In August 2020, Apple and Google removed Fortnite from their mobile app stores. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney told Game File journalist Stephen Totilo in an interview that over the years of the game’s absence from the stores, his company lost about $1 billion in potential revenue from Fortnite.

Last week, it was noted that Valve is working on a new filter for user reviews on Steam that hides reviews lacking meaningful content, such as jokes and ASCII art. Now, the company has confirmed the rumors.

Valve announced changes to the rules regarding game descriptions on Steam. It plans to introduce three new prohibitions.

The revenue of the German gaming market fell by 6% in the first six months of 2024, as reported by the German association GAME. Experts note that this is the first decline in many years, attributed to the lack of major releases.

The developer of the Pathfinder RPG series and the tactical game Rogue Trader has announced that it is becoming a publisher.

The list of indie hits has been updated. The shooter VLADiK Brutal from the solo Russian developer Narko Games is showing great sales. It debuted at number four on the list of the top-grossing games on Steam in Russia for the week of August 6 to August 13.

The analytics company Newzoo has published a forecast for the global video game market for 2024. Below are the key figures.

The St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office has filed an administrative lawsuit seeking to ban the distribution of the strategy game Last Train Home in Russia.

The list of the top-grossing products on Steam for the week from August 6 to August 13 has been published. Three spots in the top ten have been taken by games that have not yet been released.

It has been announced that another studio is closing down. After 11 years of operation, Canada’s Archiact Interactive, the developer behind VR games Journey to Foundation and FREEDIVER: Triton Down, is set to close its doors.

The South Korean company Com2uS, known for the Summoners War game series, has carried out large-scale layoffs. This was reported in the financial statement for the second quarter of 2024.

The South Korean company KRAFTON reported its performance for the first half of 2024. This period has become a record for the company on several metrics.

The AdSense advertising service will soon cease to operate in Russia completely. Google has sent emails to Russian AdSense account holders warning them about the upcoming deactivation of their accounts.

Deadlock is a PvP shooter allegedly being developed by Valve. Although the company has not officially announced the project or initiated open testing, thousands of people are already playing Deadlock.

In April 2018, Jam City released a role-playing game in the Harry Potter universe called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery on mobile devices. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, as of today, the project’s gross revenue has exceeded half a billion dollars.

In May 2024, Microsoft announced the closure of four game studios, including Tango Gameworks. It has now come to light that Tango Gameworks will continue operations as the South Korean company KRAFTON has acquired it from Microsoft.

Research has shown that in 2023, the revenue from the gaming peripheral market exceeded $10 billion, Fallout: London set a record for daily downloads on GOG, and its creators are considering opening their own studio. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Developers from Keen Games announced that the survival game Enshrouded has already been played by 3 million people. The game reached this milestone in less than eight months: it was released in early access on January 24, 2024.

PlayStation Store users may soon be allowed to leave written reviews for games. This feature is already being tested, according to Reddit user cusman78.