Quantic Lab has exited the Embracer Group, Hozy sales exceeded 100,000 copies in four days, and Sony removed more low-quality games from the PlayStation Store. Here's a recap of the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.
- The Romanian studio Quantic Lab, known for assisting other companies in game testing, has become independent. Previously, it had been one of the many subsidiaries of Embracer Group for over five years. The terms under which Quantic Lab separated from the holding company have not been disclosed, but it is known that they will continue to collaborate with teams owned by Embracer Group. Quantic Lab has previously contributed to games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Baldur’s Gate 3, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Pacific Drive, Cities: Skylines, Dead Island, among many others.
- The meditative game about restoring abandoned houses, Hozy, showed excellent initial sales. Publisher tinyBuild and studio Come On Studio announced that the new title was purchased over 100,000 times in the first four days. Hozy was released on March 30 on PC.
- Sony Corporation continues its efforts to clean the PlayStation Store of low-quality games. The network noted that this time, games from several publishers were removed from the store: GoGame Console Publisher, VRCForge Studios, and Welding Byte. The removal included titles such as the Jesus Simulator and the Card Shop Game Store, a clone of TCG Card Shop Simulator. Sony has not publicly explained the reason for the mass removal of games, but it is presumed that they are becoming more proactive in combating "asset flip" games and projects designed to quickly earn trophies. Earlier this year, Sony removed 153 games from the PlayStation Store from the company ThiGames, which collectively had over a thousand regional SKUs.