The mobile game developer Belka Games became the most generous employer in Lithuania among IT companies with Belarusian roots as of December 2024. This is reported by journalists from dev.by, who examined data from the Rekvizitai service.

On January 24, the crowdfunding campaign for the visual horror novel “Horror Filmoscope: Green Eyes” concluded. We discussed the results, challenges, and the future of the game with the creative director of the project and co-founder of Fishnauts Studio, Vladimir Malyshev (aka Vova Rybonavt).

Two weeks ago, it became known that Sony canceled live service games from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. As noted by the Game Developer portal, following this, Bend Studio decided to part ways with the vast majority of its freelance employees.

On January 29th, BioWare’s General Manager Gary McKay announced internal changes. According to him, the studio has decided to focus on developing a single project instead of multiple ones — this will be the next title in the Mass Effect franchise.

During the presentation of the financial report, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella revealed the audience size for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. He announced that more than 4 million people have interacted with the MachineGames title.

Microsoft released its report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, which ended on December 31, 2024. The corporation’s gaming division showed mixed results.