Developers from Keen Games announced that the survival game Enshrouded has already been played by 3 million people. The game reached this milestone in less than eight months: it was released in early access on January 24, 2024.

PlayStation Store users may soon be allowed to leave written reviews for games. This feature is already being tested, according to Reddit user cusman78.

The law firm Semenov&Pevzner has prepared a comprehensive report on legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

Remedy Entertainment has released its report for the first half of 2024. Here are the highlights.

The mobile gaming market in Russia is stagnating in terms of downloads, reports “Vedomosti” citing data from the analytics platform data.ai. In the first half of 2024, game downloads from Google Play and the App Store in the country totaled 1.183 billion, 2.3% less than a year ago.

Last fall, a group of Russian deputies proposed defining at the state level which industries are considered creative and how to regulate them. Yesterday, on August 8, the relevant bill was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Take-Two Interactive has reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on June 30.

The studio Second Dinner announced a long-term strategic partnership with the Irish startup W4 Games, founded by veterans of Godot. They aim to help build an ecosystem around the Godot engine.

Nexon announced that the multiplayer shooter THE FINALS has surpassed 20 million players. The game reached this milestone eight months after its release: it was launched on December 8, 2023, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series.

Alongside the release of the financial report, Nexon announced a new business strategy. The company has revised its approach to working with franchises in an attempt to significantly increase their potential.

Nexon has reported its financial outcomes for the second quarter of 2024. We have selected the main figures from the report.

On July 25, one of the largest cities in China hosted an event for game developers and publishers — the WN x ChinaJoy International Summit Shanghai’24. It set an attendance record for smaller events by the WN media group, and its participants included representatives from companies such as Bandai Namco, BiLiBiLi, Bytedance, iDreamSky, miHoYo, Outfit7, Scopely, Tencent Games, and many others.

We continue the series of publications where specialists from gaming companies discuss different professions. The latest article in the series is about an Employer Brand Manager. The Head of Brand & PR at Glera Games, Artem Gruzd, provided detailed insights into the position.

G5 Entertainment has released its financial report for the second quarter of 2024. Here are the details.

The Turkish authorities have blocked access to the gaming platform Roblox within the country. According to officials, this was done to protect children.

Meta* Corporation has closed the American studio Ready At Dawn. It was dissolved after over 20 years of operation.

A new indie publisher, Digital Bandidos, has entered the gaming market. It was launched by Steve Escalante, the founder of the now defunct Versus Evil, and Lance James, the former head of production at Versus Evil.

The cooperative survival game Abiotic Factor is another successful project in the portfolio of publisher Playstack, which previously released the hit game Balatro. The game entered early access on Steam on May 2, 2024. Since then, it has been purchased over 600,000 times.

American Foretold Studios, known for the Tollan Universe game series, has been failing to pay its employees for months. Several former studio employees discussed this with Game Developer.