Thursday, 9 May 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 9 May 2024.

General5 stories

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition announced for Switch with 'over 150 challenges from 13 NES games'

  • Specifically concerned with speedrunning the game features 150 "byte-sized" challenges that can be tackled across several modes across 13 games:
  • Balloon Fight
  • Donkey Kong
  • Excitebike
  • Ice Climber
  • Kid Icarus
  • Kirby’s Adventure
  • Metroid
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
  • Will be available digitally for £24.99 via Switch's eShop on 18th July, and a £49.99 physical Deluxe Set releases at the same time.
Eurogamer

Shin Megami Tensei 5 joins Download Festival

  • Download has called it a "first of its kind experience" and is the latest in a growing crossover between the worlds of music and gaming.
  • Game releases the first day of the festival
BBC
Business3 stories

Nintendo Financial Results

  • FY (Ended March 31st 2024)
  • Net sales: ¥1.7 trillion ($11 billion, up 4.4% year-on-year)
  • Operating profit: ¥528.9 billion ($3.4 billion, up 4.9%)
  • Ordinary profit: ¥680.5 billion ($4.4 billion, up 13.2%)
  • Gross profit: ¥954.3 billion ($6.2 billion, up 7.8%)
  • Forecast (March 2025)
  • Net sales: ¥1.35 trillion ($8.7 billion, down 19.3%)
  • Operating profit: ¥400 billion ($2.6 billion, down 24.4%)
  • Ordinary profit: ¥420 billion ($2.7 billion, down 38.3%)
GamesIndustry.biz

Krafton Q1 Results

  • Sales: $488 million (666 billion KRW), up 24% year-on-year
  • Operating Profit: $227 million (310.5 billion KRW), up 10% year-on-year
  • Net Profit: $255 million (348.6 billion KRW), up 30% year-on-year
GamesIndustry.biz
Rumors1 story