Bohemia Interactive reported that thanks to a recent sale on Steam, the audience for the shooter Arma 3 has grown by more than half a million people. Of these, 100,000 purchased the game on the first day of discounts.

One-third of all developers in the RuStore mobile app store are game developers, VK reports. Currently, the platform hosts over 3,000 game development teams.

In the first half of 2024, residents of the United Kingdom spent almost a third less on video games compared to the previous year. This information was shared by the UK Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).

On July 2, Capcom released Resident Evil 7 Biohazard on iOS devices. According to the MobileGamer portal, citing AppMagic data, the game is not popular. In two weeks, it was downloaded about 83,000 times.

BioShock might never have seen the light of day, recalls game designer Ken Levine in a conversation with EDGE magazine. According to him, publishers showed no interest in the first part of the series.

During the week of July 9 to July 16, the highest-grossing project on Steam was PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. Player expenditures likely increased due to the collaboration with the car manufacturer Lamborghini.

Over the past year and a half, 343 Industries has been actively losing employees, reports insider Bathrobe Spartan, who specializes in the Halo series. According to him, the studio currently has fewer than 280 employees, down from 450 at the beginning of 2023.

At the end of May, sources from Izvestia reported that the Russian company “ROSA” is working on a portable gaming console similar to the Steam Deck. It has now become known that the company plans to spend a billion rubles on creating the device.

On July 13, an attempt was made on former U.S. President Donald Trump, during which the politician was wounded in the ear. Following the incident, Steam users recalled the 2016 game Mr.President!.

Besides the revenue ranking, MobileGamer journalists also published a list of publishers whose games garnered the most downloads in the first half of 2024. The top spots were taken by companies that mainly publish hyper-casual projects.

The MobileGamer portal has compiled a ranking of mobile game publishers with the highest revenues from IAP in the first half of 2024. It was based on data from the analytical service AppMagic.

Despite mixed reviews, the multiplayer post-apocalyptic survival game Once Human has been consistently growing its online presence on Steam. Starry Studio admitted that they did not expect such a high demand.

What questions should a developer be prepared to answer when negotiating a deal with an investor? The game accelerator Narwhal shared some insight. DogDog’s CEO, Dmitry Filatov, published a document with a list of potential questions on his Telegram channel.

A representative of “Rostelecom” told the newspaper “Kommersant” that the company is interested in creating a Russian gaming console. They are considering its development “as a promising business direction.”

In 2021, Valve spent $444.5 million on employee salaries, Larian Studios considered making the next Fallout or Ultima if they didn’t get the Baldur’s Gate license, and 10 million people played The First Descendant. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

In November 2023, the creators of GameMaker made the engine completely free for non-commercial use on all platforms except consoles. This decision led to an increase in young developers.

All of last year, the Swedish holding Embracer Group was actively cutting costs by reducing staff and closing projects, but now it has decided to secure a new loan. The company announced that it has arranged a revolving credit facility of €600 million for two years.

The draft law by Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development also mentions strengthening the regulation of the video game market. Among the initiatives is mandatory cooperation of foreign developers with the Unified Gambling Regulator (ЕРАИ).

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft law outlining measures to support the Russian gaming industry. This was reported by the Interfax agency, which has reviewed the document.