Early Access. Let’s take a look at its initial metrics and player reception.
Industry News May 27, 2024

Songs of Conquest hits 500k copies sold after two years in Early Access

Songs of Conquest, the spiritual successor to the Heroes of Might and Magic III, has reached a new milestone a week after its 1.0 launch. And developer Lavapotion already has many plans for the game’s further support.
Industry News May 27, 2024

Wuthering Waves hits almost $10 million in mobile revenue in five days, indicating promising launch for Kuro Games

Wuthering Waves, a new free-to-play gacha title from Chinese studio Kuro Games, launched globally last week. Let’s take a closer look at its revenue, downloads, and other metrics on mobile.
Marketing May 27, 2024

Theory behind launching Supporter Pack for VR game on Steam — case study by Into the Radius dev CM Games

CM Games has run an interesting experiment with their VR shooter Into the Radius. Here is how the team managed to find an additional revenue channel by developing and launching a Supporter Pack for their core fans.
Industry News May 27, 2024

Rumor: 2K to launch new FIFA game in 2024 after reportedly securing official license

The FIFA video game license might find a new home at Take-Two’s subsidiary 2K Games. This comes two years after the organization ended its long-lasting partnership with Electronic Arts.
Industry News May 24, 2024

Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets

Former Square Enix executive Jacob Navok has shared his thoughts on less-than-expected sales of the latest Final Fantasy games. He also tried to explain why people mistakenly think that the Japanese publisher is simply setting unrealistic goals for its products.
Industry News May 24, 2024

Report: XDefiant hits 300k concurrent players, attracting over 3 million unique users in two days

Earlier this week, Ubisoft finally released XDefiant, a free-to-play shooter first announced nearly three years ago. Here is how the game performed at launch.
Industry News May 24, 2024

11 bit studios reports net loss of $406k in Q1, says investment in INDIKA “has already more than paid off”

11 bit studios has shared its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Despite posting losses, the Polish publisher remains confident in its pipeline of upcoming releases.
Industry News May 23, 2024

Hellblade II peaks at under 4,000 concurrent players on Steam: how its launch compares to other Microsoft games

Earlier this week, Microsoft released its first major game in 2024. Let’s take a look at Hellblade 2’s initial metrics and compare them to other Xbox first-party titles.
Industry News May 23, 2024

Embracer Group: $1.7 billion net loss, staff reduced by 4,500 people, and details on post-restructuring future

Embracer Group has published its financial report for the full year ended March 31, 2024. The Swedish holding company has taken stock of its restructuring program and outlined a new chapter after deciding to split its business into three entites.
Roundtable Discussion May 23, 2024

Exploring coloring puzzle games and state of this genre on mobile: roundtable discussion

Although coloring and paint-by-number games generate around 30 million downloads every month, this subgenre remains underdiscussed. We have reached out to Beresnev Games, ZiMAD, and Belka Games to find out what’s really happening in this niche and whether it is worth entering for mobile developers.
Industry News May 23, 2024

Street Fighter 6 almost breaks its CCU record 11 months after launch, thanks to balance patch and new character

The new update for Street Fighter 6 has caused a huge surge in player interest. It helped the game cement itself as likely the most actively played title in the genre at the moment.
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