Finance and sales

The developers of soulslike about the hermit crab Another Crab’s Treasure announced that the initial sales and reception of the game exceeded their wildest expectations.

Market intelligence platform InvestGame has analyzed gaming deal activity in the first quarter of 2024. Here are the key trends for various segments, including acquisitions and private investments.

The analytical company InvestGame has published a report on gaming transactions based on the results of the first quarter of 2024: we are talking about private investments, M&A and public offerings. According to the report, investors remain cautious, but there are signs of improvement in the market situation.

Microsoft has released its financial report for the third quarter ended March 31, 2024. Here is how the company’s video game division performed in the three-month period.

Microsoft has published a report for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 (January-March 2024). According to him, Activision Blizzard helped the gaming division of the corporation achieve impressive revenue growth.

Backpack Battles has become one of the surprise indie hits of 2024. In its first month, the inventory management auto battler reached an impressive milestone of 640k units sold on Steam.

Capcom has revised its outlook for the full-year ended March 31, 2024. The Japanese publisher expects its annual revenue and profit to hit new record highs.

Metacore closed 2023 with an operating loss of 5.6 million euros. This was announced in an interview with MobileGamer by Mika Tammenkoski, CEO of the Finnish studio.

Indie studio PlayWithFurcifer and publisher IndieArk spoke with gaming expert Simon Carless. They revealed the statistics of the PvP autobatcher Backpack Battles and told how the game managed to succeed.

Paradox Interactive has released its report for the first quarter of 2024 ended March 31. The publisher posted stable financial results, also admitting that the quality of its games should be more consistent.

The Swedish company Paradox Interactive has released a financial report for the first quarter of 2024, which ended on March 31. We have chosen the main thing.

11 bit studios is celebrating the sixth anniversary of Frostpunk. The survival city builder’s lifetime sales have now surpassed 5 million copies.

With the PC and console market dominated by evergreen live service hits and established franchises, it is interesting to see how many new releases are able to compete with them. Newzoo has shared some data on the top games by revenue in the first quarter of 2024.

The Games Workshop company, which owns the rights to the Warhammer universe, announced that financial director Rachel Tongue sold 7.5 thousand shares owned by her for 711.7 thousand pounds, or about 885 thousand dollars. She got rid of the shares shortly after a scandal broke out in the Warhammer 40,000 community over changes to Laura.

tinyBuild has published a financial report for 2023. Its revenue was much lower than in 2022. The company also failed to make an operating profit.

tinyBuild has released its report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The company saw declines in all major business metrics, while sticking to its new long-term strategy aimed at improving its operations.

The new Moon Studios game has become one of the highest-grossing projects on Steam over the past week. No Rest for the Wicked started from the fifth place in the Steam sales chart, taking into account free games. If you exclude them, then she will be in third place.

Gas Station Simulator has reached a new milestone. Polish developer DRAGO entertainment has revealed that the game has generated over $10 million in revenue on Steam alone since its launch in September 2021.

French publisher PulluP Entertainment (formerly Focus Entertainment) summed up the financial year ended March 31, 2024. We have selected the main thing from the report.

Fallout 4 topped the chart of the best-selling games in Europe in the last week, GamesIndustry reports, citing data from the GSD analytical platform. She managed to do this thanks to the premiere of the series from Amazon and large discounts.

Devolver Digital has published a financial report for 2023. The company is still not making a profit, but its losses have decreased sevenfold.

The indie horror about the game of "Russian roulette" Buckshot Roulette took two weeks to sell a million copies on Steam. This was announced by its developer Mike Klubnika and publisher CRITICAL REFLEX.

The British publisher Team17 has published a financial report for last year. We have chosen the main thing.

On August 10, 2022, the Singapore-based Habby company sent a mobile action bagel to the global release Survivor.io in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. Sensor Tower analysts estimated that since that moment, the project has earned more than $ 500 million from the IAP.

The popularity of the Fallout series has also spurred the revenue growth of the mobile version of Fallout Shelter. According to the analytical company Sensor Tower, thanks to the premiere of the TV show, the daily revenue of the game in the App Store and Google Play increased fourfold.

