📈 GameMaker's Marketwire
Hello GameMakers,
This week, we experiment by providing the past week’s most popular gaming news instead of a game deep dive.
Which do you prefer? Let me know!
Also, congrats to Madfinger and their launch to #1 Steam Revenue of Gray Zone Warfare! You’ll hear this a lot for PC over the next 1-2 years: Yet Another Extraction Shooter.
YAES another one!
Gaming News | Wed May 8, 2024
Microsoft shut down several Bethesda studios, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. The closure affected teams behind games like Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush. Eurogamer.net Game Informer GamesBeat
EA CEO's vision for games as a platform for socialization and self-expression, highlighting the industry's focus on community and personal expression. Venture Beat
The significant success of "Gray Zone Warfare," a new release that has already reached over 500,000 sales in two days, showcasing the game's immediate impact on the market. Game Developer
After massive management missteps and turmoil, Unity finally hires a new CEO: renowned former Zynga operator Matthew Bromberg. Unity
The Nintendo Switch surpassed 140 million units sold. The top 10 best-selling games were revealed, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leading the list. Nintendo plans to reveal a Switch successor by March 2025 but won't provide more details at the upcoming June Direct. Game Informer
EA continues to merge its mobile and ‘HD’ teams for EA FC, Madden and Sims, but investments in mobile games outside of that will be “very limited”, says boss Andrew Wilson. mobilegamer.biz
The successful legal victory of Epic Games against Apple in a significant court battle, highlighting the ongoing tensions between developers and distribution platforms. App Developer Magazine
Sony removed the PSN linking requirement for Helldivers 2 following massive community backlash. Helldivers community manager also fired after encouraging negativ reviews on PSN mandate. Eurogamer.net The Verge gamesradar
Rumors indicate that GTA 6 might finally get a trailer or official announcement soon. Fans have been eagerly awaiting more details on the next installment of the series. Forbes
Gizmodo predicts that AI will trigger a renaissance in indie game development, leading to an unprecedented number of titles and innovative gameplay mechanics in 2024. Gizmodo
Top 10 Charts
Hot damn, Brawl Stars at #3 Top Revenue. It’s on like Donkey Kong! Let’s see if they can push higher in the coming weeks…
Aniplex’s Fate/Grand Order at #7 Top Revenue spiked last week due to the “Traum Chapter” release and a 22 million downloads campaign. The new story chapter also included limited-time summoning banners and special events driving revenue.
We’ve already covered Supercent’s Pizza Ready at #2 Top Downloads, but that game continues to generate massive downloads.
Screw Puzzle at #5 Top Downloads is an interesting puzzle game involving, just as per the name, nuts and bolts.
Loop Hero, at #7 Top Downloads, is a low-fidelity, retro strategy RPG simulation game. In this game, the player strategically places terrain, buildings, and enemies along a looping path. The hero unit in the game automatically walks the path and fights enemies while the player manages resources and builds a camp to unlock new abilities and upgrades gradually.
Office Cat at #9 Top Downloads is yet another cat-oriented idle game showing that everybody loves cats.
Junior Monkey King 2 at #3 Top Downloads is a team battle RPG.
山河旅探 at #9 Top Downloads is a puzzle detective game.
Top 10 Mobile Publishers
I said it before, and I’ll say it again. If Supercell keeps improving liveops, and with the imminent global launch of Squad Busters, expect them to crack the Top 10 sometime soon.
Top 10 Steam Games
Congrats to former mobile game developer Madfinger on their success with the #1 Steam Revenue game Gray Zone Warfare, a very realistic extraction shooter. I once heard a rumor that Unity co-founder David Helgason once called Madfinger the world's best Unity mobile game development studio. Today, they are an Unreal PC game studio. How times have changed.
Total War: Warhammer III at #4 Top Revenue saw a dramatic increase in revenue last week due to the release of the major Update 5.0 and the new Thrones of Decay DLC. Update 5.0 introduced significant gameplay changes, bug fixes, and new features, while Thrones of Decay added new Legendary Lords and campaign mechanics. G2G Total War