During the week of July 9 to July 16, the highest-grossing project on Steam was PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. Player expenditures likely increased due to the collaboration with the car manufacturer Lamborghini.

Over the past year and a half, 343 Industries has been actively losing employees, reports insider Bathrobe Spartan, who specializes in the Halo series. According to him, the studio currently has fewer than 280 employees, down from 450 at the beginning of 2023.

At the end of May, sources from Izvestia reported that the Russian company “ROSA” is working on a portable gaming console similar to the Steam Deck. It has now become known that the company plans to spend a billion rubles on creating the device.

On July 13, an attempt was made on former U.S. President Donald Trump, during which the politician was wounded in the ear. Following the incident, Steam users recalled the 2016 game Mr.President!.

Besides the revenue ranking, MobileGamer journalists also published a list of publishers whose games garnered the most downloads in the first half of 2024. The top spots were taken by companies that mainly publish hyper-casual projects.

The MobileGamer portal has compiled a ranking of mobile game publishers with the highest revenues from IAP in the first half of 2024. It was based on data from the analytical service AppMagic.

Despite mixed reviews, the multiplayer post-apocalyptic survival game Once Human has been consistently growing its online presence on Steam. Starry Studio admitted that they did not expect such a high demand.

What questions should a developer be prepared to answer when negotiating a deal with an investor? The game accelerator Narwhal shared some insight. DogDog’s CEO, Dmitry Filatov, published a document with a list of potential questions on his Telegram channel.

A representative of “Rostelecom” told the newspaper “Kommersant” that the company is interested in creating a Russian gaming console. They are considering its development “as a promising business direction.”

In 2021, Valve spent $444.5 million on employee salaries, Larian Studios considered making the next Fallout or Ultima if they didn’t get the Baldur’s Gate license, and 10 million people played The First Descendant. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Another participant in the conference “Game Industry” is Kirill Zolovkin, founder of the Heart Core studio. During his speech, he discussed the main mistakes made by PC game producers that affect project revenues.

In November 2023, the creators of GameMaker made the engine completely free for non-commercial use on all platforms except consoles. This decision led to an increase in young developers.

Today, the government is increasingly attempting to regulate the gaming industry. Roman Lukyanov, managing partner of the legal firm Semenov&Pevzner, spoke about some of these laws during his presentation at the “Gaming Industry” conference.

All of last year, the Swedish holding Embracer Group was actively cutting costs by reducing staff and closing projects, but now it has decided to secure a new loan. The company announced that it has arranged a revolving credit facility of €600 million for two years.

At the “Gaming Industry” conference, Alexander Vasiliev, a partner manager at Yandex’s ad network, spoke. He highlighted six common mistakes that mobile game developers make during the ad monetization phase of their apps.

One of the speakers at the “Game Industry” conference was Alexey Kopcev, CEO of the studio Cyberia Nova. He spoke about the development of “Smuta,” the organization of processes within the company, and the conclusions the team made after the release.

The draft law by Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development also mentions strengthening the regulation of the video game market. Among the initiatives is mandatory cooperation of foreign developers with the Unified Gambling Regulator (ЕРАИ).

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft law outlining measures to support the Russian gaming industry. This was reported by the Interfax agency, which has reviewed the document.

Slava Gris, an independent developer and author of such games as Fearmonium and Catmaze, gave a talk during the first session of the “Gaming Industry” conference. Based on personal experience, he provided a detailed explanation of how to work with Steam from Russia under current conditions.