The French studio Shiro Games announced that sales of the tactical RPG Wartales have surpassed one million copies. This figure is only from Steam. Considering other platforms, the game’s sales should be even higher.

Supercell has been actively experimenting with internal processes for over a year. At the Slush 2024 conference, CEO Ilkka Paananen admitted that the company was forced to make changes because it had stopped growing.

The sequel to the popular action RPG Path of Exile 2 has surged into the global top-grossing games on the Steam platform. This was made possible by the recently opened pre-orders.

Although the headquarters of Larian Studios is based in Belgium, the company has branches in other countries. One of them is located in Ireland. Recently, Dublin’s Larian Group Holdings published a financial report revealing the developers’ income from the past year.

In Russia, the issue of issuing distribution certificates for games, similar to those for films, has been raised again. The discussion took place during a roundtable organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation with developers of a domestic gaming console, according to “Kommersant” sources.

Raphael Colantonio believes that Metacritic hinders the creation of complex and risky games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 became the best-selling game in the U.S. for October, and World of Warcraft turned 20 years old — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Svetlana Gordey, a leading attorney at REVERA, discussed the variety of tax incentives, strong legal protections, and a developed business environment that make the UK an almost ideal location for gaming studios in her column for App2Top.

Last week in Busan, one of the largest cities in South Korea, the WN Connect event took place. Here are the highlights.

At the G-Star 2024 exhibition in South Korea, the founder and CEO of Koei Tecmo, Yoichi Erikawa, shared that all executive directors at his company also hold producer positions. He believes this is beneficial both for the games and for the top managers themselves.

On November 21, Star Wars Outlaws officially launched on the Steam store. Within the first 24 hours, the game’s peak online player count did not even reach a thousand.

The number of copies sold of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has surpassed one million, GSC Game World announced. This milestone was reached on the second day after release, even though the shooter is available through the Game Pass subscription.

Sabotage Studio has shared updated player numbers for Sea of Stars. According to the studio, the audience for the turn-based retro RPG has reached 6 million players.

Black Tabby Games announced that Slay the Princess has surpassed the half-million mark in copies sold worldwide. It took the game just over a year to reach this milestone.

The American indie studio Heart Machine has conducted layoffs, as reported by the portal Game Developer.

At the 2024 Golden Joystick Awards ceremony, Sony and Arrowhead announced that Helldivers 2 has been played by over 15 million people across all platforms since its release.

On November 21, Dream Games globally released Royal Kingdom. This is the sequel to the highly successful mobile puzzle game Royal Match, whose revenue exceeds $3 billion.

Gamescom is one of the most prominent exhibitions in the gaming industry, and participating in it becomes increasingly expensive every year. Journalists from GamesWirtschaft have learned how much it will cost to show a trailer during the main broadcast at the Opening Night Live ceremony in 2025.

Ju Heng, an associate professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Business School, investigated the App Store’s revenue in China. The figures were astronomical.

EA’s Chief Operating Officer, Arjun Balaram, shared key principles that help the company maintain user interest in its service games.