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.

In early September, nearly half of the state of Spiders plans to go on strike against poor working conditions at the studio. Specifically, developers are unhappy with low wages, inefficient management, and issues with the production of GreedFall II. In a statement to the media, Spiders’ leaders denied these accusations.

In March 2024, it became known that the head of the upcoming Marathon shooter development, Chris Barrett, left Bungie after 25 years with the company. Bloomberg found that Barrett was fired due to inappropriate behavior.

Work on the next game in The Witcher franchise, code-named Project Polaris, is in full swing, according to CD PROJEKT’s CEO Michał Nowakowski. He stated that the project would soon enter the full development phase.

The Polish group of companies, CD PROJEKT, reported their financial performance for the first six months of 2024. This half-year period was exceptionally successful for them.

The Polish publisher and developer 11 bit studios has released its financial results for the first half of 2024. Here are the key points from the report.

Many locations in Black Myth: Wukong replicate real-world places, primarily from Shanxi Province in northern China. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), while tourists typically pay little attention to this province, it has recently been experiencing a tourism boom.

We continue to publish the results of our salary survey chapter by chapter, which we conducted from April to May 2023. This publication focuses on the salary levels of the average Russian-speaking gaming specialist living in Kazakhstan.

Employees of the French studio Spiders will hold a strike against their own management on September 2-3. At least 44 out of 95 workers will participate.