A couple of hours after our publication about Dave The Diver, it became known that the game officially sold one million copies. This was stated by her developer studio Mintrocket, which is one of the Nexon sub-brands.

Israeli developer and publisher of mobile games Playtika received a higher investment rating. The company’s rating was raised from an unsatisfactory level (Underperform) to an average (Neutral). The stock market immediately reacted positively to this.

According to the Steam sales chart for the last week, the main hit of July is the role—playing pixel adventure Dave The Diver from Mintrocket studio (owned by Nexon).

According to Game Developer, Jay Watamaniuk announced his departure from Bioware on July 7. He has been working at the company since 2001. The reasons for the dismissal were not disclosed.

The results of the vote became known the day before. 117 out of more than 200 eligible employees took part in it. 91 participants spoke in favor of forming a trade union called Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS-CWA).

According to GeekWire, the current stage already goes beyond the massive global cuts announced by the company in mid-January (then Microsoft announced the dismissal of 10 thousand people).

The American Video Game History Foundation has published a study according to which only 13% of classic video games released in the United States remain available for purchase or review.

The Polish Agency for Entrepreneurship Development has published a report on the state of the gaming industry in the country.

It has already been formed and is based in Seattle. It is headed by Kevin Stephens, who has worked for more than eighteen years (including in leadership positions) at Monolith Productions. The studio’s first game will be a single third-person action game about the Marvel character Black Panther.

This information became widespread only after the Japanese theater troupe Takarazuka Revue, which is currently preparing a musical based on Final Fantasy XVI, casually mentioned it.

The British edition of GamesIndustry published the top 10 best-selling video games in physical retail in the UK last week. It was once again headed by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

In India, a plot unfolds that is worthy of a Bollywood film adaptation. A brief plot of the real story sounds like this: a Pakistani citizen runs away from her husband with her four children to India to reunite with a young man she fell in love with while playing with him online in PUBG.

The coordinators of the free open source Godot engine have announced the release of its new version — 4.1. It is reported that more than 300 developers have been working on it for four months.

The Russian edition of Izvestia found out that the cost of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X has fallen in Russian retail. The first one became possible to purchase in the range of 48-56 thousand rubles ($523-610 at the official exchange rate), and the second one at all for 40 thousand rubles ($ 436 at the official exchange rate).

Russians are increasingly buying game consoles. This is reported by the trading network “M.Video-El Dorado“. According to its data, the demand for game consoles among Russians in the first six months of 2023 increased by 70% compared to the same period last year.

On July 7, the share price of the Korean company NCSOFT sank to 279.5 thousand won ($214.9) apiece. This happened after an unsuccessful beta test of the MMORPG Throne and Liberty, which has been in development for more than 11 years.

The analytical company Niko Partners conducted a study on female gamers in Asia. It turned out that their share in the region reached 37%.

The Abragames Association has published a 149-page report on the Brazilian gaming industry. We share facts from it.