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Industry News May 10, 2023

EA annual report: full game net bookings down 16%, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launch beats all expectations

Electronic Arts has released its financial report for the full fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. In addition to the financial figures, the company also shared some details about its games and upcoming releases.
Industry News May 10, 2023

Age of Wonders 4 becomes fastest-selling game in franchise history with 250k units sold in four days

Paradox Interactive has released the first sales figures for Age of Wonders 4. The game has become a huge success for Dutch developer Triumph Studios.
Industry News May 5, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy hits $1 billion in retail sales, nearly 10% of WB Discovery’s quarterly revenue

Warner Bros. Discovery has posted its financial report for the first quarter of 2023 ended March 31. Here is the latest data on the sales of Hogwarts Legacy.
Industry News May 5, 2023

Over 450k people took part in Dark and Darker ‘torrent playtest’ as legal drama continues

The legal fight between Ironmace Games and publisher Nexon continues. However, the studio has managed to conduct an alpha playtest by distributing a client for the controversial multiplayer game Dark and Darker via torrent.
Featured May 5, 2023

How Redfall breaks Arkane’s game design pillars and betrays studio’s immersive sim roots

Redfall didn’t look impressive during its marketing campaign, but it was hard to imagine that the game would turn out to be so fundamentally flawed. Let’s dive deep into its systems and compare them to some of the core pillars of Arkane’s game design.
Industry News May 4, 2023

System Shock devs explain their use of AI-generated art: “This will never be at the expense of using skilled people”

Nightdive Studios recently faced backlash from some players for posting an AI-generated image related to the upcoming System Shock remake. The team has now explained its intentions and attitude towards AI art in general.
Market Analysis May 4, 2023

xCloud generated less than $50 million for Microsoft in 2021, but estimated to become largest cloud gaming service in 2026

Microsoft’s xCloud is estimated to become the largest cloud gaming service globally, according to data shared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Here are some findings about the market that has become a bone of contention in the Activision Blizzard deal.
Game Development May 4, 2023

GameMaker announces AI integration that compliments developers’ work, “not that replaces or steals it”

YoYo Games is another company trying to integrate AI technologies into its products. Here are the main changes coming to the GameMaker engine this year.
Industry News May 3, 2023

Pokémon GO monthly revenue dropped to $34.7 million in April, its lowest in five years

Pokémon GO earnings are now on the decline. Last month, the world’s most famous AR game had its worst month in terms of revenue since February 2018.
Events May 3, 2023

WN Media Group launching AI Talks, series of free webinars on AI technologies

Tomorrow, May 4, marks the launch of AI Talks — a series of free webinars organized by WN Media Group. Every Thursday, AI experts will share insights and the latest industry news.
Industry News May 3, 2023

Age of Wonders 4 peaks at 38k concurrent players, breaking into Paradox’s top 10 launches on Steam

Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive have just released Age of Wonders 4, a new installment in its series of turn-based strategies. Let’s look at the launch numbers and how they compare to other titles in the companies’ portfolio.
Marketing May 3, 2023

Steam bans devs from putting more than two trailers before screenshots, introduces trailer categories

Valve has announced two major changes to the visual content displayed on Steam pages. This should make it easier for users to navigate game trailers and screenshots.
Industry News May 3, 2023

Another round of mass layoffs at Unity — 600 people to lose their jobs

Unity has initiated a new wave of layoffs, according to the latest report. This will be the company’s largest round of job cuts in the past 12 months.
Industry News May 2, 2023

Honkai: Star Rail tops Genshin Impact in first-day mobile revenue, generating over $6 million in 24 hours

miHoYo recently released its new title, free-to-play turn-based RPG Honkai: Star Rail. Let’s see how its launch compares to Genshin Impact, the biggest hit from the Chinese game developer.
Industry News May 2, 2023

UK regulator may ban Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard for 10 years, “absent a change of circumstances”

People continue to find new details in the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) 415-page report on its decision to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The merger may be banned for the next 10 years.
Industry News May 2, 2023

Redfall becomes Arkane’s lowest rated game, with players wondering “How did Arkane regress from Dishonored to this?”

Arkane Studios has just launched Redfall. While the company is known for making some classic titles, its new co-op shooter is definitely not the case.
Game Development April 28, 2023

Case study: how Belka Games successfully grew competencies within art and UI departments with minimal effort

Growing competencies within a team is a challenging issue, often seen as costly and not easy to approach. However, Anton Danko, the lead artist of Solitaire Cruise project at Belka Games, shares his successful experience in this matter.
Industry News April 26, 2023

UK Competition and Markets Authority has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard after an in-depth review of the deal. The CMA is concerned that the deal will harm the local cloud gaming market.
Industry News April 25, 2023

Sybo expands Subway Surfers franchise with new matching game

Danish studio Sybo is on a mission to expand its Subway Surfers franchise. The company recently released a new game under the Subway Surfers brand. The new game is called Subway Surfers Blast, which is a clone of Toon Blast.
Marketing April 24, 2023

How profitable is the business of launching “trash” games on Steam?

A developer under the pseudonym Creator has released a detailed post on DTF about how much money they were able to earn on Steam by releasing “trash” games. Here are the main points from the article.
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