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Industry News February 13, 2024

Baldur’s Gate 3 enters top 25 most-reviewed games on Steam, ahead of titles like RDR2, Skyrim, and Valheim

Baldur’s Gate 3 has reached a new milestone, reaching over 500k user reviews on Steam. This makes it one of the most-reviewed games on the platform of all time, ahead of many other successful releases.
Industry News February 12, 2024

Batman: Arkham Knight sees impressive spike in player count on Steam, surpassing Suicide Squad in daily CCU

The number of active players in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has quickly dropped on Steam. It now has fewer concurrent users than Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady’s previous game released nine years ago.
Industry News February 12, 2024

Free horror game Silent Hill: The Short Message surpasses 2 million downloads

Silent Hill: The Short Message, a free horror game developed by Konami and HexaDrive for PlayStation 5, has been downloaded more than 2 million times since its launch on January 31.
Industry News February 12, 2024

Helldivers 2 hits 1 million copies sold, attracting over 360k concurrent players on PS5 and PC

It seems like Helldivers 2 is exceeding expectations after its strong launch last week. The game has already sold around 1 million units in less than a week.
Industry News February 9, 2024

Take-Two reports $1.3 billion in Q3 revenue, as GTA V approaches 200 million copies sold

Take-Two has published a financial report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2023. The company is now working on a cost reduction program, which doesn’t involve job cuts.
Dev Interviews February 9, 2024

Exploring immersive sim game design with Raphaël Colantonio: “You basically let the player cheat the game”

During the recent WN Conference in Belgrade, we had a chance to speak with Raphaël Colantonio, creative director of WolfEye Studios and founder of Arkane. Check out our interview with one of the industry’s most prominent creative minds for a quick dive into the immersive sim genre and Raphaël’s approach to game development.
Industry News February 9, 2024

Helldivers 2 becomes Sony’s biggest PC launch, peaking at over 81k concurrent players

Helldivers 2 has just launched on Steam and PlayStation 5, and player interest is definitely there. The game has already become Sony’s biggest launch on Steam in terms of peak concurrent players.
Legal February 8, 2024

Microsoft says Activision planned to eliminate “significant number of jobs” before acquisition in its response to FTC

Microsoft has responded to a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint about the recent layoffs in its video game division. The company argued that Activision itself had planned to make the cuts long before the acquisition.
Industry News February 8, 2024

Palworld “could be taken as a signal to someone else with deeper pockets that Pokémon isn’t unassailable,” Mark Darrah says

Palworld has been causing debate since its launch, with Pocketpair also accused of plagiarism and the use of AI. Mark Darrah, veteran game developer and former BioWare producer, has shared his thoughts on the matter and what the game’s success could mean for Nintendo.
Industry News February 8, 2024

Persona 3 Reload sells 1 million copies in its first week, becoming fastest game by Atlus to reach this mark

Persona 3 Reload has reached an impressive milestone. The game sold 1 million copies globally in its first week.
Deals February 8, 2024

Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic Games to build “transformational” games and entertainment universe

Epic Games has just received a $1.5 billion investment from Disney. Together, the companies will work on a multiyear project to create new games and other entertainment experiences as part of an “expansive” universe within Fortnite.
Industry News February 7, 2024

Paradox Interactive reports record revenue of $252 million for 2023, as Cities: Skylines tops 1 million copies sold

Paradox Interactive has published its financial report for the full year ended December 31, 2023. Despite strong revenue growth, the Swedish company is not satisfied with the quality and commercial performance of some of its games.
Industry News February 7, 2024

Activision Blizzard to lay off 899 employees across Infinity Ward, Blizzard, Toys for Bob, and Sledgehammer Games

It appears that nearly half of the 1,900 job cuts recently announced by Microsoft will affect Activision Blizzard employees in California. The Call of Duty maker will lay off a total of 899 workers next month.
Deals February 7, 2024

RuneScape maker Jagex to be acquired for over $1 billion, with CVC Capital Partners named as buyer

RuneScape developer Jagex might be sold to Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. The studio’s current owner Carlyle Group has been looking for potential buyers for several months now.
Industry News February 6, 2024

Several veteran devs join Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, with games like Control, Mortal Kombat, and Hitman in their portfolio

CD Projekt has added several industry veterans to Project Orion, the upcoming sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. The game is now in the early stages of development at its North American division.
Events February 6, 2024

Program for WN Conference Abu Dhabi’24 announced: details about event and partnership with Abu Dhabi Gaming

The first WN Conference of 2024 will take place in Abu Dhabi on February 15-16. Here are all the details about the event, which will be attended by representatives of such game companies as Ubisoft, Unity, SuperScale, Savvy Games Group, and Leonardo AI.
Industry News February 6, 2024

Suicide Squad barely made it into top 10 highest-grossing games on Steam, debuting much weaker than Persona 3 Reload

Palworld continues to dominate the Steam charts for the third week in a row. None of the new releases, including Perosna 3 Reload and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, managed to dethrone the hit survival game.
Industry News February 6, 2024

Nintendo reports strong 9-month period: nearly $9.5 billion in revenue and 11.96 million Super Mario Bros. Wonder units sold

Nintendo has released its financial report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2023. The Japanese gaming giant also updated the sales figures for its first-party games such as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Industry News February 6, 2024

Honkai: Star Rail surpasses 100 million downloads globally in less than year after launch

Honkai: Star Rail has reached an impressive milestone in less than a year since its global launch in April 2023. This proves miHoYo’s strength in making successful live service games.
Industry News February 5, 2024

Spring Valley surpasses 11 million downloads, while its lifetime revenue approaches $10 million

Spring Valley, a mobile farming game by Playkot, has reached a new milestone. It now has 11,584,618 lifetime downloads.
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