The role-playing action game Solo Leveling: Arise has surpassed the $100 million revenue mark from IAP on mobile devices, according to data from the analytics service AppMagic. It took the game just over half a year to achieve this.

Over 500 employees have decided to leave NCSOFT as part of its voluntary retirement program. This was reported by Yonhap News, citing industry sources.

A conflict has erupted between the management of Summer Eternal and Longdue Games—studios launched this fall by former members of ZA/UM. Argo Tuulik, co-founder of Summer Eternal, has been issued a court order preventing him from developing games at his studio until April 2025.

Papergames shared details about the development of the upcoming Infinity Nikki. The CEO of the studio, Runhao Yao, in his official address to fans, revealed that the project is being developed by the efforts of over a thousand specialists.

The online player count for Half-Life 2 on Steam has reached an all-time high, Telegram introduced a full-screen mode for mini-games, and the head of Grove Street Games criticized Rockstar Games for removing mentions of his studio from the GTA trilogy remasters. Here’s a rundown of the major events in the gaming industry this past weekend.

On November 21, WN Summit Vietnam’24 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

Bit Odd is a studio founded in 2019 by three former lead developers of Supercell, responsible for games in the Clash franchise. Recently, it successfully completed a new funding round.

The company Meridian Play, founded by former MY.GAMES business development director in Asia, Ilya Gutov, announced the launch of a gaming accelerator for startups, focusing on the Asian market.

On December 2, the WN Summit Bangkok’24 will take place in the capital of Thailand. This event aims to introduce participants in the international gaming industry to the local game development community.

The year 2024 has already become the best in the history of 11 bit studios in terms of revenue. The Polish company reported that from January to September 2024, it earned more than the entire record-setting year of 2020.

11 bit studios announced that sales of the city-building survival game Frostpunk 2 have reached 511,000 copies. This figure does not include copies that were freely claimed by Game Pass subscribers—adding those would increase the game’s total sales even more.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) examined the content distributed by users on Steam. They identified a vast amount of unacceptable material on Valve’s platform.

In July-September 2024, Wargaming paid 4.3 million euros into Lithuania’s treasury. This is 20% more compared to last year. This was reported by the portal dev.by, citing data from the Lithuanian tax authority.

The financial report for NetEase for the third quarter of 2024 has been released. We have selected key gaming-related highlights.

The Chinese mobile development studio Lilith Games has laid off several dozen employees. This information was reported by the portal GameLook.

The company SayGames has decided to support mobile studios that are developing hybrid-casual games. It plans to invest $30 million into these teams over the next three years.

As a follow-up to the previous news, here are the top games on the Nintendo eShop

Simon Carless analyzed the sales charts of eShop games in the U.S. and the U.K., which he compiled using his own analytical service, GameDiscoverCo.