Capcom has released its financial report for the six-month period ended September 30, 2024. The Japanese publisher remains optimistic despite a sharp drop in key business metrics.
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The M.Video-Eldorado Group shared data on console sales in Russia for January to September 2024. By the end of this period, the Russian console market continues to grow steadily
EA Sports FC 25 led Newzoo's overall revenue charts for September and secured a position within the top three across all individual gaming consoles.
Merger and acquisition activities in the global gaming industry have increased for the fourth consecutive quarter, with 56 announced M&A deals contributing to a disclosed deal value of $2.5 billion during the period.
Newzoo has analyzed the top-grossing PC and console games for the third quarter of 2024. Here are the key findings, including the performance of new releases and the dominance of sports franchises.
Ultimate Games S.A. (Ultimate Fishing Simulator and Thief Simulator) has released preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2024
In September, EA Sports FC 25 launched at the top of Circana's US charts, marking the highest launch month dollar sales ever recorded for a soccer game.
Circana is back with its monthly overview of the US games market. September 2024 saw a sharp decline in hardware sales and the dominance of sports titles.
New details about the future of the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown developers have emerged following a report of Ubisoft’s decision to disband the team.
Valve does not plan to launch hardware on a yearly or cyclical basis, as this approach is considered "not really fair to customers"
Steam is the main storefront for game distribution on PC. Bohemia Interactive looks back at its debut on the platform 15 years ago, revealing how many copies of its games it has sold since then.
Critical acclaim and a very positive player reception have translated into strong sales for the Silent Hill 2 remake. Here is how the game is doing commercially in Europe.
Chris Dring, the head of GamesIndustry, talked about this in a microcast on Spotify.
The Game Publishing Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association released a report on the state of the local gaming market for the third quarter of 2024. It reports a historic peak in revenues and confident industry growth, largely attributed to the successful international launch of Black Myth: Wukong
PulluP Entertainment, the parent company of the publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing, released its financial report for the quarter ending September 30, 2024. It stated that the successful release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 significantly boosted key business metrics
PulluP Entertainment, the parent organization of Focus Entertainment Publishing, has released its financial report for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024. The recently launched Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 helped boost the company’s business performance.
Indie games make up the majority of products released on Steam every year. But how much money doe they make on the platform and what is their revenue share compared to AA/AAA titles? A new report from VG Insights sheds some light on this matter.
On October 16, trading of DON’T NOD shares was temporarily halted on the European stock exchange Euronext. This pause was requested by the company itself.
Capcom has announced another major milestone for the Resident Evil 4 remake. The game continues to climb the franchise’s best-selling games list.
Capcom announced that the sales of the Resident Evil 4 remake continue to grow even a year and a half after its release. They have surpassed the 8 million copies mark.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO has been off to an impressive launch, marking another successful release for Bandai Namco this year. Let’s take a look at its sales figures and compare them to some other titles in the franchise.
Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco announced that their new 3D fighting game DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO sold 3 million copies on the first day of its release
From January 1 to September 30, 2024, indie games earned a total of $4 billion on Steam, according to a report by the analytics firm VG Insights. This accounts for 48% of the total revenue from all games in the Valve store for the period
Publishers rarely disclose the metrics of their games, which is why we love Hooded Horse’s transparency. Let’s take a closer look at the results the company’s games have achieved over the past 12 months.
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been off to an impressive start, promising to become another success for Atlus this year. Let’s take a close look at its launch and first metrics.
China is the largest market for Palworld in terms of the number of game users. Community manager of the studio Pocketpair, John Buckley, recently mentioned this in an interview with Game Rant.
China remains the number one geo by revenue for Genshin Impact. Here’s how much money the mobile version of the game has generated in the country when taking into account third-party Android stores.
Today, October 11, Metaphor: ReFantazio, a new RPG from the creators of Persona, was released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. The launch of the project turned out to be extremely successful
Scopely is considering various options to expand its portfolio. The Monopoly Go! developer has plans to make a huge acquisition with the help of its parent company Savvy Games Group.
