Hideaki and Saori Utsumi, formerly of Capcom, have announced the launch of their own game development studio, named BirdkinStudio.

In 2023, Unity made an unfortunate update to its pricing policy, leading some developers to abandon this engine. Specifically, some teams switched to Godot. In a conversation with Game Developer, leaders of the Godot Foundation admitted that they did not consider the sudden influx of users to be beneficial for Godot and wished Unity could persuade developers not to leave.

We continue to publish the results of a salary survey conducted from April to May 2023 by chapters. This publication focuses on the income levels of Russian-speaking game analysts.

The Polish conglomerate CD PROJEKT is facing new challenges. It announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed against its GOG store in the United States. The plaintiffs claim that it discloses user information.

Roblox aims to capture 10% of the global video game market revenue, the band Heaven 17 refused to add their song to GTA VI due to an insultingly low fee, over a million mods were installed for Baldur’s Gate 3 in one day — here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

We continue to publish transcriptions of talks from the “Gaming Industry” conference. Up next is a presentation by Aliona Karasevova, Head of Testing at Gost Team. She discussed the issues most frequently encountered when testing gaming products.

The SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild of the USA, announced that it has reached collaboration terms with developers of 80 games. Guild members will now be able to participate in these projects by voicing characters and recording animations.

The company Nexon informed investors about its financial plans for the coming years. It aims to significantly increase its revenues by 2027.

We continue to publish the results of the salary survey by chapter, conducted from April to May 2023. This publication focuses on the income level of Russian-speaking game marketers.

The staff at Spiders studio, which is preparing for the early access release of GreedFall II, managed to improve their working conditions through a strike. The management has agreed to meet their demands on several points.

The developers of the shooter Earth Defense Force 6, which focuses on battles against aliens that have invaded Earth, have also boasted about the success of their game. They announced that the project’s sales have reached 550,000 copies.

Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has surpassed a new million-sold milestone. Since its release on June 2, 2023, the game has sold over 4 million copies across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

On September 5th, Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment granted access to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for owners of the deluxe editions. The game immediately became one of the most popular new releases of 2024 on Steam.

At the beginning of the summer, it was announced that the Sumo Group holding company was closing the Canadian firm Timbre Games as part of a cost-cutting program. Three months later, the studio managed to reopen its doors.

The National Museum of Nature and Science in Japan maintains a special registry called “Future Technology Heritage,” in which the country’s achievements in science and technology are recorded. Recently, for the first time, a gaming console was added to it — the PlayStation 2.

Daniel Wu, one of the co-founders of Hero Games, the largest external shareholder of the creators of Black Myth: Wukong, mentioned this number in a conversation with Bloomberg.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Anton Alikhanov, told TASS that several companies have already shown the authorities their prototypes of a domestic gaming console. However, according to him, it is too early to talk about government support.

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

The studio Ancient Forge, known for the games The Tenants and the upcoming Hotel Galactic, has laid off 24 out of 59 employees. This was reported by the portal CD-Action.