Cities: Skylines II, a long-awaited sequel to the successful city builder from Finnish studio Colossal Order, has been launched globally. Despite the huge interest from players, many criticized the game for its unfinished state.

Microsoft has released its financial report for the first quarter of FY24 ended September 30. Here are the key takeaways related to Xbox, Game Pass, and other aspects of its gaming business.

Valve will no longer support regional currencies in Turkey and Argentina, changing them to the US dollar. Steam users in a number of other countries will see the new regionalized USD pricing.

Bruce Nesmith, book author and former design director at Bethesda who has contributed to most of the studio’s major games since Daggerfall, has shared his thoughts on Baldur’s Gate 3. He also pointed out the difference in Larian’s and Bethesda’s approaches to game content.

The wave of layoffs sweeping the games industry has reached Media Molecule, one of Sony’s most recognized first-party studios. This comes after the team ended live service support for its game creation platform Dreams.

Despite technical issues, Lords of the Fallen had a strong launch commercially. And publisher CI Games has now disclosed the game’s total production and marketing costs.

In FY23, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s performance-based pay targets were no longer tied to Game Pass growth, as opposed to the previous three fiscal years. This comes amid uncertainty and a lack of officially disclosed data about the current state of the subscription service.

Connie Booth, one of the most recognized people within Sony’s gaming business, has reportedly left the company after more than 30 years. She is the person behind some of PlayStation’s key franchises, having worked closely with studios like Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been a huge success for Sony and Insomniac Games. It took the title just 24 hours to set a new sales record for any game in the history of PlayStation Studios.

Battlefield 2042 is having a renaissance thanks to the start of a new season and a series of promotional events from DICE. As a result, the game has managed to attract more concurrent players on Steam than it had at launch.

Now that Activision Blizzard has joined Microsoft, it has one of the most impressive portfolios of game studios in the industry. Let’s take a closer look at all of its development and publishing subsidiaries, as well as their key IPs.

The problem with Steam Deck is that Valve has never reported official sales figures since starting shipping its portable PC in February 2022. However, there is still some indirect data that can be used to estimate the number of owners.

Monster Hunter has reached a major milestone just over a month after its global launch. With the help of Pokémon Go developer Niantic, it seems that Capcom has a new successful mobile game in its portfolio.

Circana shared the top three Steam games by player engagement in September. Baldur’s Gate 3 was the leader among all premium titles on the platform.

Marvel Snap, led by former Hearthstone game director Ben Brode, has been a huge success for developer Second Dinner and publisher Nuverse. Let’s take a look at its revenue and other metrics, as the game celebrates its first anniversary.

Another month, another portion of fresh data from Circana on the US video game market. Here are the best-selling titles and consoles of September 2023.

Diablo IV has finally launched on Steam, as Blizzard games continue to arrive on Valve’s platform, However, player reception has been far from great so far.

Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun and BattleTech, have decided to part ways. This comes just days after the new turn-based tactics The Lamplighters League proved to be a commercial flop.

Hearts of Iron IV remains the evergreen hit for Paradox Interactive. The latest DLC sparked a new wave of interest in the strategy game, helping it set its new concurrent player record.