Stores and publishing

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Sony has released its financial results for the nine months concluding on December 31, 2024, demonstrating overall growth, particularly during the holiday season.

Sony has released a financial report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2024. The company’s gaming division saw strong growth in both revenue and operating profit.

Sony Corporation shared its financial results for October-December 2024. They highlighted the performance of the gaming division from the report.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II unsurprisingly took over the Steam charts last week, dethroning Counter-Strike 2. Let’s take a closer look at the top-grossing products on the platform over the past seven days.

In recent years, the share of games on proprietary engines in Steam has significantly decreased, according to data from the analytics service VG Insights. While in 2012, they were used in 71% of new releases on the platform, by 2024, this figure had dropped to only 13%

The highest-grossing game on the Steam platform last week, without any monetization discounts, was Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. During the period from February 4 to 11, the game by Daniel Vavra surpassed Counter-Strike 2 in revenue.

A new indie game publisher has emerged in Sweden. It's called Three Friends

Sony has issued an apology to users following a nearly 24-hour outage of the PlayStation Network over the weekend

A group of former employees from Mojang and Coffee Stain have joined forces to establish a new venture named Three Friends

In the Steam documentation for partner developers, a separate section dedicated to in-game advertising has appeared. The store listed which advertising practices it supports and which it does not support

Steam has introduced a new notification for users, alerting them when games launched in early access have not received recent updates.

On the night of February 6th, the new installment of Sid Meier’s Civilization strategy game became available to purchasers of the premium editions. They were not impressed. At least on Steam, the game received numerous negative reviews

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications now mandates that game developers secure a license to keep their apps available on Apple's App Store

The SteamDB service noticed that a new feature appeared in the Steam store. On the pages of games in early access, there is now a warning indicating that a project has not received updates for a long time.

Simon Carless, the founder of the analytic service GameDiscoverCo, looked into the gross revenue from new releases on Steam in January 2025. The top-grossing release of the past month was Dynasty Warriors: Origins

On the evening of February 4, 2025, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. According to the SteamDB service, the medieval RPG launched on Steam with a strong online presence of 159,351 people

February is expected to be a really busy period for major new game releases, with pre-orders for several upcoming games sitting in the top 10 of the Steam charts. Here are the top-selling products on the platform by gross revenue for the week of January 28-February 4.

This evening marks the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. In anticipation, the game's pre-orders climbed to second place in the overall rankings of the highest-grossing products on Steam over the past week—first place, if you exclude free-to-play titles from the chart

At the end of January, the companies Funselektor and Strelka Games announced over the hill — a car driving simulator where players will travel through mountains, fields, and many other scenic landscapes. It took the game only five days to reach the milestone of 100,000 wishlists on Steam

In Japan, developers of adult games are facing issues with receiving Steam payments. According to Japanese parliamentarian Taro Yamada (山田太郎), local banks have begun blocking their money transfers from the Valve platform.

Beginning in January 2026, PlayStation Plus will exclusively concentrate on games for the PlayStation 5.

Microsoft has released its financial report for the second quarter ended December 31, 2025. The results of its gaming division were mixed, with content and service growth offset by declines in hardware revenue.

Microsoft disclosed its financial outcomes for the second quarter of its fiscal year, revealing a 7% drop in overall gaming revenue alongside a 29% decline in hardware sales

In December 2024, users of Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox from around the world spent $465 million on Microsoft games, according to the analytics firm Ampere Analysis. This amount is more than what was spent on games from any other publishers

Last year, Russians spent 29.5% more on buying consoles than in 2023, calculated the retail chain M.Video-Eldorado. According to the company's estimates, their total spending reached 31.67 billion rubles

Rockstar’s hit Red Dead Redemption 2 suddenly became the top premium game on Steam last week. Here is more data on the highest-grossing titles on the platform over the past seven days.

Thanks to the discounts, Red Dead Redemption 2 often ranks among the top-grossing products on Steam, but this time it climbed particularly high. For the week from January 21 to 28, Rockstar Games' title secured third place overall and first among paid games

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, a second installment in the ongoing remake trilogy, has finally arrived on PC less than a year after its PlayStation 5 release. Here is how the game performed on Steam in terms of initial player interest.

Developer Pocketpair, known for Palworld, has introduced a publishing arm and teamed up with Surgent Studios for their forthcoming horror game.

Pocketpair is expanding its business by launching a publishing label. The Palworld developer plans to partner with other indie studios to help them fund and distribute their games.

Marketers Andrey Odintsov and Petr Tsap conducted a study on pricing strategies in Steam. They identified success criteria for pricing categories on the platform and also shared the recommended investment size for each category.

The drought of new major releases continues, so seeing evergreen hits at the top of the Steam charts is not surprising. Here are the highest-grossing titles on the platform over the past seven days.

For the week from January 14 to January 21, the chart of the best-selling products on Steam was dominated by multiplayer games. The first place went to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS — the battle royale from KRAFTON pushed the previous five-week leader, Counter-Strike 2, to the second spot.

On the morning of January 21, the collectible card game Marvel Snap resumed operations in the United States after a two-day outage that occurred amid a temporary ban on TikTok in the country. During this period, its developers missed out on significant revenue

In December 2024, RuStore was the second most popular mobile store in Russia, according to a report by Vedomosti citing research from Mediascope. At that time, its monthly active users (MAU) exceeded 50 million.

Kylyk Games is a three-person team currently working on their debut project Urban Jungle. Here’s how they went from launching a Steam page to becoming full-time indie devs.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the first main installment in the long-running franchise in almost seven years, has been released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Let’s take a closer look at its early metrics.

A new indie hit may appear on Steam. A solo developer from The Sledding Company shared that his multiplayer game, Sledding Game, managed to go viral and gathered 11.4 times more wishlists in a week than he expected

Recently, the free-to-play shooter Delta Force launched the "Meteor Shower" season, bringing new content to the game. As noted by the SteamDB service, this launch significantly boosted audience interest, leading to a record increase in Delta Force's online presence on Steam

Sergey Klisho, a veteran of the gaming industry who led the PlayStation division in Russia and the CIS for 15 years, has joined the Astrum Entertainment team

The future of Microsoft’s gaming business remains uncertain due to the company’s bet on Game Pass and cloud.

The digital store GOG has taken another step towards preserving old games for future generations of gamers. It announced its membership in the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP)

GOG has teamed up with the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP), the largest federation in Europe dedicated to safeguarding video games as a part of cultural heritage.

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming teams (or those related to the gaming industry) and experts. Up next is an interview with Alexey Izotov, CEO of Digital Vortex Entertainment

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.

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

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

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