The UK gaming market continues to grow, according to a report by the UKIE trade organization.

The German GAME Association has published a report on the state of the German gaming market over the past year. We have chosen the main thing.

Content Warning is without a doubt one of the biggest surprise hit this year so far. However, developer Landfall Games didn’t expect the game to sell hundreds of thousands of units after the end of its viral free-to-claim launch.

Kenshi, a genre-bending sandbox game, has reached a new milestone. The cult indie title has now sold over 2.3 million copies since its global launch.

Despite challenges in the US, ByteDance had a strong fiscal year, posting significant growth in revenue and profit. The Chinese tech giant also managed to outperform one of its main rivals, Tencent.

On April 9, NetEase's share price rose 4.1% to HK$157.5 (US$20) apiece. Shareholders have reacted positively to rumors that NetEase has agreed to re-publish Blizzard Entertainment games in China.

Released in honor of the first of April, the cooperative horror Content Warning is selling great. The game debuted from the fifth place on the chart of the highest-grossing games on Steam, ahead of PUBG in weekly sales: BATTLEGROUNDS, Dragon's Dogma 2 and Baldur's Gate 3.

Sensor Tower has released its State of Gaming 2024 report. Here are the key takeaways, including revenue and download data, as well as the main trends across various genres and regions.

The premium version of Dwarf Fortress is approaching an impressive milestone of 1 million copies sold. And the Adams brothers have no plans to stop developing their life’s project.

Shift Up has shared its 2023 financial results. The South Korean developer experienced significant increases in annual revenue and profit.

The South Korean studio Shift Up summed up the financial results of 2023. She reported a sharp increase in income.

Also among the leaders are games with mixed reality support and simulators," the report of the agency company Curran Games Agency says.

In a turbulent time for the games industry, many developers are struggling to secure investment. Market intelligence platform InvestGame has just published a curated list of gaming-focused funds, opening it up to everyone.

Capcom has shared the launch sales of Dragon’s Dogma 2, its first major release of 2024. The game has been a success, with over 2.5 million copies sold globally since its launch on March 22.

Capcom announced that Dragon's Dogma 2 has crossed the 2.5 million copies sold milestone in less than two weeks: the role-playing game was released on March 22.

Epic Games has been actively developing the UGC side of Fortnite for a while now, attracting thousands of third-party creators and paying them hundreds of millions of dollars in total. Here is how so-called engagement payouts are distributed among developers.

In April, the WN Academy educational platform will launch a new course dedicated to B2B sales in the games industry. It will be hosted by Julia Lebedeva, COO and partner at WN Media Group.

In April, as part of the WN Academy educational project, a course dedicated to business sales in the gaming industry is being launched. The course is taught by Yulia Lebedeva, COO and partner of WN Media Group.

Summerhouse is a very minimalistic and relaxing town builder. Its simple formul and the lack of strict rules has resonated in the hearts of the players, becoming a huge success for German solo developer Friedemann.

CD PROJEKT has published a financial report for the past year. The Polish gaming giant is showing excellent performance both in terms of revenue and profit. The report also announced the revenue of the Cyberpunk 2077 franchise for the entire period of operation and gave an update on the company's future line of projects.

CD Projekt has just released its 2023 financial report, posting strong growth in both revenue and net profit. The company also disclosed the lifetime revenue of Cyberpunk 2077 and provided an update on its game development pipeline.

Don’t Nod has released its financial report for the full 2023. The French company has reached record revenues, also announcing a reorganization of its business to strengthen its position in the three genres it specializes in.

The French company DON'T NOD has released a preliminary financial report for 2023. We share the main thing from it.

Market intelligence firm Newzoo has shared some data on Helldivers 2, one of the most successful releases of 2024 so far. Here is how Arrowhead’s co-op shooter performed across various metrics last month.

The Japanese Kadokawa Corporation is making a generous gesture. She is going to distribute promotional options worth 5.3 billion yen, or about $35 million at the current exchange rate, to employees of her subsidiary studio FromSoftware.