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All publications for 02.12.2024

Conferences December 2, 2024

WN Summit Vietnam ’24, supported by AppGrowing, was attended by over 160 people

At the end of November, the largest city in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, hosted the WN Summit. Here are the highlights.

News December 2, 2024

Media: NetEase has conducted layoffs in the team of the failed shooter Operation Apocalypse

The company NetEase has laid off some employees, according to Chinese media reports. The layoffs reportedly took place at the Shenzhen office and primarily affected developers who were working on the mobile shooter Operation Apocalypse (天启行动).

News December 2, 2024

Vietnam will tighten regulation of games. The advantages of the law include simplified licensing and access to payment systems

A law will come into effect in Vietnam that controls the information disseminated on the Internet, including its impact on the video game market. This was reported by the analytical company Niko Partners.

News December 2, 2024

Motorsport Games will withdraw all games under the NASCAR brand from sale

The American company Motorsport Games announced that as of December 31, 2024, sales of several of its games will cease. It will remove all its NASCAR-branded projects and DLC from the shelves of digital stores.

News December 2, 2024

In November, gaming companies laid off fewer than 900 people

Throughout 2024, gaming companies worldwide actively reduced their workforce. November was no exception. According to estimates by Game Industry Layoffs, last month 838 gaming specialists lost their jobs.

News December 2, 2024

Tencent became the majority shareholder of the creators of Wuthering Waves

The Chinese giant Tencent has made a new deal, acquiring 37% of the shares from Hero Entertainment in the Chinese studio Kuro Games, known for the role-playing gacha game Wuthering Waves.

News December 2, 2024

Weekend Highlights (November 30 – December 1)

Fortnite set a new record for the number of concurrent viewers at an in-game concert, Garry’s Mod has been purchased over 25.5 million times, and Marvel’s Spider-Man may have earned $3.8 billion — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.