Many American advertisers abandoned the Unity advertising network after the company introduced a new pricing policy on September 12. According to Sensor Tower analysts, in the week from September 11 to 17, their number in the Unity network decreased by 15%.

The horror shooter Quantum Error paid off even before the release. TeamKill Media studio announced that the game had recaptured all development costs by October 28.

GDEV (formerly Nexters) has announced the global release of its new farm simulator game Island Hoppers. The project, which was previously called Island Questaway, began to earn well even before the full release.

Remedy Entertainment investors reacted well to the release of Alan Wake II. On the morning of October 27, the studio’s shares were trading 23.5% more expensive than the day before — at a price of €29.4 apiece.

Russian studios that make games on Unity, Unreal Engine and other full-cycle foreign engines may be allowed to apply for inclusion of their projects in the register of domestic software. This proposal was made by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Kommersant reports.

At the beginning of the week, the creator of the God of War series, David Jaffe, citing sources, said that Connie Booth, one of the iconic figures of the gaming division, had left Sony. Now a Sony representative in a comment to Axios confirmed that Booth no longer works for the company.

On the evening of October 26, Ubisoft published a report for the first half of fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30. She reported an increase in most key indicators.

Roskomnadzor added the PUBG Mobile game and the Proxima Beta company, Tencent’s “daughter”, which published it in Russia, to the register of information dissemination organizers. According to RBC, PUBG Mobile became the first game in the registry.

James Schmalz, founder and CEO of Digital Extremes, has decided to leave his position. He headed the company for 30 years.

On October 25, The Outer Worlds turned four years old. In honor of this, the developers announced that to date the game has been bought more than 5 million times.

The Swedish company Paradox Interactive reported for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. She reported a drop in financial indicators.

Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Bros. Wonder has set a record for the fastest sales in Europe. In the first three days, the title sold out in the region in a larger circulation than any other games in the series.

DIGIC Pictures, specializing in cinematics for games, has cut 10% of its employees. This is reported by Forbes Hungary.

Capcom has published a financial report for April-September 2023. We share the main thing from it.

The VK Play platform may change its management. Kommersant’s sources claim that its CEO Vasily Maguryan is preparing to leave the company.

Syndicat National du Jeu Video (SNJV), a trade organization, surveyed 577 French game development studios. She found out that more than half of the teams did not earn even 300 thousand euros last year. At the same time, the number of large studios has grown.

Hurun Research Institute has compiled the top richest residents of China for January-August 2023. The organization noticed that of the five people who showed the greatest increase in wealth, three are associated with the gaming industry.

After the resignation of John Riccitiello and the softening of the terms of the Runtime Fee, the scandal surrounding Unity’s pricing policy subsided. Nevertheless, the MobileGamer portal continued to understand the situation. We share a brief squeeze of the material.