On the night of August 24-25, the Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon mecha-action was released. According to the SteamDB service, 129 285 Steam users played the title at the same time on the premiere day.

The popularity of Elden Ring will help Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon sell well, Bandai Namco is sure. The company expects that the mecha-action will attract a lot more players than the previous parts of the series.

On August 23, Revolution Software announced a remaster of the quest Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, released in 1996. In an interview with Polygon, the head of the studio and the creator of the series, Charles Cecil, said that the studio would not have taken up the development of an updated version of the game if it had not had the opportunity to use neural networks.

Studio Vela Games, founded by immigrants from Electronic Arts and Riot Games, also held layoffs. As the Irish Examiner writes with reference to the Financial Services Union, there are less than 20 people left in the studio.

Among those who fell under the reduction in BioWare was Mary Kirby, a screenwriter who has worked in the studio since 2006.

A London court ruled that 18-year-old hacker Arion Kurtaj was involved in hacking the internal network of Rockstar Games and leaking fragments of GTA VI. The hacker attack was carried out in September 2022.

On August 23, BioWare CEO Gary McKay announced the reorganization of the studio. As part of it, 50 people will leave BioWare.

Epic Games Store is preparing to launch the Epic First Run program. As part of it, the store will stop charging commission on sales of exclusive games, but only for the first six months after the release.

The European gaming market continues to grow, according to the report of the organization Video Games Europe (formerly ISFE). According to her, last year the market revenue increased by 5% to €24.5 billion.

RuStore refuses to publish only 7% of applications, the stora team claims. These are usually projects with controversial or low-quality content.

The initial sales of the action RPG Atlas Fallen were below forecasts, according to Focus Entertainment. Focusing on the “good quality” of the game, the company expected better results.

Microsoft used rumors about its plans to close the deal with Activision Blizzard without the approval of the British regulator to force the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to sue it in a hurry. This is reported by Bloomberg.

The companies that are part of the Game Services Development Competence Center under the Ministry of Finance have prepared a roadmap for the development of the gaming Industry from 2024 to 2030. According to it, by 2026, Russian game developers may be required to use the NAU Engine if they want to receive funding from the state.

More than 12 million people have played Diablo IV. This was announced by the general manager of the series Rod Fergusson (Rod Fergusson) at the Opening Night Live presentation, which opened the Gamescom 2023 exhibition.

There are 5 million gamers between the ages of 6 and 18 living in Japan, according to Niko Partners. According to the latest report of the analytical company, they are more interested in foreign titles than adult gamers and rarely use a PC for games.

In June, it became known that a domestic Video Game Hall of Fame was going to be opened in Russia. Two months later, the Video Game Industry Development Organization (RVI) officially announced its launch.

KB Production Studio, based in Moscow, received financial support from the Internet Development Institute (IRI). According to Kommersant, the organization provided developers with 100 million rubles for mobile games for children based on the animated series Soyuzmultfilm.

Made on Earth Games is a mobile game development studio founded in 2022 by Yuri Krasilnikov, former vice president for development of Belka Games, and Alexey Ilyin, creator of the Interactive Cartoon Studio. She conducted a seed round of financing and raised $3.25 million from investors.

Microsoft has signed an agreement with Ubisoft allowing it to distribute Activision Blizzard games through the cloud. As the corporation hopes, it will convince the British regulator to approve the deal with Activision Blizzard.