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title: "News Mash-Up - Week #22"
description: "News Mash-Up - Week # 49"
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# [News Mash-Up - Week #22](https://blog.sparkers.com/news-mash-up-week-49-1-0)

 Written by [Sparkers](https://blog.sparkers.com/author/sparkers) | Thursday, 8 June 2023

      

|  | ## **Top News Items** |
| --- | --- |

- - **Square Enix** fiscal 2023 reported a decline of -6%, its digital entertainment division decreased by -12% and most significantly, its net income witnessed a decline of -30%.
- - The publisher revealed that it sold 22 million units in sell through.The **Sega Group** released an acceleration of +21% in revenue whereby operating income increased by +46% to reach $334million.
- - **CD Projeck Red** stated that ***The Witcher 3*** sold over 50 million units worldwide! Not to mention that the franchise as a whole surpassed 75 million copies sold. However, the enterprise’s Q1’23 profit declined by 20% in comparison to the previous year.
- - **Meta** hosted its Quest Gaming Showcase in a one-hour video. A total of 18 games were highlighted which can be played on **Meta** **Quest** **2** and **Meta** **Quest** **Pro** **VR** headsets.
- - The highlight of the announcement was the release of the **Meta Quest 3** headset which will be valued at $500 and will be 40% thinner with better and ameliorated features. Therefore, **Meta** has stated that the price of the Quest 2 will decrease.

|  | ## **New games** |
| --- | --- |

Week commencing Monday 05 June 2023

| **Date** | **Title** | **Platform(s)** | **Genre(s)** | **Developer(s)** | **Publisher(s)** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 6 | Amnesia: The Bunker | Win, PS4,  XBO, XSX | Survival horror | Frictional Games | Frictional Games |
|  | Diablo IV | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Action role-playing, hack and slash | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |
|  | Loop8: Summer of Gods | Win, NS,  PS4, XBO | Role-playing | Sieg Games | Marvelous |
|  | Raiden III x Mikado Maniax | Win, NS,  PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Shoot' em up | Moss | NIS America |
|  | Loop8: Summer of Gods | NS,PS4, XBO | Role-playing | Sieg Games | Marvelous |
| June 8 | Bleak Sword DX | Win, NS | Action | more8bit | Devolver Digital |
|  | Harmony: The Fall of Reverie | Win, NS | Narrative Adventure | Dontnod Entertainment | Dontnod Entertainment |
|  | Pro Cycling Manager 2023 | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Sports | Cyanide | Nacon |
|  | Tour de France 2023 | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Sports | Cyanide | Nacon |
| June 9 | Raiden III x Mikado Maniax | Win, NS,  PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Shoot' em up | Moss | NIS America |

 

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