[Last week in games] Former Xsolla employees accuse CEO of misusing company accounts, Has Squad Busters' latest update 'saved' Supercell's latest launch?, and more news!
News in games that caught our eyes in the last week [26th of August to 1st of September 2024]
INDUSTRY NEWS
5 Tactics for the Volatile PC/Console Market (deconstructoroffun.com)
Gamescom 2024 breaks records with 335,000 visitors (venturebeat.com)
Spain: A thriving hub for global video game development (pocketgamer.biz)
How to Build Engaging Economies in Hybridcasual Games: Lessons from Crowd City and Mob Control - Mobile Freemium Game Design & Product Management (adriancrook.com)
The Casual Gaming Insights Mobile Marketers Need to Know in 2024 (gamerefinery.com)
INVESTOR
Miris emerges from stealth with $26M in funding for spatial streaming (venturebeat.com)
double jump.tokyo raises $10 million to bolster Web3 games development (pocketgamer.biz)
CD Projekt profits up nearly 90% following success of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (gamesindustry.biz)
Gameplay Galaxy raises $24M to build Web3 competitive ecosystem (venturebeat.com)
PTW acquires indie studio Ghostpunch Games (venturebeat.com)
Ten Square Games profits up 22.8% as restructure takes effect (pocketgamer.biz)
MARKET DATA
EA Sports College Football 25 tops revenue charts for July (gamesindustry.biz)
Steam breaks record with 37m concurrent players across entire platform (gamesindustry.biz)
U.S. remains leader in casual game ad spending (venturebeat.com)
Data digest: big Coin Master, Merge Mansion, Gardenscapes and Dice Dreams numbers, H1 in review, MENA market stats and more (mobilegamer.biz)
Bleach: Brave Souls hits 95 million downloads and unleashes new wave of player rewards (pocketgamer.com)
NEW GAMES
Starseed: Asnia Trigger is Com2us' newest title that's just opened pre-registration (pocketgamer.com)
Skydance's Behemoth will make you duel with giants in VR (venturebeat.com)
Casual RPG ‘Disney Pixel RPG’ From GungHo for iOS and Android Gets New Gameplay Trailer, Listed for October 7th (toucharcade.com)
Halls of Torment: Premium is an upcoming Vampire Survivors-esque roguelike, now open for pre-registration (pocketgamer.com)
Victory Heat Rally is an upcoming arcade racer coming to mobile via Crunchyroll Game Vault (pocketgamer.com)
‘SpongeBob: Bubble Pop’ Is a New Bust-a-Move-Like Coming to iOS and Android Through Tic Toc Games, Nickelodeon, and Netflix (toucharcade.com)
Immortal Rising 2 is an upcoming idle RPG with tokens, now open for pre-registration (pocketgamer.com)
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is out now for iOS and Android, albeit with a few issues (pocketgamer.com)
Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade is going global with a 10 million pre-registration goal (pocketgamer.biz)
‘Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince’ Is Coming to iOS, Android, and Steam on September 11th With All DLC Included From the Switch Release (toucharcade.com)
‘Super Farming Boy’ Available for Pre-Order on iOS with 20% Discount, Launch Planned for Next Year (toucharcade.com)
PUBLISHER NEWS
Savvy Games Group and Niantic pen agreement supporting expansion into the Middle East and North Africa (pocketgamer.com)
"What the hell was I doing?": Peter Molyneux’s "messing around on mobile" made 22cans over $13m (mobilegamer.biz)
‘Final Fantasy Brave Exvius’ Is Shutting Down on October 30th (toucharcade.com)
Savvy Games Group plots 600 new games industry jobs in Saudi Arabia (pocketgamer.biz)
Xsolla and Savvy Games Group sign deal to further game development in the Middle East (venturebeat.com)
Has Squad Busters' latest update 'saved' Supercell's latest launch? (mobilegamer.biz)
Supercell to bring Clash of Clans, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars championships together in historic SuperFest (pocketgamer.biz)
Saga Origins unveils slate of indie blockchain games (venturebeat.com)
Halfbrick+ wants to be the opposite of Apple Arcade (mobilegamer.biz)
Flame Fatales raises $118,000 for Malala Fund (gamesindustry.biz)
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened to shutter in America, Europe and Oceania, will stay open in Asia (pocketgamer.com)
It's lights out at Lightneer as the studio officially announces closure (pocketgamer.biz)
Google launches $2 million Indie Games Fund for Latin American studios (pocketgamer.biz)
Report: Former Xsolla employees accuse CEO of misusing company accounts (gamesindustry.biz)
Unionised Raven workers file complaint against studio, Activision, and Microsoft (gamesindustry.biz)
Amazon MMO Blue Protocol canceled ahead of western release (venturebeat.com)
Mental health charity Take This at risk of shutting down (gamesindustry.biz)