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All publications for 17.04.2025

The founder of the studio that developed Stellar Blade entered the top 50 richest Koreans for the first time

Forbes published an April 2025 update of the richest residents in South Korea. Kim Hyung-tae (Kim Hyung-tae), the founder of Shift Up, known for the hit games Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke, made it to 46th place on the list.

Conferences April 17

On April 24, the “Meetup: Gaming Industry” will take place in Moscow

In a week, on April 24, another event under the brand “Game Industry” will take place in the First Throne city. This time it’s about a meetup.

The Unity 6 engine is no longer distributed in China, but there are nuances

In February 2025, Chinese developers began reporting issues accessing Unity 6. It was recently revealed that the company behind the engine had indeed withdrawn it from sale in China.

Media: Korean gaming companies are massively shedding non-core assets

KRAFTON, Nexon, and several other gaming companies from South Korea have undertaken business optimization, reports ChosunBiz. It is suggested that they have decided to focus more directly on games amid challenging market conditions.

A record year and nearly fivefold growth in revenue from new games — PulluP Entertainment report

PulluP Entertainment has also released its annual financial report. The parent company of the publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing disclosed the results for the period from April 2024 to March 2025.

Sales of Dwarf Fortress on Steam have exceeded one million copies

The publisher Kitfox Games has announced that the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress has sold over a million copies. The game reached this milestone approximately two and a half years after its release on the platform: Dwarf Fortress was released in Valve’s store on December 6, 2022.