The layoffs at the subsidiary studios of the Swedish holding company Embracer Group have not concluded. Recent significant staff reductions occurred at Lost Boys Interactive.

The new release from Saber Interactive took first place on the Steam chart of the highest-grossing products for the week from September 3rd to September 10th. It pushed the previously leading Black Myth: Wukong to third place.

On September 9, the full release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 took place. Prior to this, only owners of the expanded editions were able to play the new Saber Interactive game.

The stock price of Ubisoft declined following the publication of an open letter from one of its shareholders, urging the company to make significant business changes, including the possibility of a sale. Read more.

The investment fund AJ Investments, which holds a minority stake in Ubisoft, published an open letter to the executives of the French company and its other shareholders. It expressed a “deep dissatisfaction with the current activities and strategic direction” of Ubisoft.

Based on data from AppMagic, the App2Top editorial team prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month—My Supermarket Simulator 3D, Supermarket Master 3D, and AFK Journey.

Hideaki and Saori Utsumi, formerly of Capcom, have announced the launch of their own game development studio, named BirdkinStudio.

In 2023, Unity made an unfortunate update to its pricing policy, leading some developers to abandon this engine. Specifically, some teams switched to Godot. In a conversation with Game Developer, leaders of the Godot Foundation admitted that they did not consider the sudden influx of users to be beneficial for Godot and wished Unity could persuade developers not to leave.

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

The Polish conglomerate CD PROJEKT is facing new challenges. It announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed against its GOG store in the United States. The plaintiffs claim that it discloses user information.

Roblox aims to capture 10% of the global video game market revenue, the band Heaven 17 refused to add their song to GTA VI due to an insultingly low fee, over a million mods were installed for Baldur’s Gate 3 in one day — here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

We continue to publish transcriptions of talks from the “Gaming Industry” conference. Up next is a presentation by Aliona Karasevova, Head of Testing at Gost Team. She discussed the issues most frequently encountered when testing gaming products.

The SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild of the USA, announced that it has reached collaboration terms with developers of 80 games. Guild members will now be able to participate in these projects by voicing characters and recording animations.

The company Nexon informed investors about its financial plans for the coming years. It aims to significantly increase its revenues by 2027.

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

The staff at Spiders studio, which is preparing for the early access release of GreedFall II, managed to improve their working conditions through a strike. The management has agreed to meet their demands on several points.

The developers of the shooter Earth Defense Force 6, which focuses on battles against aliens that have invaded Earth, have also boasted about the success of their game. They announced that the project’s sales have reached 550,000 copies.

Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has surpassed a new million-sold milestone. Since its release on June 2, 2023, the game has sold over 4 million copies across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

On September 5th, Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment granted access to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for owners of the deluxe editions. The game immediately became one of the most popular new releases of 2024 on Steam.