Two weeks ago, the investment fund AJ Investments expressed a lack of confidence in Ubisoft’s management and demanded radical changes — from the resignation of CEO Yves Guillemot to the sale of the company. In a statement to Reuters, the fund’s representatives stated that they have garnered the support of 10% of Ubisoft’s shareholders.

At the end of September, the capital of Georgia will host an event for CG specialists. The event is called Big RENDER Conf 2024. Companies such as TapClap, G5 Games, MYTONA, Grafit Studio, Strikerz, and many others are participating.

The company Nival has decided to share the source code of the MOBA Prime World with the gaming community. They have published the project code on GitHub.

Scientists from all over the world periodically conduct research related to video games. Theoretical physicist and science popularizer Marat Khumadev decided to examine how often GTA V is mentioned in studies. As it turned out — quite frequently.

In December 2018, the studio Nomada and publisher Devolver Digital released GRIS — a meditative platformer about a girl experiencing tragedy in a surreal world. According to the developers, the game has been purchased over 3 million times to date.

Last night, Ubisoft announced the postponement of the release date for Assassin’s Creed Shadows from November 15, 2024, to February 14, 2025. Simultaneously, they made several other announcements concerning the company’s business.

The CEO of Radiance Star Studio, Andrey Zyazev, has prepared a table that outlines the requirements of the Internet Development Institute (IRI) for those wishing to receive a grant for game development in plain language.

On September 23, the Swedish indie studio Pounce Light, which consists of just two developers, released their debut game, Tiny Glade, on Steam. It is a castle-building simulator set on lawns. The project had an excellent start.

Cubic Games Studio has shared the latest metrics for the free-to-play shooter Pixel Gun 3D. We now know how many people have downloaded the game across different platforms and how much revenue it has generated.

The mobile version of Dungeon & Fighter has surpassed the one billion dollar revenue mark, reports the analytics company Sensor Tower. The game earned 82% of this amount in China, where it was released in May 2024.

The US actors’ guild SAG-AFTRA has decided to boycott the game League of Legends. They are dissatisfied with the actions of Formosa Interactive, a company assisting Riot Games with the title’s voice-over work.

It took Ghost of Tsushima just over four years since its release to sell 13 million copies. The developers from Sucker Punch Studios shared this information with The New York Times.

The founders of Rockbite Games, Avetis Zakharyan and Gevorg Kopalyan, shared their success story with App2Top.

Airship Syndicate has joined the long list of gaming companies that have undergone layoffs. It parted ways with 16 employees.

On October 15-16, a conference titled “Gaming Industry” will take place in Moscow. A large-scale indie project exhibition will be held as part of the event. Currently, organizers are accepting applications from teams with game prototypes and demos.

DON’T NOD reported its performance for the first six months of 2024. The first half of the year was not very favorable for the French company, leading it to revise some of its plans.

Red Hook Studios, the developer of the Darkest Dungeon series, has become a subsidiary of Behaviour Interactive.

The football simulator EA Sports FC 25 is gearing up for release—the game is already available for owners of premium editions, and for everyone else, it will be released on September 27. As a result, it has significantly improved its position on the Steam top-grossing products chart, pushing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 from the top spot.

The studio Shift Up has encountered issues due to the game title Stellar Blade. The American film company Stellarblade has initiated legal proceedings against it. Sony, the corporation that published the game, has also received a lawsuit.