Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 12 February 2025.

General2 stories

The Royal Shakespeare Company is working on its first-ever video game, an adaptation of Macbeth set in modern day Iran
Navid Khonsari previously worked at GTA developer Rockstar as cinematic director on GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, as well as the Max Payne games. After leaving the company he co-founded iNK Stories with his wife Vassiliki Khonsari and together they gained notoriety for their previous BAFTA-nominated game 1979 Revolution: Black Friday set in the Iranian Revolution.

Eurogamer

10pm UK time (5pm ET / 11pm CET) on YouTube and Twitch
It will last for over 40 minutes and will focus on "news and updates on great games coming to PS5" from studios around the world

Eurogamer

Business5 stories

Game Developer

Full-year revenue increased by 41.8 percent year-on-year to KRW 2.7 trillion ($1.85 billion). Operating profit rose by 54 percent year-on-year to KRW 1.2 trillion ($825.7 million).
PUBG has never been more lucrative, publisher says

GamesIndustry.biz

Game Developer

Fourth quarter revenue amounted to 709.1 million SEK (or $64.8 million), down 29 percent year-over-year. For the entire January 1-December 31, 2024 period, revenue was 2.2 billion SEK ($201 million), down 17 percent compared to 2023 in the same period.
The Swedish publisher fared better with its operating profit, which increased by 19 percent (to 395.3 million SEK) in the fourth quarter and 10 percent (721.4 million SEK) for the full year

Game Developer

Q4
Revenue: $988.2 million, up 32% year-on-year
Bookings: $1.36 billion, up 21% year-on-year
Net losses: $218.4 million, compared to $325 million in the same quarter last year
Full-year
Revenue: $3.6 billion, up 29% year-on-year
Bookings: $4.36 billion, up 24% year-on-year
Net losses: $935.5 million, compared to $1.16 billion last year

GamesIndustry.biz