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At the end of the week from January 7 to 14, the leader of the top-grossing products chart on Steam was once again Counter-Strike 2, topping the rankings for the fifth consecutive time. Meanwhile, Marvel Rivals took the second place

After a short holiday break, we’re back with our weekly roundup of the top-grossing games on Steam. Here are the key changes on the charts over the past seven days.

TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of the Chinese giant Tencent, underwent a reorganization. It significantly streamlined its structure.

The mobile game developer SuperPlay used the advertising platform Gamelight to promote two of its key titles. Here we discuss the collaboration

OGQ Magazine published the iGaming sector results for the fourth quarter of 2024, with a special focus on Western European countries.

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Vladimir Nikolsky, the founder of the holding company Utmost Games.

The American studio Counterplay Games may have ceased to exist. An employee from Jackalyptic Games, a company that was co-developing an unannounced game with Counterplay Games, mentioned its closure on LinkedIn

A month ago, Steam users gained the opportunity to add the MMO shooter PIONER to their wishlist. According to GFA Games studio, since then, 100,000 people have added the game to their wishlists

The developer Freejam, known for creating Robocraft 2, has closed its doors

The in-game audio advertising company Audiomob has set up its Middle East and North Africa headquarters on Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates.

Space Ape Games has grown by launching a new studio called NextBeat

Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 (EG7) took steps last week to "wind down" Toadman Interactive and also dismissed 38 staff members from Piranha Games.

Ian Fielding, previously the studio head at Super Evil Megacorp, has taken on the role of CEO, while Kristian Segerstrale has transitioned to the position of executive chair at the developer.

Senior legal counsel at Prospectacy, Viktor Ivanov, spoke about the new tax regulations in Russia concerning IT companies

We continue our 2024 wrap-up together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Roman and Kirill Gurskiy, managing directors at GEM Capital.

We continue summarizing the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Next up is an interview with Elena Morina, the CEO and founder of the publishing company Ravenage

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Shum Singh, managing director and founder of Agnitio Capital.

Krafton has doubled down on its growth strategy. The South Korean publisher plans to continue investing in studios of various sizes around the world.

The Russian anime horror game MiSide has brought significant profits to its creators. According to data from the analytics service VG Insights, it has generated over 25 million dollars since its release on Steam on December 11, 2024

The South Korean company KRAFTON is an active investor. Its CEO, Changhan Kim, mentioned in an interview with Bloomberg that over the past two years, the owner of PUBG has spent around $680 million on acquiring and investing in gaming studios

Shortly after the start of its first season, Marvel Rivals broke its concurrent player record. NetEase’s hero shooter continues to show strong retention.

Square Enix has revised its customer harassment policy, aimed at safeguarding its staff and partners.

Recently in China, Where Winds Meet was released on PCs and smartphones — a role-playing game by Everstone Studio and NetEase, set during the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. At least on mobile devices, the new game has shown excellent initial results

We continue summing up the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Andrey Voronkov, Deputy Director of the Institute for Internet Development (IID)

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Mike Fischer, Professor of Interactive Media at the University of Southern California, Advisor at KRAFTON.

The start of the first season led to a record online presence for Marvel Rivals on Steam. Jason Schreier believes that game budgets are increasing largely due to inefficient management. The Chairman of the Russian State Duma stated that there are no plans to completely ban video games in Russia. We recap the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend

The Director of Business Development at the American studio World's Edge, Will McCahill, analyzed the level of positivity in user reviews on Steam from 2014 to 2024. According to his observations, the reviews have become more negative over time, and this is true for all languages

Dragami Games has shared a new milestone for the Lollipop Chainsaw remaster. The action game turned out to be a success for the Japanese company.

Together with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and related fields), we continue to summarize the results of 2024. Up next is an interview with Dmitry Bobrov, the CEO of ZiMAD studio

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Lisa Kretschmer, Studio Manager at IO Interactive.

Enad Global 7 (EG7) has returned to the cost-cutting mode. The Swedish holding company plans to reduce expenditures by laying off staff and restructuring its divisions.

Exient, a developer and publisher, has named Paul Topping as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Infinity Nikki by Infold Games has amassed $16 million in player expenditures within its initial month on mobile platforms

The remastered zombie action game Lollipop Chainsaw is selling well. Developers from Dragami Games announced that in four months, the game has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide.

Ubisoft has engaged advisors to examine a range of "strategic and capitalistic options" as part of its ongoing strategic and execution assessments

The Swedish holding company Enad Global 7 (EG7) continues to reduce its teams. The new cuts will affect two of its subsidiary studios: Toadman Interactive and Piranha Games.

The Portuguese Gambling Regulation and Inspection Service (SRIJ) shared the latest data on the legal online gambling market for the third quarter of 2024. We have highlighted the key points from the report

We continue to review the results of 2024 with teams and experts from the gaming industry. Next up is an interview with Nikita Matsokin, Executive Director at MGVC

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with David Fernandez Remesal, CEO of Sandsoft.

On the evening of January 9, Ubisoft informed investors that it had taken "decisive steps" to reorganize its business. The company appointed consultants to help the French company increase its profits and enhance the value of its assets and franchises.

Ubisoft has announced another delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows after improving the game and collecting player feedback over the past three months. The company also shared an update on its business restructuring and strategy.

The British publisher Slitherine and the Russian studio Steel Balalaika announced that the real-time strategy game Broken Arrow has been added to over 800,000 Steam users' wishlists

On December 17, 2024, Netflix released Squid Game: Unleashed, a mobile multiplayer game set in the universe of the series "Squid Game," on their streaming service. This release was timed ahead of the premiere of the show's second season. According to data from the analytics platform AppMagic, the launch was successful

The upcoming RTS wargame Broken Arrow, developed by Steel Balalaika, is set to launch in June. It continues to strengthen its position among Steam’s most wishlisted games.

A new batch of insider information about Ubisoft has emerged. The French company appears to be at a crossroads, suffering from mismanagement and a string of failed game releases, but with high hopes for the launch of the next major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series.

Since the release of the free-to-play superhero action game Marvel Rivals by NetEase, just over a month has passed: the game debuted on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on December 6, 2024. The Chinese portal GameLook, based on its data, attempted to estimate the game's initial revenues

Grand Games, a mobile studio, has successfully secured $30 million in a Series A funding round with Balderton Capital as the lead investor.

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Artur Beresnev, CEO of Alternative Stores Publishing at Mamboo.

We continue to summarize the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Arturo Beresnev, CEO of the Alternative Stores Publishing division at Mamboo

Scopely is one of the most successful publishers and developers of mobile games. In an official blog post, the company revealed a number of metrics it achieved by the end of last year.