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All publications for 02.04.2025

Nintendo Switch 2 will go on sale on June 5, 2025, and will cost $450

Nintendo held a Nintendo Direct presentation dedicated to its next console. Below are the key details.

Veterans from Jagex, Codemasters, and United Label have launched their own publishing company

A new company has emerged in the gaming market. A group of industry veterans has announced the launch of the publishing house The CoLab.

Analytics: a quarter of Steam’s daily audience is concentrated in the top 5 most popular games. On PlayStation and Xbox, the numbers are even higher

A significant portion of the daily active user base (DAU) on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox is concentrated around a relatively small number of games. Analyst Simon Carless examined how users are distributed.

In 2024, Steam released 147 hit games based on new IPs—8 times more than on PlayStation and 18 times more than on Xbox

Analyst Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo calculated how many games released in 2024 managed to sell over 100,000 copies across various platforms by March 2025. He also determined how many of these games were new IPs.

Analytics April 2

Major Games of the First Quarter by the Numbers: Top Releases in Terms of Revenue, Sales, MAU, and Other Metrics

Which games released in the first three months of 2025 have turned out to be the most successful? We have prepared a comprehensive report, relying on sales charts from different countries and platforms, analytics companies like Newzoo, as well as official data from developers and publishers.

ZeniMax approved a strike against Microsoft over low wages for testers

The ZeniMax testers’ union might initiate a strike against Microsoft. The group held a vote on this matter, and 94% of the members of ZeniMax Workers United approved the proposal to organize a protest.