Released on November 20th, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has recouped its costs and started generating profit. This was revealed in an interview with Forbes by Maksym Krippa, co-owner of GSC Game World studio.

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 alongside gaming and industry-related teams. Up next is an interview with Denis Khamin, co-owner of the game localization and 2D/3D art outsourcing studio, Allcorrect.

On December 11, the WN iGaming Summit took place in Limassol, Cyprus. This was WN Media Group’s first event dedicated to online gambling.

Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo calculated how many wishlists on Steam the games gathered from December 12-15, which had their trailers shown at The Game Awards 2024 ceremony.

Gaming expert Simon Carless, using data from his GameDiscoverCo service, has summed up the year. He has compiled charts of the most successful paid new releases of 2024 on the main platforms — PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Up next is an interview with the representatives of Door 407, the studio’s founders Oleg Sakharov and Andrey Belousov, as well as its marketing director, Stas Ignatov.

The website Metacritic has published a list of the lowest-rated games of 2024. The shooter Utopia City topped the list, even though it initially came out way back in 2005 but unexpectedly debuted on Steam a month ago.

Nintendo believes that it is possible to create great games without incurring massive development costs. Focusing on the creative side of the process helps save money.