The strategy game Crusader Kings III is celebrating its fourth anniversary. On this occasion, Paradox Interactive announced that in the past year, 1,567,446 new players have experienced Crusader Kings III.

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

August was a relatively calm month for the gaming industry in terms of layoffs. The Game Industry Layoffs portal reported a total of 271 specialists laid off in gaming-related companies last month.

Ballistic Moon is yet another game studio whose staff has faced layoffs. This was reported by Eurogamer, citing posts from laid-off employees on social media.

The game director of Devil May Cry and Dragon’s Dogma has left Capcom, an analyst estimated Concord’s sales at 25,000 copies, and the co-founder of miHoYo suggested that game developers consider changing their profession due to the advancement of AI. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

The tax reliefs for companies in the gaming sector in China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany were discussed by the lawyers at REVERA.

This week, the Finnish mobile studio Lightneer officially shut down. It had been in operation for nine years.

Russian gamers have increasingly started purchasing retro games on Avito, reports the newspaper Kommersant, citing data from the marketplace. Comparing the first half of 2022 with January to June 2024, sales of old console games doubled, and sales of old PC games grew sixfold.

In recent years, Japan has been one of the priority markets for the Chinese giants Tencent and NetEase. They have been actively investing in Japanese game studios in hopes that they will produce hits. According to Bloomberg sources, both companies have not achieved the desired outcomes and are now re-evaluating their strategy.

We continue to publish the results of the salary survey we conducted from April to May 2023 by chapters. Today’s publication discusses the income levels of Russian-speaking game developers.

When Ubisoft initially released XDefiant, the free-to-play shooter attracted a large number of players. Insider Tom Henderson discovered that three months post-launch, the audience’s interest in the project has significantly waned.

The creators of Black Myth: Wukong have signed an exclusive agreement with Sony’s gaming division, claims Forbes journalist Paul Tassi. According to him, this is why the game has yet to appear on Xbox consoles.

Remedy Entertainment announced a deal with film company Annapurna Pictures, the “parent” of game publisher Annapurna Interactive. They have become strategic partners.

On August 20, the second WN Media Group event on the banks of the Rhine took place — WN Connect Cologne’24. It was one of the satellite events of Gamescom, the largest gaming exhibition in Europe.

One of the most successful releases of the year, Black Myth: Wukong, attracted a large audience on Sony’s consoles. Gaming expert Simon Carless, citing data from the GameDiscoverCo service, reported that as of today, PlayStation 5 owners have purchased the action RPG 3 million times.

The British gaming company Argonaut Games has announced its revival 20 years after its closure.

We continue to publish the results of the salary survey conducted between April and May 2023, chapter by chapter. Today’s publication focuses on the salary levels of the average Russian-speaking game industry professional living in Cyprus.

The number of people wanting to play Deadlock is approaching one million, according to data from the analytics service VG Insights. Analysts have calculated that to date, Valve’s multiplayer shooter has amassed 863 thousand wishlists on Steam.

The PC version of the racing simulator CarX Street has been released. In light of this event, the game’s developer, CarX Technologies, shared both the number of wishlists the game has garnered on Steam and the metrics from the original mobile version.