Game News Round-Up

Garry's Mod Steam Workshop Hit By Nintendo Takedown Demand

• In the post on Steam, Facepunch Studios urged players and creators to help them remove every trace of anything Nintendo-themed from Garry's Mod.
• It was originally thought that the DMCA requests coming from 'Nintendo' were false and were being circulated by a malicious operator, but Facepunch Studios confirmed that the requests are legit and come directly from the legal team at Nintendo.
• Many users are now wondering what took Nintendo so long to make this formal request.

Kazuma Kaneko, longtime Atlus artist, departs after 35-year run

• During his Atlus tenure, Kaneko touched everything from Persona to Shin Megami Tensei and Soul Hackers to even Devil May Cry.
• The artist has jumped ship over to COLOPL.

Steam amends refund policy, nixing advanced access loophole in the process

• In the past, the "refund timer" would reset on an early access game's full release, allowing players with hundreds of hours to get an automatic refund when a game moved to full release.

Suspect charged for cancelling Nintendo Japan events by threatening to 'kill everyone' for 'shitty games'

Switch Online's N64 app gets two more games today

• Extreme-G and Iggy's Reckin' Balls

Previously thought to be only over one million players in a single day on Fallout 76, there has been almost five million players across all Fallout games in a single day

• **EGX and MCM **come together for 2024: <https://www.gamesindustry.biz/egx-and-mcm-come-together-for-2024>
• The two events will co-locate to create 'the biggest pop culture weekend in the UK'
• Normally GamesIndustry Biz supports EGX with the business offering (Meetings with investors .etc)
• They have hinted that their offering will also be part of the EGX-MCM event.

CI Games hits record fiscal revenue in 2023

• CI Games has generated over $60 million in consolidated net revenue for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
• The figure represents a 400% year-over-year growth, the highest in the company's history.
• CI Games attributed 83% of its sales revenue to Lords of the Fallen, launched October 13, 2023.
• Meanwhile, 17% was generated from its back catalog of titles, and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 accounted for the remaining 9% of revenue.