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What Were the Top Games & Showcases During Summer Game Fest?

The article examines the impact of Summer Game Fest 2026 on game discovery, focusing on livestream viewership, wishlist activity, and platform coverage.

  • Summer Game Fest 2026 viewership reached 62 million, a 23% year-over-year increase, with co-streaming driving nearly two-thirds of the total audience.
  • Resident Evil: Veronica led all titles with 803,000 new Steam wishlists, followed by Guild Wars 3 (496,000) and Assassin’s Creed 1666: Amsterdam (494,000).
  • The main Summer Game Fest showcase generated the highest median wishlist growth per title at 72,000, outperforming PlayStation State of Play (52,000) and Xbox Games Showcase (46,000).
GameDiscoverCoJun 2026
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Summer Game Fest: Steam Wishlist Winners

The analysis evaluates the impact of the 2026 Summer Game Fest (SGF) on consumer interest by tracking new Steam wishlist additions between June 2 and June 8, 2026.

  • Summer Game Fest 2026 was highly successful, generating a significant number of Steam wishlists for announced games between June 2nd and 8th.
  • Capcom's 'Resident Evil Veronica' led the new wishlists with 522K, demonstrating strong interest from existing Resident Evil players (55% played RE2 Remake, 53% played RE4 Remake).
  • Known quantities such as remakes, sequels, licensed IP, and revived franchises dominated the top wishlist spots, indicating a preference for established brands among players.
Alinea AnalyticsJun 2026
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Inside That Scopely-Niantic Deal, Xbox's Odd 'North Star', Subway Surfers, Emulation, More

This industry digest provides a comprehensive overview of the mobile gaming landscape as of May 2026, focusing on high-profile acquisitions, platform policy shifts, and strategic corporate realignments.

  • Scopely and Niantic completed a $3.5 billion acquisition, a significant deal in the mobile gaming industry.
  • Emulation on the App Store has seen 60 million downloads since its arrival two years ago, with developers like Provenance covering costs through in-app purchases.
  • Subway Surfers, the most downloaded game of all time, is still being considered for a movie adaptation, and new spin-off games are in development, including 'Subway Surfers City' and another in soft launch.
Mobilegamer.bizMay 2026
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NCSoft Q2 2024 Financial Results

NCSoft’s financial results for the second quarter of 2024, ending June 30, reveal a period of mixed performance characterized by a significant decline in top-line revenue alongside a substantial surge in net profitability.

  • The Lineage franchise remains the core of NCSoft's business, accounting for 70% of the company's total revenue in Q2 2024.
  • NCSoft reported a 133% year-over-year increase in net income to ₩71.1 billion ($52.1 million), despite a 16% decline in total revenue to ₩368.8 billion ($270.3 million).
  • Operating profit for the second quarter fell 75% year-over-year to ₩8.8 billion ($6.5 million).
Game World ObserverAug 2024
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Plus: Super-Dynamic Steam Charts

This analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the global video game market during late August 2022, focusing on sales performance, player engagement, and upcoming release trends across Steam, consoles, and mobile platforms.

  • Destiny 2’s premium expansion packs maintained revenue dominance during late August 2022, while Hogwarts Legacy and F1 Manager 2022 generated significant pre-order momentum.
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance achieved a successful $60 debut on Steam, reaching a peak concurrent user (CCU) count of 21.9k.
  • Madden NFL 23 and the Saints Row reboot served as the primary volume drivers for the PlayStation and Xbox platforms during August.
GameDiscoverCoAug 2022
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How GameRefinery Helps FoxNext Games Plan Their LiveOps Roadmap

This analysis examines the utility of GameRefinery’s Update Impacts tool in optimizing LiveOps strategies for mobile game developers, specifically focusing on the operational workflow at FoxNext Games.

  • FoxNext Games utilizes GameRefinery’s 'Update Impacts' tool to track competitor feature rollouts and optimize their own LiveOps roadmaps.
  • The tool allows developers to isolate specific feature updates over time, providing precise data on when competitors implemented features relative to their game's release date.
  • By analyzing competitive timelines, studios can determine whether a feature should be included at launch or added post-launch to maximize performance metrics like Powerscore and RPI.
GameRefineryJan 2020