Lies of P, a Pinocchio-inspired soulslike from South Korean publisher Neowiz and its subsidiary Round8 Studio, has sols over 1 million units globally. It reached this impressive milestone less than a month after its launch.

Pete Hines, head of publishing at Bethesda Softworks, has announced his retirement. He has been with the company since 1999, supervising the PR and marketing of games like TES III: Morrowind, Fallout 3, TES V: Skyrim, and Dishonored.

Embracer Group has already conducted layoffs at several first-party developers. It seems that Cryptic Studios and  Zen Studios are the latest teams to be affected by the ongoing restructuring.

Minecraft remains the best-selling video game of all time by a wide margin. And Mojang has decided to share some new figures and data, as the title approaches its 15th anniversary.

WN Media Group has announced a new conference in the US that will focus on the latest trends and innovations in generative AI. Among the speakers are experts from companies like Scenario, Luma AI, Layer AI, MongoDB, Lightspeed, and more.

It is over, ladies and gentlemen! Microsoft has completed the record-breaking acquisition of Activision Blizzard after a lengthy battle with regulators in the US and Europe.

Microsoft is now ready to complete its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which remained the barrier, has finally approved the record-breaking deal.

The recent Runtime Fee controversy and CEO John Riccitiello’s departure have sparked speculation among some market experts that Unity could be considered an M&A target. Mobile monetization platform AppLovin, which offered to acquire the engine maker last year, was named as a potential buyer.

Mobile developer and publisher Scopely has reached a new milestone. According to AppMagic, it recently surpassed $7 billion in revenue across its gaming portfolio.

Supercell, a notorious serial killer when it comes to its own projects, has announced a new game. The company’s CEO Ilkka Paananen has high hopes for it, but the question is whether it will survive to  full launch.

Valve has announced a Steamworks security update. The biggest change is that managing Steam builds will now require a verified phone number.

The Lamplighters League, a turn-based tactics by Harebrained Schemes, has failed to recoup its budget. As a result, publisher Paradox Interactive decided to write down costs for the game.

Remnant II is one of the top-performing premium game releases of the last few months. Here is some new data about the title and its metrics from Newzoo.

Forza Motorsport is the latest first-party release from Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios. However, the game’s launch was far from a massive success.

It is no secret that Sony wants to boost its first-party revenues by launching multiple live service games into the market. Here is what PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said about these plans last year, and how his words relate to the current state of the company’s strategy.

Roguelite survival/mining game Dome Keeper has managed to spawn a new wave of interest from users a year after its launch on Steam. Here is how the latest update impacted the title’s metrics.

Unity has announced a leadership transition after facing a huge backlash for rolling out its new pricing policy and trying to oblige devs to pay for game installs. John Riccitiello will be stepping down as CEO and president of the company after nearly 10 years.

Much in the games industry has changed beyond recognition over the past 40 years. But one specific thing that might be an issue not obvious to non-developers is what co-creator of Fallout Tim Cain calls the “decline of generalists.”

CD Projekt workers have decided to unionize in the wake of several waves of job cuts that happened at the company this year. They joined forces with fellow developers from other Polish companies to improve employment conditions.