Game Industry Highlights

Here are the Games Industry Highlights | Week 16-17 | 2024

🌍 Take-Two Interactive is laying off up to 400 people across its subsidiaries. Some projects will also be canceled.
🌍 Steam smash hit Content Warning has sold over 700,000 copies after giving away 6 million free copies.
🌍 Miniclip has acquired FuturLab (PowerWash Simulator).
🌍 Prestiged Gaming Group announced an investment fund to acquire game companies in Europe. More info: VentureBeat
🌍 Mobile publisher Kwalee fires 40 staff but still plans to grow headcount to over 400.
🌍 All Fallout games have received a major spike in players following the new TV show. Fallout 4 sales even shot up 7,500% in Europe last week, sending the game to No.1 in the charts.
🌍 Konvoy published a new Gaming Industry Report, which can be useful for people gathering data on the current industry situation. Konvoy
🌍 Global Games Fund is a new initiative by gamedev.world that will work with developers in emergent territories to support & fund their work through prototype-stage and pre-production project-based funding up to US$50,000 with transparent & developer-friendly recoup structures. Global Games Fund
🌍 Embracer Group announced its intention to transform into three standalone publicly listed entities.
🌍 Meta is opening up Meta Horizon OS, the mixed reality operating system that powers Meta Quest headsets, to third-party hardware makers.

🇧🇪 BIG SHOTS by AlterEyes released on all VR platforms! It’s a VR Roguelite where you fight endless alien hordes and earn upgrades to become the ultimate mech pilot. BIG SHOTS
🇧🇪 Slapshot Rebound (Oddshot Games), a physics-based multiplayer hockey game, had its Full Release after years of Early Access. Slapshot Rebound
🇧🇪 Breachers (Triangle Factory) launched its Competitive Update.
🇧🇪 Myron Games announced its next title, Underworld Overseer, the ultimate dungeon management experience in virtual reality! Underworld Overseer
🇧🇪 Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) has won the BAFTA GOTY and has become the first game to win all five major GOTY awards.
🇧🇪 Flemish Games Association & Video Games Federation Belgium published a jobs report for the Belgian gamedev sector! Jobs Report
🇧🇪 The deadline for the next round of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds funding for games is nearing! Deadline: 30 April 2024 VAF Funding
🇧🇪 The Belgian Game Awards are back, and submission forms have just opened! First Deadline: 21 May 2024. Belgian Game Awards