Game News Round-Up

Square Enix will make AAA games multiplatform as part of its ‘aggressive’ new business plan

• It implies that the publisher's days of platform exclusives may be ending

Microsoft to launch mobile game store in July

Netflix launches Nextworld, a ‘digital theme park’ on Roblox with games and items

• The hub includes games based on Stranger Things, One Piece and Rebel Moon

EA has teams looking at "thoughtful implementations" of ads "inside its game experiences"

The Rogue Prince of Persia delayed to avoid popularity of Hades 2

Destiny developer Bungie's original sci-fi shooter Marathon hits Steam for free

• The rest of the trilogy is on the way

V Rising hits 100,000 concurrent players on Steam

• It moved into full release last week

Little Kitty Big City sells 100,000 units in 48 hours

Unity restructuring increases losses to $291m in Q1 2024

• Q1 Results:
• Total revenue: $460 million (down 8% year-on-year)
• Create Solutions revenue: $133 million (up 17%)
• Grow Solutions revenue: $294 million (down 4%)
• Net loss: $291 million (compared to $254 million for same quarter last year)