Finance and sales

CD Projekt has released its financial report for the third quarter ended September 30. The company has achieved significant growth in revenue and net profit, with Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty reaching a new milestone.

Polish developer One More Level has disclosed the first figures for Ghostrunner 2, a sequel to its commercially successful cyberpunk action game. Let’s take a closer look at the data.

Niko Partners has updated its China Games Market 2023 Half-Year report, sharing new projections for the full year. The country is expected to see a rise in video game revenue after its first-ever decline in 2022.

The cooperative horror Lethal Company, created by a lone developer Zeekerss, has become a hit on Steam. It took the third place in the chart of the highest-grossing premium products on the site for the last week.

This amount is indicated in the profile of former Fortnite creative director Donald Mustard on the website of AGBO — the production company of directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Anthony, Joe Russo). Mastart left Epic Games in September 2023 and is now listed as an AGBO partner.

Even after the start of its troubles with mobile app stores and legal battles with Apple and Google, Fortnite remains one of the highest-grossing games globally. Here is how much money Epic Games’ biggest hit has generated to date.

The Talos Principle 2, the long-awaited sequel to Croteam’s acclaimed first-person puzzle game, has reached its first sales milestone just over two weeks after launch.

Ark: Survival Ascended, a remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved, has reached a new milestone shortly after its Early Access launch on Steam. The developers are now working on console versions of the game

Snail, the publisher of ARK: Survival Ascended, announced that the game has passed the milestone of 600 thousand copies sold two weeks after its release in early access.

Monopoly GO! has achieved an impressive milestone just seven months after its global launch. This is a big success for Scopely and its new owner, Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group.

Newzoo has updated its 2023 forecast for the global games market, also analyzing the top 10 game publishers by revenue. Tencent, Sony, and Apple remain the leaders, but big shifts are expected in the second half of the year due to the completion of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Lethal Company, a co-op horror scavenging game from solo dev Zeekerss, is taking Steam by storm. Thanks to its fun core gameplay, it has already attracted hundreds of thousands of players, making it another strong indie hit this year.

Wooga has announced that Hidden June's Journey has crossed the $1 billion gross revenue milestone faster than any other German-developed mobile game. It took her six years.

Embracer Group has shared its financial results for the three-month period ended September 30. The Swedish holding company also provided new details about its gaming business and the ongoing restructuring program that has already resulted in hundreds of job cuts.

Embracer Group has published a financial report for July-September 2023. In it, the Swedish company reported that for the first time in history it fired about 900 people in a quarter — this is 5% of the staff. Despite everything, she is confident that as a result of the restructuring, she will only become stronger.

Tencent has issued its financial report for the third quarter of 2023 ended September 30. With its gaming business showing strong growth, the Chinese tech giant plans to expand its existing franchises globally and develop more titles based on third-party IPs.

Newzoo analysts estimate that in the first half of 2023, the ten largest public game publishers earned a total of $54.4 billion. Most of all — Tencent, Sony and Apple.

Tencent has released a report for the third quarter of 2023, which ended on September 30. The Chinese giant reported that all its divisions had increased revenue.

Monster Strike, a mobile hit game by Mixi, has reached an impressive milestone 10 years after its launch. Its revenue has surpassed $10 billion in Japan alone.

About this in an interview with the publication "Газета.ги " said Daniil Kosachev, a game designer based on the meme slasher.

The demand for literature related to the gaming industry has increased in Russia, "LitRes" reports. In January-October 2023, the service bought 20% more books on such topics than in the same period last year.

Stronghold: Definitive Edition, a remastered version of the classic real-time strategy game, has been a success for Firefly Studios. Here’s how the title performed after its recent launch on Steam.

Atlus has announced that Persona 5 Strikers has sold 2 million copies. It took almost four years for this RPG: its release in Japan took place in February 2020, the game reached the global release in February 2021.

Steam Deck has been a huge success for Valve. And the new statement from the company indicates that its portable PC continues to sell well.

Sony has released its financial report for the second quarter ended September 30. Here are the key numbers related to the company’s gaming business.

Sony announced the results of the second quarter of fiscal 2023 (July-September 2023). Below is a brief summary of the success of the gaming division.

Take-Two Interactive reported for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2023. It was unprofitable: the company's net losses immediately increased by 111%.

Mortal Kombat has been doing well commercially, according to NetherRealm Studios’ parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. Let’s take a look at its launch sales and compare them to previous titles in the series.

GTA 6 is one of the most anticipated video games right now, and Rockstar is almost ready to release the first trailer for it. As a result, publisher Take Two saw its share price soar.

On November 2, Blizzard Entertainment released its mobile strategy title Warcraft Rumble. Let’s take a look at its revenue and other metrics during the first week of its global launch.

On the morning of November 8, journalist Jason Schreier citing sources, he said that Rockstar Games is fully announcing GTA VI this week. The rumors reflected well on the shares of the parent company of Rockstar Games — Take-Two Interactive.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder has been a huge success for Nintendo, breaking franchise records in terms of launch sales. Let’s compare its figures to previous titles in the long-running series.

G5 Entertainment summed up the financial results of the third quarter of 2023. We chose the main thing from the report.

Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Bros. Wonder has set a record for the fastest sales among the games of the Super Mario series.

Nintendo has released its report for the first half of FY24 ended September 30. The company saw growth in all the key business metrics, with Tears of the Kingdom driving sales of Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo has published a financial report for April-September 2023. She reported an increase in both revenue and profit.

Investors of the Polish studio Starward Industries were disappointed by the reviews of the gaming press on The Invincible — a science fiction thriller based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Stanisław Lem) "Invincible". On November 3, developer shares were trading as cheap as ever.

Last week, Japanese residents bought Xbox Series and consoles more often than PlayStation 5 consoles. According to Famitsu, 3,301 copies of the Xbox Series and 2,933 copies of the PlayStation 5 were bought in the country.

Japan's Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware, has released a financial report for the quarter ended September 30. We have chosen the main thing about the gaming division.

Electronic Arts has released a financial report for the second quarter ended September 30. The company’s revenue and profit continue to grow, largely driven by the ongoing success of its live service games.

Electronic Arts (EA) summed up the results of the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30. The company has shown good results.

Devolver Digital is expanding with the announcement of a new M&A deal. The indie publisher has acquired System Era Softworks, which will become its seventh subsidiary.

New details have emerged about the recent layoffs at Bungie. It appears the cuts were made due to Destiny 2’s poor commercial performance, with the studo now trying to take steps to improve the metrics.

Bungie's layoffs affected 8% of the studio's staff, or about 100 people, according to Bloomberg and IGN sources. According to their information, the cuts took place against the background of serious problems with Destiny 2.

Remedy has released its financial report for the third quarter ended September 30. The company’s losses continue to grow, as it increases investment in game development and aims for long-term success.

Survival about survival in the jungle Green Hell has sold over 5 million copies. This was announced by the Polish studio Creepy Jar.

Unlike the mobile market, tracking downloads and revenue of free-to-play games on PC is nearly impossible due to a lack of data. But discoverability expert Simon Carless has tried to analyze the current state of the F2P segment on Steam.

Remedy Entertainment shareholders have positively reacted to the launch of Alan Wake 2. As a result, the Finnish studio saw its stock go up shortly after.

On the evening of October 26, Ubisoft published a report for the first half of fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30. She reported an increase in most key indicators.

As The Outer Wolrds celebrates its fourth anniversary, Obsidian Entertainment has shared updated sales figures for its action RPG. Let’s compare them to other games developed by the studio.