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News July 31, 2024

The audience for EA Sports College Football 25 exceeded 5 million people

Electronic Arts (EA) is pleased with the release of the college football simulation game EA Sports College Football 25. According to the company, 5 million unique users registered in the game during its debut week.

News July 31, 2024

EA report: profits have fallen by 30%, the new Dragon Age will not be released before October

Electronic Arts (EA) has released its report for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on June 30. All key metrics of the company have declined.

News July 31, 2024

The number of hours spent playing Fallout on Game Pass increased fivefold after the Amazon series release

Game Pass subscribers have been spending significantly more time playing games from the Fallout franchise since the premiere of the Amazon Studios-created series in April. This information was shared by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the presentation of their financial report.

News July 31, 2024

Microsoft report: the gaming division had a record year in terms of revenue, but console sales continue to decline

Microsoft has published the report for the fourth quarter and the entire fiscal year ending on June 30, 2024. We have selected the key figures from the gaming division.

News July 30, 2024

In South Korea, more than half of gamers play on multiple platforms

Analysts from Niko Partners studied the platform preferences of gamers from Japan and South Korea. They discovered that a significant portion of these gamers play on more than one platform.

News July 30, 2024

In 2024, residents of Japan and South Korea will spend $29 billion on video games

Revenue in the gaming market of Japan and South Korea is declining, according to a report by the analytical company Niko Partners. It is forecasted to reach $29.2 billion in 2024, which is 2.9% less than the previous year.

News July 30, 2024

Sensor Tower: revenue of the mobile games market for the second quarter of 2024 is $19.7 billion

The analytics company Sensor Tower released a report on the mobile app market based on the results of the second quarter of 2024. We have selected the main findings related to games.

News July 30, 2024

The creators of Garry’s Mod received a DMCA complaint for using images from Skibidi Toilet

Skibidi Toilet is a meme YouTube series about singing toilets with human heads. Garry Newman, the creator of the sandbox game Garry’s Mod, stated that his project was recently accused of copyright violation due to the presence of games inspired by Skibidi Toilet, created from the same assets as the series.

News July 30, 2024

Study: In the first half of 2024, fewer Russians spent money on games, but the average check increased

The service “Yookassa” and the AGAVA studio (who assisted in the development of the games “Vasilisa and Baba Yaga,” BUKI, and Cocktail Island) analyzed the spending of Russian gamers in games from January to June 2024. Below are the findings from the study.

News July 30, 2024

Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG continued to lead the sales chart on Steam

Over the past week, the top-10 chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam has changed little. As last week, the first place went to Counter-Strike 2, and the second place to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.

News July 30, 2024

“М.Видео-Эльдорадо”: console sales in Russia nearly doubled in the first half of 2024

The M.Video-Eldorado Group shared data on console sales in Russia for the first half of the year. According to them, the demand for consoles in the country is growing at a tremendous pace.

News July 30, 2024

MY.GAMES sells DonationAlerts and Boosty to Cypriot businessman Pavel Kharenok

MY.GAMES announced the sale of CEBC and its services DonationAlerts and Boosty. They will become part of the business structure owned by the founder of Broadsmart Group, Pavel Kharaneka.

News July 29, 2024

The best-selling Russian game of 2023 will get a sequel

The local indie studio The Bratans has announced a sequel to the game “Rusy vs. Lizards.”.

Conferences July 29, 2024

The next Cypriot WN Conference has been scheduled. It will take place on September 12-13

Details about the upcoming WN Conference have been announced. It will be held in mid-September in Limassol, Cyprus. More than 800 representatives of the gaming industry are expected to attend the event.

News July 29, 2024

CD PROJEKT is the most valuable public gaming company in Poland, followed by 11 bit studios

There are 24 gaming companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with a combined market value of over 24 billion zlotys ($6 billion). Almost half of this amount is attributed to just one company — CD PROJEKT.

News July 29, 2024

Manor Lords earned over 60 million dollars

Tim Bender, the head of the Hooded Horse publishing house, shared with a16z Games that the revenue of the medieval city-builder Manor Lords has exceeded $60 million. The game earned this amount within three months since its early access release on April 26, 2024.

News July 29, 2024

The Resident Evil series has sold 160 million copies, while the Dragon’s Dogma series has sold 12 million copies

Also in the report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, Capcom updated the sales data for its largest franchises. The company listed the figures as of June 30, 2024.

News July 29, 2024

Capcom Report: Revenues Have Dropped Significantly, But the Company Remains Optimistic

Capcom published its first-quarter financial report for 2024, which ended on June 30. Below are the key figures.

News July 29, 2024

PlayWay sold all its shares in Silk Road Games

The company PlayWay has divested its shares in Silk Road Games — a Polish game distributor focused on the Chinese market. It sold its stake in Silk Road Games for an undisclosed amount.

News July 29, 2024

The main events of the weekend (July 27-28)

In the first half of 2024, game developers earned more on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, and Yandex Games than they did the previous year. Path of Exile set a new online record, and a studio co-founded by the Bungie co-founder attracted $2.25 million for game development within Fortnite. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.