The Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA) has released a report on the Slovak gaming industry. According to her, in 2022, local gaming companies earned a total of €77.1 million.

Monster Hunter: Rise has crossed a new frontier. Capcom reported that since its release in March 2021, the game has sold over 13 million copies.

The head of Electronic Arts (EA), Andrew Wilson, has increased his annual salary. According to the publisher’s report, for the fiscal year 2023, which ended on March 31, 2023, he earned almost a million dollars more than a year earlier.

During the BIG Festival in Brazil, Microsoft revealed the sales of its consoles. She reported that she had sold over 21 million copies of the Xbox Series X|S.

The creator of Pokémon Go is preparing to close the division in Los Angeles and make large-scale cuts. Niantic has announced that it will lay off 230 people. This is about a quarter of the total number of employees of the company.

The stock price of tinyBuild plummeted after the publication of an investor report. In it, the company reported a decline in revenue, the resignation of the CFO, and the decision to stop publishing games by external developers.

Ubisoft continues to believe in blockchain. The company introduced Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles — its first Web3 game.

The Japanese company SEGA is not going to negotiate with Microsoft about the sale of the business. This was stated by the operating director of SEGA Shuji Utsumi (Shuji Utsumi).

Perhaps Steam has restrictions related to the use of artificial intelligence. Recently, a redditor under the nickname potterharry97 complained that his game was not allowed on the site due to the presence of AI-generated assets.

The Russian retail received “Introduction to the design of gaming systems. A step—by-step guide to creating balanced games,” Bombora Publishing house reports. This is a book about development for beginners (it contains the very basics of work). We share an excerpt.

It will become more difficult for Chinese children to circumvent the time limit for games. China’s Central Commission for Cyberspace Affairs has announced that it will closely monitor services for the sale and rental of gaming accounts.

The Outriders shooter was released in April 2021, but its revenue still cannot cover the development and marketing costs. Studio People Can Fly in the report for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, reported that it still does not receive royalties from Square Enix.

A new round of layoffs took place at Ludia Studio, known for mobile games in the Jurassic World universe. Former studio employees write about this on LinkedIn.

In the Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat slasher, 666,666 people have previously registered. It was possible to achieve this figure in a little over four months: Capcom opened pre-registration on February 16.

The authors of Call of Duty are expanding their presence in Europe. Infinity Ward Studio has announced that it has a team in Barcelona.

In January 2023, it became known that some of the developers who worked on the game were missing from the credits of The Callisto Protocol. Six months later, the Striking Distance studio updated the titles and added missed specialists to them.

Gamers around the world have bought Final Fantasy XVI over 3 million times, the Famitsu portal reports, citing a Square Enix press release.

Hi-Rez Studios, which has Paladins, SMITE and Rogue Company games in its portfolio, has changed its business structure. She announced that she had divided her studios between three divisions.

Analytical company data.ai published a list with mobile publishers in whose applications users spent the most money in 2022. Tencent became the highest earning publisher for the sixth time in a row.