This is reported by Bloomberg, who also clarifies that Saber will continue to develop a remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

505 Games may not be going through the best of times. According to the Gamereactor portal, the company is going to close offices in Germany, Spain and France.

The young Russian Case studio decided to develop its own game engine. She plans to make its use free for indie teams, but without access to the source code.

According to the calculations of the analytical company data.ai By the end of March 2024, Royal Match users will have already spent $3 billion in the game. If her estimates turn out to be correct, then the puzzle will set a record for the fastest revenue growth among mobile games.

In mid-February, the WN Conference for game developers and publishers was held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Among its participants were representatives of companies such as Apple, Google, Ubisoft, Unity, TikTok, Tilting Point, Stillfront Group, Riot Games and Huawei.

In mid-February, the WN Conference for game developers and publishers was held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Among its participants were representatives of companies such as Apple, Google, Ubisoft, Unity, TikTok, Tilting Point, Stillfront Group, Riot Games and Huawei.

Electronic Arts (EA) continues to restructure its business. The company announced that it will reduce another 5% of its employees, which is about 670 people.

Ascendant Studios CEO Bret Robbins gave a great interview to the GamesIndustry portal.biz, dedicated to the failed launch of the magical shooter Immortals of Aveum. During the conversation, he stated that the game still has everything ahead of it and its sales are gradually increasing.

The hacker group Mogilevich managed to penetrate the internal network of Epic Games, according to the Cyber Daily portal. On their website on the darknet, the attackers claimed the theft of 189 GB of company data.

The management of Playtika stopped looking for a buyer for the company and decided to actively take up M&A. At an investor event, Craig Abrahams, President and Chief Financial Officer of Playtika, announced that the company plans to conclude one or two deals per year.

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze. She accused the developers of the Yuzu emulator of copyright infringement and complicity in piracy.

Gaming companies continue to cut staff. Deck Nine Games studio, known for Life Is Strange: True Colors and The Expanse: A Telltale Series, has conducted mass layoffs for the second time in the last year.

On February 20, the Balatro poker “bagel” was released. The game immediately became a commercial success for the LocalThunk studio and the Playstack publishing house.

A month ago, Apple announced that it would comply with the law on digital stores in the European Union and launch alternative mobile stores on iOS. However, at the same time, she decided to disable support for PWA — progressive web applications in the region. The latest decision has attracted the attention of the European Commission.

Dmitry Bobrov, CEO of ZiMAD, told in the tenth issue of the Games and Names podcast about how a mobile game can remain successful for a decade. During the conversation, he also touched upon the importance of subscriptions for the company’s key game.

As part of the launch of the Product Management Best Practices course on the WN Academy platform, we talked about the position of a product manager with its authors Denis Pozdnyakov and Nikita Veselko.

The head of Sony’s gaming division, Jim Ryan, announced mass layoffs. 900 PlayStation employees will be cut, which is 8% of the staff.

This afternoon, Russian media began to massively report that the Community section of the Steam platform was included by Roskomnadzor in the list of sites with information prohibited in Russia. Then the site disappeared from the unified registry.

Last year, unlike many gaming companies, Lesta Games did not reduce, but increased the number of employees. In an interview with TASS, the owner of Lesta Games, Malik Khatazhayev, said that during the year his company hired 745 people.