Friday, 8 August 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 8 August 2025.
General4 stories
Sony CFO says Marathon is expected to release before March, and Bungie’s independence is ‘getting lighter’ with the eventual aim to completely intergrate into PlayStation Studios
Digital Foundry Leaves IGN (who owns Eurogamer), Now Fully Independent
Hexen + Heretic by Nightdive Studios shadowdropped for PC (Steam / GoG), Switch, Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation
Business7 stories
Sony Vice President, Sadahiko Hayakawa: "We are moving away from a hardware centric business model to a platform business that expands the community and increases engagement."
Sony CFO says its live service shift is ‘not entirely going smoothly’ but pledges to carry on and learn from mistakes
Sony's PlayStation 5 has sold 80.3 million units as it closes on in on fifth anniversary
Konami stocks hit record highs thanks to eFootball and new Momotaro Dentetsu game. The Momotaro Dentetsu series is one of the company's strongest IPs, with sales totalling 18.9 million, almost double that of its horror franchise, Silent Hill, which has sold 11.7m copies since it launched in March 1999
Take Two Financial Numbers (for the three months ending June 30, 2025)
- Net revenue: $1.5 billion (up 12% year-on-year)
- Net loss: $12 million (compared to $262 million loss in the year-ago quarter)
- Total net bookings: $1.42 billion (up 16% year-on-year)
Sony has released its financial results for Q1 2025 (for the three months ended June 30th, 2025)
- Overall:
- Sales income: ¥2.62 trillion ($17.8 billion), up 2% YoY
- Operating income (after tariff impact): ¥340 billion ($2.3 billion), up 36% YoY (before tariff impact)
- Games & Network Services
- Sales income: ¥937 billion ($6.4 billion), up 8%
- Operating income: ¥148 billion ($1 billion), up 127% YoY
Unity Financial Results
- Revenue: $441 million (down 2% year-on-year)
- Create Solutions revenue: $154 million (up 2% year-on-year)
- Grow Solutions revenue: $287 million (down 4% year-on-year)
- Net loss: $107 million (with a margin of 24%)