On May 21, Ninja Theory released the psychological action game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II on Xbox Series and PC. According to the SteamDB service, the peak online count for the Steam version of the game on its debut day was 3,982 people.

In an interview with “Cyber,” VK Play’s CEO Alexander Mikheev assessed the number of teams currently in Russia.

Amazon’s gaming division announced the opening of its first European studio. It is located in Bucharest.

The Swedish holding Thunderful Group is withdrawing from the game distribution business. The company announced the sale of AMO Toys, Bergsala Aktiebolag, Thunderful 1, and Thunderful Solutions.

The developers of the cat adventure game Little Kitty, Big City announced it on social media. The game reached the milestone of one million copies sold a week and a half after its release on May 9.

The year 2024 was marked by the release of numerous indie hits on Steam: Palworld, Manor Lords, Content Warning, Balatro, Backpack Battles, and others. Some of these successes were quite a surprise. Raphael van Lierop, the founder and CEO of Hinterland, the studio that developed The Long Dark, listed possible reasons for the indie boom on LinkedIn.

On May 21, 2024, Tencent released the mobile version of Dungeon & Fighter in China. According to Bloomberg, an hour after the release, Tencent temporarily shut down the game’s servers for maintenance. This negatively impacted the company’s stock.

Although Ghost of Tsushima was removed from sale on Steam in 181 countries, the game still did well in Valve’s store. It topped the paid game sales chart for the week of May 14 to May 21, displacing Hades II from the number one spot.

On May 20th, Microsoft held the Microsoft Surface 2024 presentation. During the event, the corporation announced plans to integrate Copilot into games. The AI assistant will provide gameplay advice.

Nintendo has agreed to purchase Shiver Entertainment for an undisclosed amount. Shiver Entertainment is currently owned by Embracer Group.

Information has emerged about the WN Conference planned for the summer. The event will take place in the convenient transport hub — Istanbul — in early June. It is expected to be attended by over 1,500 representatives of the gaming industry.

The Sunday Times published its annual top 350 list of the richest residents of the United Kingdom. Brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, founders of Playrix, ranked 27th.

Larian Studios is expanding. It has officially announced the opening of a Polish branch.

Swedish investment firm EQT Group wants to buy the gaming outsourcing company Keywords Studios. Recently, it sent Keywords Studios a preliminary purchase proposal, valuing the company at £2 billion or approximately $2.5 billion.

Analysts at Sensor Tower have calculated that since November 2023, the idle-battler Legend of Mushroom has earned $270 million. This figure refers to the game’s revenue from in-app purchases.

Tesla has started warning buyers of Model X and Model S electric cars that they will not be able to run Steam games on the onboard computers. Other entertainment features will continue to work without changes.

Almost three-quarters of Russian gamers are pirates, reports the newspaper “Izvestia” citing a survey by XYZ School.

Ghost of Tsushima became the second Sony game for online play on Steam, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is actively being pre-ordered, and Supercell’s Hay Day returned to China after almost four years. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

The analytics company Newzoo has finalized the results for the global video game market for 2023. They calculated that last year, the market earned $183.9 billion. This is slightly lower than the already reduced forecast of $184 billion from November, as analysts originally predicted revenue of $187.7 billion.