Hogwarts Legacy has surpassed 22 million units sold, according to Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment president David Haddad. This makes it the best-selling video game of 2023.

Less than two weeks into 2024, mass layoffs continue to impact the industry. This time, Unity has decided to cut around 25% of its total workforce as part of its ongoing restructuring.

WN Media Group is gearing up for a busy 2024 with more than 30 events planned for video game professionals. Among them is a major conference that will take place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on February 15-16, 2021.

It is time to look back at another record year for Steam in terms of new game releases. Today we are exploring the top titles of 2023 by player count and user rating, while also digging into other data about the platform in general.

Players often complain that games lack depth in terms of roleplaying an evil character. Former BioWare writer David Gaider has tried to explain the roots of this problem and what developers can actually do about it.

Let’s take a look at the results for the final week of 2023 on Steam. The beginning of the Winter Sale has led to numerous shifts in the top-grossing games chart.

This year’s last episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, wraps up 2023 for the mobile games market and the industry in general. Here is a recap of the main trends and the biggest challenges that developers and publishers have faced over the past 12 months.

China continues to put pressure on the country’s games industry by proposing a new set of restrictive regulations. However, the government has already approved a new batch of video games, also saying it is open to feedback from local companies.

Despite its strong launch, Starfield continues to lose its appeal among players. It is now one of the worst-rated games in Bethesda’s portfolio on Steam.

The Finas has been a huge success for developer Embark Studios and publisher Nexon. The debut game from former Battlefield developers has already been played by more than 10 million people globally.

GameDiscoverCo has ranked the top-grossing and best-selling new game releases of 2023 across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. And as Simon Carless noted, the results are “part predictable, part intriguing.”

It is always interesting to see what games developers enjoy themselves. Owlcat, which just successfully launched its new RPG Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader, shared the top titles that their staff played in 2023.

In the wake of financial challenges, tinyBuild has announced a strategic partnership with Atari. As a result, the French holding company will own a 7.5% stake in the studio.

Almost twenty mobile games joined the list of mobile “unicorns” this year, including titles such as LoL: Wild Rift, Marvel Strike Force, and mobile versions of EA Sports FC and eFootball.

Detroit: Become Human remains the best-selling game developed by Quantic Dream. According to the French studio, the game has now sold over 9 million units globally across PS4 and PC.

Analytics firm Newzoo has put together some data on the state global games market in 2023 and shared its forecast for the future. The company also listed this year’s best-performing titles in terms of revenue and active players.

Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced that the PlayStation 5 has now sold over 50 million consoles globally. The hardware continues to gain momentum after resolving the issue with supply shortages.

More sales data on PlayStation’s first-party games has emerged as a result of a ransomware attack suffered by Insomniac Games. It also includes information about titles like Bloodborne and Days Gone, figures for which Sony hasn’t updated in years.

Fallout 76 has been played by 17 million users, according to Bethesda. The game has reached this mark in five years since its launch in November 2018.