Mattel has revealed the establishment of Mattel Game Studios, an international development entity designed to produce games centered on the company's intellectual property. This move comes after the company completed the acquisition of full ownership of Mattel163 in February, a joint venture that was initially co-owned with NetEase, holding a 50% stake.

Gothic 1 Remake has been a box office success for the studio Alkimia Interactive and the publisher THQ Nordic. As reported in a recent financial report by their parent company Embracer Group, the game is approaching break-even and is expected to become profitable soon.

The VK group of companies also reported for April-June 2026. Traditionally, their report included little data concerning the gaming division, but a few figures related to the VK Play store were still present.

At least for creating mobile and browser games

Testronic has named Sonia Kerr as its new CEO, following Sharon Baylay-Bell, who will now serve as the company's chair.

Chinese giant Tencent had long been valued higher on the stock exchange than any other company from the Middle Kingdom. However, the balance of power has now shifted

The mobile action RPG about battling monsters, mo.co, is a game with a challenging history. It was released in March 2025 and has already undergone a major relaunch. Now it's facing another round of radical changes, prompted by Supercell's unmet expectations

The remake of the first "Gothic" became a box office success for the studio Alkimia Interactive and the publisher THQ Nordic. According to the latest financial report from their parent company, Embracer Group, the game is nearing break-even and will soon be able to turn a profit

The Swedish holding company Embracer Group has released its report for the past quarter, the first of its current fiscal year. According to the document, the company is doing quite well

The Philippine gambling market regulator, PAGCOR, summed up the results for April-June 2026. It reported that the iGaming segment earned 39.9 billion Philippine pesos ($675 million) over the three months, accounting for 45.2% of the total market revenue.

This result was achieved in two weeks: the game was released on July 30, 2026

CD PROJEKT RED has once again implemented layoffs in the team working on Project Sirius, a multiplayer game set in The Witcher universe. A total of 18 people have left the project.

Economic strategy games are not the most popular genre for discussion. However, in terms of potential, the niche is almost like a blue ocean—with a low number of releases and high median earnings. This is the focus of our report today

Update: August 12, 7:15 PM: CD Projekt has officially announced that 18 developers who were part of Project Sirius have been laid off or given the option to apply for other positions within the company

Update, August 13, 2026: Matt Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive, has addressed allegations concerning the replacement of former lead writer Stella Sacco with ChatGPT for the Rideshare Simulator project

In February 2025, the Dutch consumer rights organization Stichting Massaschade & Consument filed a class action lawsuit against Sony’s gaming division. A year and a half later, the authors of Stop Killing Games — an initiative for the preservation of games — agreed to join the case.

From August 5 to 9, an action RPG with roguelite elements called Moonlighter was available for free on Steam. As announced by the studio Digital Sun, a significant number of gamers took advantage of the offer

CodeDev Group, which is also referred to as The Unreal Guys, has announced the establishment of a new studio named Full Spectrum Interactive

Immersive simulators are not the most mainstream category of games, so their developers shouldn't aim for the AAA niche. That's the opinion of game designer Randy Smith, who in the past contributed to various parts of the Thief series.

As of August 13, 2026, Amazon Game Studios has terminated its publishing agreement with Smilegate's MMO Lost Ark

The T2 mobile operator revealed this in their recent study.

The 2027 BAFTA Games Awards are now accepting submissions, and there have been revisions to the entry guidelines, fee structure, and AI policy.

The Swedish publisher and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment released its financial report for the second quarter of 2026. The period was not very favorable for the company, marked by a decline in revenues and mass layoffs. However, there were also some positive aspects

Pearl Abyss experienced a challenging second quarter as the early effects of the March release of Crimson Desert diminished.

Supported by UKIE, the educational non-profit Digital Schoolhouse has teamed up with Roblox to create a range of complimentary tools aimed at educating children on how to develop Roblox games within a classroom setting

Sales of the cooperative hit game about camouflage and hide-and-seek using paints, Meccha Chameleon, continue to gain momentum

The Georgian iGaming studio Aviator Studio and the French betting operator Betclic are now partners. As part of the agreement, Betclic users have gained access to Aviator — a crash game about airplanes.

In February 2025, the Dutch consumer rights protection organization Stichting Massaschade & Consument filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony's gaming division. A year and a half later, the authors of Stop Killing Games—a campaign for game preservation—agreed to join the case

This conclusion was reached by Alinea Analytics.

According to the annual speaker survey results released by Gamescom Dev, 83% of respondents anticipate that artificial intelligence will influence team structure or productivity.

Epic Games has unexpectedly divested two assets: the artist platform ArtStation and the 3D model publishing platform Sketchfab. They have been acquired by the company KitBash.

The studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology has announced upcoming layoffs. Supermassive Games plans to reduce its workforce by up to 75 people

Supermassive Games has disclosed a third series of layoffs within a three-year span, which could affect as many as 75 jobs

If this trend continues, 2026 will set a record low for the number of bankruptcies.

4J Studios, the developer behind Reforj, has introduced a new technology named Rixels, which presents an innovative method for delivering textures while significantly reducing memory consumption. The studio, located in Dundee, has filed for a patent for this technology.

It has been announced that a major new deal in the gaming market has taken place. The webcomics platform Webtoon has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in the South Korean holding company RI Games

In the first half and second quarter of 2026, Remedy experienced a drop in revenue as it ramped up marketing activities for Control Resonant

How much more often is not disclosed

GamesAid has announced the addition of six new trustees to its board and has successfully raised £82,000 for four charities in the 2025/26 period

A month and a half ago, the Polish company group CD PROJEKT announced plans to slightly adjust its name. Now that formalities have been settled, it has transformed into CD PROJEKT RED

Remedy Entertainment's report for the first half of 2026 is now available. In the document, the Finnish company not only disclosed financial figures but also shared the successes of individual games.

Square Enix announced significant growth in the first quarter, with profits surging 175.5% to ¥13.2 billion ($82.9 million)

The illegal segment of the American online gambling market is rapidly growing, according to a study by Gaming Compliance International. Analysts estimate that last year its revenue reached $97.4 billion

On August 4, 2026, the studio House House and publisher Panic released Big Walk—a cooperative adventure where players need to explore an open world and solve puzzles. According to the creators, in just the first six days since its debut, it was purchased more than a million times worldwide

In the middle of the summer, Ubisoft conducted mass layoffs at its Barcelona division. It has now come to light that its former employees didn't remain idle and have launched their own independent studio

Epic Games unexpectedly divested two assets: the artist platform ArtStation and the 3D model publishing platform Sketchfab. They were acquired by the company KitBash.

The Australian Classifications Board has denied classification to IllFonic's asymmetric horror game, Halloween: The Game, effectively prohibiting its sale in both Australia and New Zealand.

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. The guests of the new episode were Platon Fomichev and Rostislav Mikheev from the outsourcing studio Elverils. We had an in-depth conversation with them about the challenges of creating remasters

Valve has started informing its European customers who purchased Steam hardware that a cyberattack on CEVA Logistics, which manages the delivery of Steam hardware in the area, may have compromised their personal information.

HandyGames has rebranded itself as THQ Nordic Mobile, as the company aims to concentrate more on adapting premium PC and console games for mobile devices.