The French indie studio DRAMA, working on the shooter Unrecord with a body cam perspective, has closed its seed funding round.

On August 15, the factory simulator shapez 2 was released in early access on Steam. Tobias Springer, the founder of the indie studio tobspr Games that developed the game, shared with the analytical service GameDiscoverCo the initial results of the project.

We continue to publish the results of the salary survey we conducted from April to May 2023, chapter by chapter. This publication focuses on the income levels of Russian-speaking gaming HR specialists.

At the end of August, the South Korean authorities approved a new amendment to the gambling law, reports ZDNET Korea. This amendment requires foreign gaming companies that distribute their titles in the country to find local partners.

The platform 4game attempted to paint a picture of the Russian gamer. We selected the main results of the study.

Yesterday, Sony officially unveiled an enhanced version of the PlayStation 5 console — the PlayStation 5 Pro. The analytics firm Ampere Analysis has attempted to forecast its sales.

On September 10th, the factory construction simulator Satisfactory exited early access, where it had been for five and a half years. The release of version 1.0 attracted over 100,000 Steam users simultaneously.

The Australian government is developing a law that prohibits children under the age of 14-16 from using social media and “other digital platforms.” Several media outlets have speculated that such wording could indicate possible restrictions on access to online games as well.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 made an impressive debut. The game’s developer, Saber Interactive, and publisher Focus Entertainment announced that over 2 million people have already played the action game.

The developers of the marine adventure Dave the Diver are preparing to leave their parent company, Nexon, according to The Korea Economic Daily, citing sources. Instead of physically separating the studio Mintrocket from Nexon, they plan to establish a new independent company.

Foreign developers have begun publishing their applications on RuStore four times more often compared to last year. This was reported by the head of RuStore, Dmitry Pankrushev, during his speech at the Kazan Digital Week forum.

Over the last year and a half, gaming companies worldwide have been laying off employees en masse. Former PlayStation Europe President Chris Deering believes this is a natural phenomenon.

Senior Product Manager at Blizzard Entertainment, Harrison Froeschke, mentioned Diablo IV’s revenue in his LinkedIn profile description. This was noticed by enthusiast Timur222.

We continue publishing the results of the salary survey by chapters, which we conducted from April to May 2023. Today’s publication focuses on the income levels of Russian-speaking QA specialists.

The layoffs at the subsidiary studios of the Swedish holding company Embracer Group have not concluded. Recent significant staff reductions occurred at Lost Boys Interactive.

The new release from Saber Interactive took first place on the Steam chart of the highest-grossing products for the week from September 3rd to September 10th. It pushed the previously leading Black Myth: Wukong to third place.

On September 9, the full release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 took place. Prior to this, only owners of the expanded editions were able to play the new Saber Interactive game.

The stock price of Ubisoft declined following the publication of an open letter from one of its shareholders, urging the company to make significant business changes, including the possibility of a sale. Read more.

The investment fund AJ Investments, which holds a minority stake in Ubisoft, published an open letter to the executives of the French company and its other shareholders. It expressed a “deep dissatisfaction with the current activities and strategic direction” of Ubisoft.