Microsoft denied the rumor that Hi-Fi RUSH did not meet the company’s expectations, the quest director of Cyberpunk 2077 said that it was becoming too difficult to make AAA games, the circulation of NieR: Automata exceeded 7.5 million copies, – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

Bombora Publishing house reported that the book “Peter Molyneux appeared on Russian shelves. The story of the developer who created the “god simulator” genre. It is written by the French gaming journalist Raphael Lucas. In it, together with Molyneux himself, he traces the entire path of the game entrepreneur and developer from the first sales to the current work at 22Cans. We publish an excerpt.

On June 7-8, two events will be held in Istanbul in close conjunction — the WN Conference and AI For Business. What to expect from them, we tell in our material.

On April 14, the South Korean publisher Nexon sued Ironmace studio, which developed the PvPvE action game Dark and Darker. A week later, the authors of the game reacted to the lawsuit, calling it groundless.

Maciej Zużałek, CEO of Polish Ten Square Games, has decided to quit. His last working day at the company will be May 22.

The British publisher Outright Games decided to give part of the proceeds annually to help children. He has entered into a long-term partnership with the humanitarian organization UNICEF.

On April 20, the National Press and Publications Administration of China (NPPA) published a new list with games approved for release in the country. Among others, Mobile Legends got into it: Bang Bang — a mobile MOBA developed by Moonton studio and competing with Honor of Kings from Tencent.

Insider Jeff Grubb claims that Hi-Fi RUSH rhythm action earned less than expected at Bethesda Softworks and Tango Gameworks. Possible reasons for financial failure are the almost complete lack of promotion of the game and the release immediately on the day of the announcement.

As part of the financial report, Focus Entertainment announced the takeover of the British studio Dovetail Games, specializing in simulators. It is not known how much the purchase cost.

Focus Entertainment has published a preliminary report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. The company has earned more than ever before.

The growth of competencies in the team is a sore subject. It is considered that it is expensive. And it’s not always obvious how to approach it. Anton Danko, the lead artist of the Belka Games Solitaire Cruise project, shares his successful experience in this matter.

Sony‘s gaming division has announced a new purchase. He was joined by Firewalk Studios, which previously worked under the direction of ProbablyMonsters.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is concerned about how users of popular shooters play. He asked gamers not to commit war crimes during the game and compiled a set of rules that will help fulfill this request.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: middle-level product analyst at Azur Games, senior game designer at Playkot and senior designer at WN Media Group.

Stability AI, the company that developed the neural network for generating Stable Diffusion images, has released the alpha of the StableLM language model. It can be used to generate both text and code.

In the USA, the number of age gamers continues to increase. According to an AARP study, in 2022, 45% of Americans aged 50 and older played video games at least once a month. Four years ago it was 44%, and eight years ago it was 38%.

Last February, PUBG developers announced that they were going to create their own NFT metaverse in partnership with Naver Z. A year later, it became known that its development had already cost companies 48 billion won, or about $ 36.8 million.

On April 19, Meta* conducted a new round of layoffs, according to the Game Developer portal. Among others, employees of the XR division of Reality Labs, including developers from the game studios Downpour Interactive and Ready at Dawn, were cut.

Mikkel Weider will no longer head Nordisk Games, the gaming division of the Danish film company Nordisk Film. He decided to leave the post of CEO and try himself in something new.