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News November 14, 2023

“LitRes”: in 2023, sales of books about the gaming industry increased by 20%

The demand for literature related to the gaming industry has increased in Russia, “LitRes” reports. In January-October 2023, the service bought 20% more books on such topics than in the same period last year.

News November 14, 2023

Indie horror DON’T SCREAM earned more than $900 thousand in two weeks

On October 27, two indie developers Joe Henson and Joure Visser released the horror DON’T SCREAM into early access on Steam. In a conversation with gaming expert Simon Carless, they talked about the success of the game.

News November 14, 2023

The performer of the role of Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 thought to leave the profession of an actor before joining the gaming industry

Neil Newbon is an actor who played Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 and received the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023. In his acceptance speech, he admitted that the gaming industry had saved his career.

News November 14, 2023

Media: Russia has proposed to introduce a tax for foreign companies that agree to move game servers to the country

On Thursday, November 9, the Government of the Russian Federation held a meeting with representatives of the Russian gaming industry. According to Kommersant, it discussed a bill on the mandatory transfer of servers of popular games in the country to Russia.

WN Academy November 14, 2023

What is the difference between advertising and marketing — interview with Kirill Oreshkin

On the topic “What are the tasks of advertising?” and “Do games need advertising at all?”, the editors of App2Top talked with Kirill Oreshkin, former co—head of the Wargaming advertising agency and author of the course “How to make advertising for games that will work?“.

News November 14, 2023

180 people were fired from Amazon’s gaming division

Amazon Games vice President Christoph Hartmann said in a letter to employees that massive layoffs took place in the Amazon gaming division. The thing is that the company has adjusted its approach to doing business.

News November 13, 2023

The developer studio of Feather and KILLBUG has closed after almost ten years of work

The Australian studio Samurai Punk announced the closure. She disbanded the entire team, but promised to continue supporting the games in the foreseeable future.

News November 13, 2023

Neowiz bought a stake in BLANK. Game Studios — Veteran studios CD PROJEKT RED

South Korean publisher Neowiz acquired 21.26% of BLANK Studio. Game Studios, which was opened this spring by several former leading developers from CD PROJEKT RED. The purchase cost the company $17 million.

News November 13, 2023

In 2022, Australian game studios earned $180 million

The GamesIndustry portal studied the data of the Australian Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) and shared statistics on the Australian gaming market for 2022.

News November 13, 2023

Mobile downloads of Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis exceeded 7 million

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is a mobile adaptation of the original Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs. According to Square Enix, since the release on September 7, 2023, the title has been downloaded more than 7 million times.

News November 13, 2023

The main thing for the weekend (November 11-12)

In 2016, some companies offered to buy the creators of Hitman for $ 1, Baldur’s Gate 3 broke the record of The Last of Us Part II for the number of awards at the Golden Joystick Awards, the artist Samwise Didier left Blizzard Entertainment after 32 years of work — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

News November 10, 2023

Sales of Persona 5 Strikers exceeded 2 million copies

Atlus has announced that Persona 5 Strikers has sold 2 million copies. This RPG took almost four years: its release in Japan took place in February 2020, the game reached the global release in February 2021.

News November 10, 2023

Remedy Entertainment has expanded its management team

The Finnish company Remedy Entertainment has divided the position of Director of Product and Technology into two positions. Now these directions will be led by different people.

News November 10, 2023

The First paid Horse in World of Warcraft for $15 earned more than StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

This was stated by the former developer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the founder of the Pirate Software indie studio Jason Thor Hall.

Analytics November 10, 2023

AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of October 2023

Based on the AppMagic database, the App2Top editors have prepared material about the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.

Conferences November 10, 2023

The next WN Conference will be held in Belgrade on December 7-8

The first details about the upcoming event have been published: It will be held in the capital of Serbia in early December, among the speakers are both veterans of the Western industry and representatives of large local teams. More than 400 companies are expected.

News November 10, 2023

Valve has sold “several million” copies of Steam Deck

Steam Deck designers Lawrence Yang and Pierre-Loup Griffais told about the sales of the portable PC in a comment to The Verge. They did not give exact figures.

News November 10, 2023

Owen Mahoney to step down as CEO of Nexon

The South Korean publisher Nexon has announced a change of leadership. In March 2024, Owen Mahoney will cease to lead the company. By that time, it will be exactly ten years since he took the position of CEO.

News November 10, 2023

Warframe Developers Close Publishing Division

Digital Extremes company will stop publishing games of third-party teams. In particular, she will no longer be a publisher of the Wayfinder MMO action, – the Airship Syndicate studio that developed it will again gain full control over the title.

News November 10, 2023

Unity report: layoffs are possible, the reaction to the Runtime Fee did not significantly affect revenue

Unity has summed up the financial results of the third quarter of 2023. She said that compared to last year, her revenue increased by 69%. The growth could have been even greater, but in September, after widespread criticism of the new pricing policy of the engine, its revenues decreased slightly.