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News July 9

The CEO of tinyBuild has increased his stake in the company

While the head of Sony sells his shares, the head of tinyBuild is buying more. The company’s CEO, Alex Nichiporchik, announced the purchase of another 430,000 tinyBuild shares for 46,950 British pounds ($62,800).
News July 9

Sony executive sells more than half of his shares following PlayStation’s move away from discs

Hiroki Totoki, the President and CEO of Sony, has suddenly decided to dispose of a significant portion of his shares in the corporation. He sold 225,000 securities—this amounts to 56% of his holdings.
News July 9

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy has been added to the wishlist over 800,000 times

Just recently, Owlcat Games reported 2 million sales of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, and now good news has arrived concerning another of their games. The studio announced that the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy has already appeared on nearly a million wishlists.
News July 9

Sony and Bungie have settled a lawsuit with the dismissed game director of Marathon

The conflict between former Marathon game director Christopher Barrett and the companies Sony and Bungie has been successfully resolved.
iGaming July 9

RubyPlay acquires Splash Tech for an undisclosed amount

The slot-specialized studio RubyPlay has agreed to purchase 100% of the shares of the B2B platform Splash Tech. The deal is still pending regulatory approval, and its financial terms have not been disclosed.
News July 9

New details on layoffs at id Software — over 70% of the staff have been laid off, but the id Tech engine will not be abandoned

Information continues to emerge about the situation at id Software in light of the XBOX restructuring. Among other things, it has become known that the layoffs at the studio were far more extensive than initially anticipated.
News July 9

Frostpunk 2 sales have surpassed the one million copies mark

Considering Game Pass subscribers, the game’s total audience should be even larger.
News July 8

Apple was unable to escape the status of “gatekeeper” in the EU

Apple lost a court case with the European Commission. During the proceedings, the corporation, among other things, tried to prove that it could not be fully classified as a “gatekeeper”—owners of digital platforms controlling the affairs within their segment.
News July 8

The creators of the mobile puzzle game Market Match! have raised $6 million

The gaming market continues to attract investments. Bold Games, a Turkish studio specializing in mobile game development, announced its latest funding round.
News July 8

The remake of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag has already sold better on Steam than Skull and Bones has over its entire lifetime — analysis

The upcoming Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has a good chance of becoming a long-awaited hit for Ubisoft, according to analysts from Alinea Analytics. In their assessment, the game has already performed excellently even before its release.
News July 8

After the success of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive has been flooded with offers to create new games

In 2024, Saber Interactive released Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 — a hit action game whose audience surpassed 12 million people this April, as reported. According to the studio’s creative director, Tim Willits, the game’s release significantly improved the team’s standing in the industry.
News July 8

The source code of Unturned has been made available to the public

In recent weeks, developers have actively shared the source codes of their projects. Now, Smartly Dressed Games has joined the list by publishing the code of the zombie sandbox game Unturned on GitHub.
iGaming July 8

Mass layoffs are set to occur at PokerStars

The company Flutter Entertainment has announced upcoming layoffs in the team of the online poker platform PokerStars. These will occur as part of a restructuring effort.
News July 8

The audience of Palworld has grown to 40 million people

Another achievement was eagerly shared by the company Pocketpair, the developer of the hit game Palworld. They announced this ahead of the game’s full release — version 1.0 will be out on July 10th.
News July 8

Sales of No Rest for the Wicked have exceeded 2 million copies

Moon Studios announced reaching this sales milestone on social media.
News July 7

IO Interactive will close its office in Istanbul but will complete Project Fantasy

The studio IO Interactive shared two pieces of news: one good and one bad. The good news is that the developers will indeed continue to work on the game codenamed Project Fantasy. The bad news is that it will not be without sacrifices.
News July 7

The Russian survival game “Polyaris” has garnered over 100,000 wishlists on Steam

As a result, the game ranked 593rd among the most anticipated projects on the platform.
News July 7

Media: Blizzard was barely affected by the layoffs at XBOX

A wave of layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division might have nearly bypassed Blizzard Entertainment. This is reported by journalist Jez Corden from Windows Central.
News July 7

Features of Developing Racing Simulators: An Interview with the Developer of CarX Drift Racing

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the latest episode is Vladimir Berezhnoi, a product owner at CarX Technologies.
News July 7

The team behind Pokémon Go has rebranded. It is now called Scopely Explore

Until this point, the team was known as Niantic Games.
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