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.

Insomniac Games suffered a huge data breach last week that resulted in tons of internal documents leaking online. Some of them shed light on the budgets and profitability of the studio’s games, as well as sales of PC ports of PlayStation’s first-party titles.

Electronic Arts has suddenly rebranded the Frostbite engine by presenting a new identity and vision for its proprietary tech. The company is betting big on collaborative efforts, while no longer restricting developers from using third-party solutions.

Canadian indie developer Sabotage Studio has boasted a new milestone for its acclaimed RPG Sea of Stars. The game has been played by over 4 million globally.

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE has been a huge success for developer Shift Up and Tencent’s publishing label Level Infinite. Here is how much money the game has generated on mobile in its first year.

The creators of the Defold engine have decided to remove the monthly fee for using the source code for console platforms. Now every registered developer can access it for free.

Although investment in the games industry has slowed significantly, Keywords Studios has made its fourth M&A deal this year. It is welcoming The Multiplayer Group, an outsourcing studio focused on multiplayer game development.

After almost two years in Early Access, the full version of Ready or Not has finally launched globally. The tactical shooter is showing great numbers on Steam, and indie studio VOID Interactive is committed to providing long-term support for the game.

WN Media Group has shared the data summing up its latest conference for game developers in publishers, which took place in Serbia last week. It was attended by industry professionals representing companies such as Larian Studios, Riot Games, Saber Interactive, Sperasoft, Two Desperados, Ubisoft, TapClap, and Wargaming.

House Flipper 2, the long-waited sequel for successful sim game from PlayWay, has just launched globally. Let’s take a look at its metrics and compare them to other titles in the Polish publisher’s portfolio.