What should be understood about LiveOps, what tasks this discipline addresses, and why it is important not to confuse it with game operation are some of the topics covered in an interview by App2Top with Vadim Bulatov, the author of the course “LiveOps in Games.”

Douglas Morin has left the post of CEO of Devolver Digital. His successor was Harry Miller, one of the founders of the company, who at one time already held the position of CEO.

Hasbro has decided to sell the IP rights to Dungeons & Dragons due to financial problems, the Chinese edition of Speed Daily reports, citing its sources. One of the potential buyers is Tencent.

Layoffs continue at Embracer Group’s subsidiary studios. This time, the Argentine studio Nimble Giant Entertainment, which recently released the 4X strategy Star Trek: Infinite, has joined the growing list of “victims” of restructuring.

A wave of layoffs has covered the Polish Artificer studio. According to Kotaku sources, on January 31, Artificer fired 25 people — about half of the staff. In the coming months, she intends to cut another 10-12 employees.

Insider Tom Henderson has published a lot of material on Ubisoft. His sources told how the company is doing.

Order of Meta is a Helsinki—based studio consisting of former employees of Wargaming, Panzerdog and HeroCraft. She recently successfully closed a seed funding round.

Electronic Arts (EA) has also published a financial report for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. Below is a squeeze from it.

Ensrouded survival debuted from the second place in the chart of the highest—grossing products on Steam over the past week, taking into account the free titles. The game was second in revenue only to the hit Palworld.

The theme of the next issue of the Games and Names podcast was LiveOps. Vikas Menon, who has been responsible for producing mobile games at Zynga for more than 11 years, shared his experience working on it.

Volition is one of the many studios affected by the restructuring of the Embracer Group. Six months after its closure, a group of former studio employees decided to reconvene to work on games together.

This is stated in the LinkedIn profile of Chris Chung, director of the World of Tanks franchise. Timur222 enthusiast, who monitors developer accounts on social networks, drew attention to the information.

The heads of the Polish studio Starward Industries at a meeting with investors announced the dismissal of 15 of the 34 employees.

Genshin Impact has set another box office record, analysts say data.ai . It took 40 months for the hit miHoYo to exceed $5 billion in user spending in the App Store and Google Play versions, less than any other mobile games.

In accordance with the new law adopted in Europe, Apple has announced a number of innovations in iOS. These include support for third—party stores and payment systems. But there were nuances. Those who want to use the new functionality will have to pay for each installation. For more information about the situation, see our analysis.

Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby have been working in the gaming industry for many years. In 1999, they founded BattleMail together, three years later they opened Rockpool Games, and eight years later — Playdemic. Now they have announced the launch of a new studio. It’s called ForthStar Games.

Ironmace can continue to distribute the PvPvE action game Dark and Darker. The studio’s managing director, Choi Ju-Hyun, announced on Discord that the court denied Nexon’s request for an injunction against the game.

We continue the cycle dedicated to projects in need of investment or publishers. Next up is the material about the visual novel Enelia: Dawn of Madness by Indra Studio.

Warner Bros. Discovery decided to invest more in games, sales of Hogwarts Legacy exceeded 24 million copies, Sony demanded to rename Bloodborne Kart, — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.