In light of the upcoming release of the MMORPG Gran Saga, we had the chance to speak with the game developer — the South Korean team NPIXEL — about the country’s domestic market and what’s currently happening there.

Roskomnadzor has blocked access to Discord in Russia. In a comment to TASS, the press service of the agency stated that it was blocked due to violations of the country’s legislation.

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) from Saudi Arabia sold 17.3 million shares of Nintendo between August 21 and October 1, 2024. Bloomberg reported this information citing the fund’s report to Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

Scopely’s Chief Financial Officer, Tim O’Brien, shared during the Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit that his company has ambitious M&A plans for the upcoming year.

The remake of Silent Hill 2 helped increase Bloober Team’s stock value. By midday on October 8, the Polish studio’s shares rose to 25.3 zlotys ($6.45) per unit—this is 12.4% more than on the evening of Friday, October 5.

The updated Silent Hill 2 by Bloober Team has reached its release: owners of the deluxe edition started playing on October 6, and today, October 8, buyers of the standard edition gained access to the remake. At least in terms of Steam sales, the game had a good start.

NCSOFT and Amazon Games announced that the free MMORPG Throne and Liberty has gathered an audience of 3 million players. The game reached this milestone within a week of its global release on October 1, 2024.

An American court has issued a final ruling in the Epic Games versus Google case. It upheld the verdict delivered in December 2023 and recognized Google as a monopolist in the Android device application market.

Last weekend, the Steam version of Throne and Liberty — a new MMORPG from the creators of Lineage — set a new record for concurrent players. It reached 336,300 players.

At the end of last week, Bloomberg sources reported that the Guillemot family and Chinese giant Tencent were discussing the sale of Ubisoft. In response, Ubisoft released an official statement.

The studio 343 Industries, known for developing the Halo game series, has rebranded itself. It is now called Halo Studios.

Last fall, one of the founders of MY.GAMES, Vladimir Nikolsky, stepped down as the company’s CEO. It has now been disclosed that following this, he started another holding company related to video games.

The Saudi Arabian Sovereign Fund is considering increasing its stake in Nintendo, sales of “Rusy against the Lizards” reached 680,000 copies, and the remake of Until Dawn showed one of the weakest online launches on Steam among Sony games — here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Many developers of modern AAA games overestimate themselves and, instead of focusing on the “core” of the project, attempt to cram as many innovations as possible into the game. This sentiment was shared by Saber Interactive’s creative director Tim Willits in an interview with IGN.

In 2024, Ubisoft’s shares lost more than half of their value. In response, the company’s founders and minority stakeholders, the Guillemot family, are considering selling it to a Chinese giant.

Belka Games will soon undergo a leadership change. Its CEO, Alexander Bogdanov, announced plans to step down in January 2025.

The studio FromSoftware has announced that its employees will receive a salary increase. The higher pay will start from April 2025.

The company MIDiA Research attempted to determine which gaming modes are most popular. To find out, they surveyed over 9,000 people from the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland, and several other countries.

Ubisoft has lost another leading employee, claims insider Tom Henderson, citing a letter to the company’s staff. According to his information, Cameron Lee, the vice president of the Rainbow Six franchise, has resigned from Ubisoft.