A number of NetEase employees have been arrested on corruption charges, the failure of Concord served as a lesson for Sony, the creators of Palworld revealed details about Nintendo’s claims and reported that the company demanded $65,000 in compensation — here are the major events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

WN Academy and WN Talents have announced the online event “One Step Ahead: HR Strategies for 2025.” This conference aims to shed light on the job market in the gaming industry and address the challenges faced by companies in the human resources sector.

According to data from a new survey by XYZ School, Russian users may have spent 65 billion rubles on in-game purchases from July to September 2024.

On December 11, WN Media Group will host its first event dedicated to online gambling — the WN iGaming Summit. It will take place in Cyprus with support from Google Corporation. More than 500 participants are expected.

Sony reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended on September 30. Below are the figures for the company’s gaming division.

Warner Bros. Discovery released its financial report for the third quarter of 2024. The company is experiencing significant losses in its gaming division.

Is there a difference between the state of affairs in the video game market and the gambling industry? This was discussed by Vladimir Nikolsky and Alexander Riddick at the recent WN Conference Cyprus’24.

Tencent confirmed to PocketGamer that it carried out layoffs at the London office of Sharkmob studio. The exact number of dismissed employees has not been disclosed.

The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) has published a study on the state of the gaming industry in the country.

The British Independent Game Developers Association (TIGA) has released new data about the state of the industry in the country.

Based on data from AppMagic, the App2Top editorial team prepared a report on the state of downloads and revenue in the global mobile market.

Take-Two Interactive reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on September 30.

October was less tense for the gaming industry in terms of layoffs compared to September, when over a thousand professionals lost their jobs.

MobileGamer has highlighted a large number of games that Playrix is preparing for a possible launch. Considering how long it has been since the company released new products, following our colleagues, we decided to take a closer look at the projects we can expect from the creators of Gardenscapes and Homescapes.

Microsoft has begun testing a new AI chatbot as a support assistant for Xbox.

Since its launch in October 2019, Call of Duty: Mobile has reached one billion downloads worldwide. Activision announced this milestone ahead of the game’s fifth anniversary.

The President of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎), announced that the current library of Switch games will remain relevant for the future generation of the console.

Warner Bros. disclosed new sales data for Hogwarts Legacy in an interview with Variety: in less than two years since its release, the game has sold over 30 million copies.

Nintendo reported its financial results for the first half of fiscal 2025. All key company metrics are down.