Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen has written a program column on the company’s status. He revealed the financial results for 2023 and talked about the new course of development of Supercell.

Sony reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on December 31. Below are the indicators of the company’s gaming division.

Hasbro, the company that owns the rights to Dungeons & Dragons, has published a financial report for 2023. She reported that her video game revenue has grown well thanks to the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 and MONOPOLY GO!.

On February 13, the role-playing action game Kingdom Come: Deliverance turned six years old. In honor of the birthday, Warhorse Studios announced that the number of copies of the game sold exceeded 6 million copies.

Hyper-casual developer and publisher Popcore Games has fired some employees, according to the PocketGamer portal. Among those fired are team leaders.

In January 2021, the South Korean company Devsisters released a mobile Cookie Run: Kingdom battler. Sensor Tower analysts told us what indicators the game has achieved in the three years since its release.

Another game from Japan successfully launched in 2024. Now it is a role-playing anime action game Granblue Fantasy: Relink, developed and published by Cygames.

The cooperative shooter Helldivers 2 interrupted Palworld’s three-week lead in the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam. In the week from February 6 to 13, he got the first place in the chart — this is taking into account both premium games and free titles.

The magic shooter Immortals of Aveum, which failed in sales, had a very large budget, according to a former employee of Ascendant Studios. He shared his figures in a conversation with IGN.

Baldur’s Gate 3 managed to take a new achievement. The number of reviews of the game on Steam has exceeded half a million, which is more than Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Konami announced this on the Japanese account of the Silent Hill series in X.

At the end of January, Apple announced a number of innovations in iOS. These include support for third—party stores and payment systems. However, those who want to use the new functionality will have to pay for each installation. We talked about the innovation with experts from Skich and INFUSION GAMES.

The 80 Level portal asked more than a thousand gaming specialists about the level of their annual salaries, and also studied the relevant data from analytical companies. He found out how much developers earn in different countries and whether they have enough money for a comfortable life.

What is the difference between an indie approach to game development and a business one, – Alexander Myasishchev, director of Nau Engine, told in his column for App2Top.

In the second half of 2023, IT specialists in Russia earned less than at the beginning of the year. According to Habr Career estimates, the median salary fell the most among game developers — by 28% to 128 thousand rubles.

Sales of Helldivers 2 exceeded one million copies, the developers of DC Universe Online were cut, — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

The Helldivers 2 co-op shooter has set a record for peak online play on Steam among Sony games. According to SteamDB, on the debut day, the Steam version of the title attracted 81,840 simultaneous players.

Take-Two Interactive also reported for the third fiscal quarter, which lasted from October to December 2023.

Last night, Ubisoft published a report for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023. We have chosen the main thing.