In mid-September, the second-largest city in Cyprus hosted a conference for game developers and publishers, the WN Conference. Among its participants were representatives from companies such as Amazon, Google, Moloco, Playrix, and many more.

This was reported by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney during a press conference regarding their lawsuit against Samsung and Google.

Epic Games continues to file antitrust lawsuits. The company has simultaneously filed complaints against Samsung and Google in a U.S. court, accusing them of collusion and attempting to protect the Google Play Store from competition.

tinyBuild released a financial report for January-June 2024. The company is satisfied with the initial results of its updated strategy, as tinyBuild has been focusing on creating “thousand-hour games” without AAA budgets since the beginning of the year.

Czech-based Beresnev Games, the developer behind mobile games such as Monster Demolition, Race Master 3D, and Flippy Knife, has accused a “major international publisher” of unfair practices. CEO of the studio, Oleg Beresnev, shared details about the conflict with the publisher on social media.

Ubisoft acknowledged that XDefiant is facing issues, Fntastic partially denied accusations of using third-party assets in its new game, and according to the media, Xbox is currently in “disaster” mode—here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Studio Poncle, which developed one of the most popular indie games of 2022, Vampire Survivors, has announced the opening of a publishing division.

Players continue to purchase Manor Lords. According to the publisher Hooded Horse, the medieval city-building game has been bought over 2.5 million times worldwide as of today.

Remedy Entertainment plans to borrow money from the Chinese giant Tencent. The company has decided to secure an unsecured loan for €15 million at 8% annual interest for five years.

Experts from Futura Digital have prepared a column for App2Top about an emerging legal conflict between Nintendo, its affiliate The Pokémon Company, and Pocketpair, who released the multiplatform blockbuster Palworld earlier this year.

The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has signed a law that will require gaming platforms to clearly and understandably inform their customers that the purchase does not make them owners of the games but merely grants them usage rights.

Valve has updated the Steam Subscriber Agreement. It has relaxed the rules for dispute resolution between the store and its users.

The studio Fntastic, known for creating the controversial game The Day Before and closing at the end of last year, has decided to return to work. They announced that everyone deserves a second chance.

The British publisher Merge Games has closed its doors after 15 years in operation. This was announced on its official social media page on X.

September 2024 marked a sharp decline in Ubisoft’s stock prices on the stock exchange. By noon on September 26, their price had dropped to 9.24 euros per share.

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.