Valve is in no hurry to officially disclose Steam Deck sales, so analysts share data for it. Simon Carless tried to find out how many people bought this portable PC.

Several App Store employees in China have been accused of abuse of office, sources tell The Information. According to the publication, they were approached by developers with a request to help with the promotion of games in the store.

The Malaysian authorities want to make the country more attractive for foreign game developers. In 2024, a special gaming fund for 30 million Malaysian ringgit ($6.3 million) will be launched in Malaysia.

Niantic and Capcom shared the success of the mobile AR game Monster Hunter Now. The companies reported that the title was downloaded 10 million times in just over a month.

Dataspelsbranschen analysts looked at how the year 2022 passed for the Swedish gaming industry. We share the main conclusions from the report.

The British studio Six to Start has cut half of the developers, Axios reports, citing its CEO and co-founder Adrian Hon. Layoffs affected both full-time and freelance employees.

The head of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, proposed to move the servers of games played by residents of the country to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with his idea.

The team of the Russian engine Nau Engine has published a roadmap. It is designed for the next two years.

Two more studios owned by Embracer Group suffered from the restructuring of the holding. This time the layoffs affected the American Cryptic Studios and the Hungarian Zen Studios.

The console market in Russia is actively growing. Group of companies “M.Video-Eldorado” reported that in the first nine months of 2023, Russians bought 2.5 times more consoles compared to 2022.

Estonian INFUSION GAMES has restructured and rebranded. Its divisions became four separate businesses.

Analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana also said that in September, Steam users from the United States played Counter-Strike 2, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield the most actively.

Minecraft is very popular in the United States, according to analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana. According to him, last month 22% of American gamers who played on consoles and PCs, at least once launched this game.

Recruitment agency WN Talents In Games has launched a public vote for achievements in the field of gaming HR. It takes place as part of the annual Game Dev HR Awards.

The analytical company Circana shared the statistics of the American gaming market as a result of September 2023.

Azur Games has announced a new purchase. All the games and the associated IP of the American publisher Tastypill have been transferred to her disposal.

The Marvel Snap collectible card game turned one year old: it was released on October 18, 2022. On this occasion, we decided to look at the indicators of the mobile version of the title and turned to the data of the analytical service AppMagic.

The Roblox platform is in demand among owners of PlayStation consoles. In the week since the release on October 10, the PlayStation version of Roblox has collected more than 10 million downloads. This is reported by journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios, citing data from a company representative.