On October 15-16, the conference for game developers, publishers, and marketers—”Game Industry”—took place in the capital of Russia. Here’s a brief recap of how it went, who attended, and of course, we share the final figures.

In an interview with GameSpot, the Bloober Team shared that the Silent Hill 2 remake allowed them to “find their niche” in the horror genre and enabled further growth. They intend to prove they can create their own high-quality games with original ideas.

Let’s briefly cover the news from this weekend. We’ll talk a bit about the extension for Google, the sales of Witchfire, and some absolutely incredible retention statistics for Fate/Grand Order.

The creators of Among Us have announced the acquisition of new funds for their Outersloth fund, which supports indie developers. Casey Yano, co-author of Slay the Spire, and an “anonymous indie friend” have invested in the project.

Surgent Studios, known for the action-platformer Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, has announced that their development team is facing potential layoffs due to financial difficulties. The studio’s game division work is temporarily suspended until new investors are found to support future projects.

The Game Publishing Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association released a report on the state of the local gaming market for the third quarter of 2024. The report highlights a historic peak in revenues and steady industry growth, largely attributed to the successful launch of Black Myth: Wukong in the international market.

The journalists at dev.by investigated the average salaries paid in August to Lithuanian employees of IT companies with roots in Belarus. Among game developers, Belka Games had the highest salary level.

The game outsourcing company Keywords Studios has announced the acquisition of a new studio. Under the company’s umbrella is now Certain Affinity — a team that has assisted in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, DOOM, as well as games from the Call of Duty and Halo series, among many others.

The company Unity has officially released the sixth version of its engine—nine and a half years after the launch of Unity 5. Here we discuss some of the new features.

PulluP Entertainment, the parent company of publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing, released its financial report for the quarter ending September 30, 2024. The company revealed that the successful release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has significantly boosted key business metrics.

The Turkish prosecutor is demanding 88,000 years of imprisonment for Mehmet Aydın, the creator of the online farm game Farm Bank. He is accused of creating a financial pyramid scheme that harmed thousands of gamers.

The Russian corporate entity of Deus Craft studio, known for the game Grand Hotel Mania, is being liquidated by its new owner — Astrum Entertainment.

The Russian legal entity of the studio Deus Craft, known for the game Grand Hotel Mania, is being liquidated by its new owner, Astrum Entertainment.

The publisher Konami has reported the initial sales results for the remake of Silent Hill 2. The game surpassed 1 million copies sold within the first three days of its release, which took place on October 8.

Hazelight Studios has announced that the sales of It Takes Two have reached 20 million copies, three and a half years after its release.

Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have announced a new milestone for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. More than 4.5 million people have played the action game just a month after its official release, which occurred on September 9th.

The French company DON’T NOD is facing challenging times. In light of declining financial performance, it has announced further business restructuring, which will result in layoffs.

On October 16, trading of DON’T NOD shares on the European stock exchange Euronext was temporarily halted. The pause was initiated at the company’s own request.

Statista analysts have published a report on the state of the UAE video game market. According to their forecasts, from 2024 to 2027, the market size will grow at an annual average growth rate of 5.4%.