The remake of Silent Hill 2 helped increase the stock value of Bloober Team. By midday on October 8, the price of shares in the Polish studio rose to 25.3 zlotys ($6.45) each, which is 12.4% more than on the evening of October 4, Friday
Amid ongoing stock price turmoil, the Guillemot family is considering various options for the future of Ubisoft. This includes a potential sale of the company to Chinese tech giant Tencent.
In 2023, the PC gaming market in Japan generated 236.4 billion yen, or approximately 1.6 billion dollars, according to a report by the CESA association. Compared to 2019, its revenue has tripled
tinyBuild released its financial report for January through June 2024. The company is pleased with the initial results of its updated strategy, as since the beginning of the year, tinyBuild has been focusing on creating "thousand-hour games" without AAA budgets
Sales of Manor Lords have exceeded 2.5 million copies
· a month agoPlayers continue to buy Manor Lords. Publisher Hooded Horse reports that as of today, the medieval city-builder has been purchased over 2.5 million times worldwide
Ubisoft's shares have plummeted to 2013 levels
· a month agoSeptember 2024 marked a sharp decline in Ubisoft's stock prices on the stock exchange. By midday on September 26, their price had dropped to 9.24 euros per share
In December 2018, the studio Nomada and publisher Devolver Digital released GRIS, a meditative platformer about a girl experiencing a tragedy in a surreal world. According to the developers, the game has been purchased over 3 million times to date.
Ubisoft has adjusted its financial outlook, stating it now "anticipates net bookings of approximately €1.95 billion, with non-IFRS operating income and free cash flow expected to be around break-even"
Cubic Games studio shared the latest metrics for the free-to-play shooter Pixel Gun 3D. Now we know how many people have downloaded the game on various platforms and how much it has earned
The mobile version of Dungeon & Fighter has reached a billion dollars in revenue, according to the analytics company Sensor Tower. 82% of this amount was earned in China, where the game was released in May 2024
Ghost of Tsushima took a little over four years from its release to sell 13 million copies. Developers from Sucker Punch shared this information with The New York Times
Revenue for Pokémon Sleep has exceeded $120 million
· a month agoAccording to AppMagic data, Pokémon Sleep has generated $120 million in revenue 14 months following its initial launch.
DON’T NOD reported on the first six months of 2024. The half year was not very successful for the French company, so they had to revise some of their plans
Don't Nod has released its financial results for the first half of 2024, disclosing that its recent titles, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Jusant, "performed well below expectations"
Last War: Survival is a mobile strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse, developed by the Singaporean company First Fun. The game was released in July 2023. According to the analytics firm Sensor Tower, since its release, Last War: Survival has generated over $900 million
On the morning of September 23, the stock price of the Polish publisher and developer 11 bit studios sharply declined. The reason was what investors deemed an insufficiently successful launch of the city-building survival game Frostpunk 2.
In the United Kingdom, 1.74 million video games were sold in August, marking a modest decrease of 1.5% compared to the same month last year, according to data from GSD
The new release from Saber Interactive boasts yet another achievement. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has surpassed nearly all 2024 new releases in Europe in terms of copies sold, reports journalist Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry, citing GSD data
The revelation that Square Enix deems its two significant Final Fantasy releases within the past year—Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth—as falling short of sales targets is unlikely to shock industry insiders. In fact, this development was anticipated to such an extent that it has led to widespread, albeit dramatic, expressions of disbelief.
Square Enix has announced that sales figures for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 have fallen short of their expectations.
Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah has shared the sales figures for Dragon Age: Inquisition. Here is how they compare to other games made by the Edmonton-based studio.
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Last War: Survival is a mobile strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse, developed by the Singaporean company First Fun. The game was released in July 2023. According to the analytics firm Sensor Tower, since its release, Last War: Survival has generated over $900 million