Game News Round-Up

Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega’s consoles, has died at age 77

Shutaro Iida, director of Bloodstained, has died at the age of 52

Clair Obscur’s soundtrack is breaking records - Released by Laced Records, the Expedition 33 original soundtrack has become the first game score to reach No. 1 on the Official Independent Albums Chart (UK), the Official Physical Albums Chart (France, UK), and the Official Vinyl Albums Chart (France, UK)

Capcom drops PPV price of upcoming Street Fighter 6 tournament stream from $40 to $10 following player backlash - Unrestricted co-streaming will also be allowed for the group stages

Ubisoft Financial Results

• For the nine months ending December 31, 2025:
• Revenue: €976.2 million (down 1.4% year-on-year)
• Net bookings: €1.1 billion (up 18% year-on-year)
• Digital net bookings: €941.7 million (up 20% year-on-year)
• Back-catalogue net bookings: €1.03 billion (up 36.2% year-on-year)
• For the three months ending December 31, 2025:
• Net bookings: €338 million (up 12% year-on-year)
• Digital net bookings: €297 million (up 10.7% year-on-year)

Sega records $200m impairment write-down for Rovio during Q3

• For the nine months ended December 31, 2025:
• Net sales: ¥335.2 billion ($2.1 billion, up 4% year-on-year)
• Operating income: ¥19.8 billion ($129.2 million, down 54.6% year-on-year)
• Ordinary income: ¥23.8 billion ($155.3 million, down 51.8% year-on-year)