The list of top-grossing products in the Valve store for the week from October 15 to 22 has been published. Let’s dive into the top ten without considering free-to-play products.

Hi-Rez Studios, known for Paladins and SMITE, has announced the impending shutdown of two of its titles — Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout. In February 2025, the servers for these projects will be turned off, and the games will be removed from digital stores.

Until recently, Netflix had a gaming studio in Southern California, which was tentatively named Team Blue. It is no more. The streaming service decided to shut it down.

Valve has published a list of the most popular demos from the October “Games to Be” festival on Steam. It includes games tried by the highest number of unique players during the event’s week.

Recently, the Creative Industries Agency (CIA) website launched a form through which applications can be submitted for residency in the cluster designed for Moscow-based companies engaged in games and animation.

Liar’s Bar, a cooperative game from the Turkish studio Curve Animation, was released in early access on October 2nd. Within three weeks, its peak online presence on Steam surpassed 100,000 players.

In a microcast on Spotify, the head of GamesIndustry, Chris Dring, shared this information.

The team will focus on creating multiplayer games or, as its founders put it, “games worth sharing.”

On October 15-16, the conference for game developers, publishers, and marketers—”Game Industry”—took place in the capital of Russia. Here’s a brief recap of how it went, who attended, and of course, we share the final figures.

In an interview with GameSpot, the Bloober Team shared that the Silent Hill 2 remake allowed them to “find their niche” in the horror genre and enabled further growth. They intend to prove they can create their own high-quality games with original ideas.

Let’s briefly cover the news from this weekend. We’ll talk a bit about the extension for Google, the sales of Witchfire, and some absolutely incredible retention statistics for Fate/Grand Order.

The creators of Among Us have announced the acquisition of new funds for their Outersloth fund, which supports indie developers. Casey Yano, co-author of Slay the Spire, and an “anonymous indie friend” have invested in the project.

Surgent Studios, known for the action-platformer Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, has announced that their development team is facing potential layoffs due to financial difficulties. The studio’s game division work is temporarily suspended until new investors are found to support future projects.

The Game Publishing Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association released a report on the state of the local gaming market for the third quarter of 2024. The report highlights a historic peak in revenues and steady industry growth, largely attributed to the successful launch of Black Myth: Wukong in the international market.

The journalists at dev.by investigated the average salaries paid in August to Lithuanian employees of IT companies with roots in Belarus. Among game developers, Belka Games had the highest salary level.

The game outsourcing company Keywords Studios has announced the acquisition of a new studio. Under the company’s umbrella is now Certain Affinity — a team that has assisted in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, DOOM, as well as games from the Call of Duty and Halo series, among many others.

The company Unity has officially released the sixth version of its engine—nine and a half years after the launch of Unity 5. Here we discuss some of the new features.

PulluP Entertainment, the parent company of publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing, released its financial report for the quarter ending September 30, 2024. The company revealed that the successful release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has significantly boosted key business metrics.

The Turkish prosecutor is demanding 88,000 years of imprisonment for Mehmet Aydın, the creator of the online farm game Farm Bank. He is accused of creating a financial pyramid scheme that harmed thousands of gamers.