The Walt Disney Company is searching for a successor to its current head, Bob Iger, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources claim that one of the candidates is Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts (EA).

Techland announced that the spin-off Dying Light: The Beast surpassed 1 million wishlists in less than three months since its announcement.

Payload Studios has confirmed that it parted ways with more employees last week. The exact number of layoffs is unknown.

Details have been published about the upcoming conference by WN Media Group in China. It will take place on November 21-22 in the city of Xiamen, with key participants including KRAFTON, MY.GAMES, IGDA, AppsFlyer, and the local municipal government.

On November 12, the new installment of Farming Simulator was released on PC and consoles. At least on Steam, the farming simulator proved to be very popular. The game’s peak concurrent player count on Valve’s platform reached 126,761 people.

The Spanish studio Tequila Works has declared bankruptcy. The company filed the necessary paperwork, and all of its founders have resigned.

The financial reporting season continues as Nexon has now unveiled the results for the third quarter of 2024 (July-September). For the second consecutive time, the company has reported record-breaking revenues.

Analysts at Lumikai have presented a report on the state of the video game market in India. According to their forecasts, the industry’s revenue will grow by an average of 20% over the next four years.

The launch of the mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket has been exceptionally successful. According to data from the analytics service AppMagic, the IAP revenue for the project has reached $49 million. This milestone was achieved in just under two weeks; Pokémon TCG Pocket was released on October 30.

LightSpeed Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, has announced the launch of a branch in Japan. Veteran Japanese game developer Hideaki Itsuno has taken the helm of the new team.

Shift Up Studio reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, which spanned from July 1 to September 30. We have highlighted the key points from the report.

Two California gamers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft over the shutdown of The Crew servers, accusing the company of selling activation keys rather than the full version of the game. The plaintiffs claim that the company essentially deprived them of the right to own the product.

The gambling company Aristocrat agreed to sell Plarium. The new owner of the company, which developed RAID: Shadow Legends, will be the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group (MTG).

NetEase’s Eggy Party has launched a creators program aimed at increasing UGC (User-Generated Content) activity. The developers have taken the first step towards an open platform for creativity, where players can create content and earn from it.

The Chinese portal GameLook calculated that the mobile version of Age of Empires has generated 100 million yuan (approximately 13.89 million dollars) for TiMi Studios since its release on October 17.

Broken Sun is an ambitious MMORPG set in a fantasy world, developed by Redneck Studio from Saint Petersburg. A relatively large team is working on the project, with over 200 specialists involved.

Artist Kenney Vleugels shared with the indie developer community that his recently released asset pack was added to a game just two hours after its release.

Monday, November 11th started off poorly for the Japanese company Square Enix as their stocks fell. According to the Nikkei newspaper, their price dropped by 12.37% to 5,400 yen per share ($35.4 USD).

The studio Top App Games has shared the successes of its mobile PvP strategy game Ludus: Merge Arena, launched in October 2023.