In December 2025, consumer expenditure on video games in the United States climbed to $5.9 billion, marking a 3% increase compared to the same period the previous year. This growth was partly driven by a 24% rise in spending on subscription services from December 2024.

Walmart has launched a complimentary, official commerce software development kit (SDK) for Unity developers. This tool allows for the "seamless integration of Walmart products or your own merchandise through the Walmart marketplace directly into your projects."

We continue to recap the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Next up is an interview with the founder of Beresnev Games, Oleg Beresnev

Over the span of four weeks, the second season of "Fallout" has swiftly climbed to become Prime Video's sixth most-watched series ever

Moonshot Games, the developer behind Wildgate, is reducing its workforce because the game has been unable to support itself financially.

The matchmaking platform MeetToMatch has been acquired by 1SP Agency, an international marketing firm.

Angry Birds is set to make its comeback in the Chinese market after a two-year hiatus through a partnership between Rovio and Kingsoft Shiyou

Spilt Milk Studios, an independent game developer in the UK, has initiated a crowdfunding effort to establish a permanent merchandise store. The initial product line is set to feature items from its forthcoming game, Trash Goblin, scheduled for release in 2025. According to co-owner Nicholas Lovell, the aim is "to generate revenue for the studio to assist in prototyping new ideas and to provide delightful goodies to our fans."

Ubisoft has announced the continuation of a large-scale restructuring of its business. As part of this, the company has decided to divide into five “creative houses” — not without some casualties.

It is not reported how many people have left Moonshot Games

UK-based independent developer Spilt Milk Studios has initiated a crowdfunding effort to establish a permanent merchandise store, beginning with a product line inspired by its 2025 game, Trash Goblin. According to co-owner Nicholas Lovell, the initiative aims to "generate revenue for the studio to assist in prototyping new ideas and to provide delightful goodies to our fans"

SayGames announced this achievement on their LinkedIn account

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Dmitry Muratov, head of publishing at Skystone Games

The UK gaming trade association UKIE has announced the 30 studios participating in its second Video Games Growth Programme.

EB Games has announced it will shut down its last 38 locations in New Zealand.

News about the reorganization of Ubisoft, as well as the cancellation or postponement of several games, hit the company hard. On the morning of January 22, its shares plummeted by 33% to 4.43 euros each

The Pokémon Company and Universal Studios have released an update on their collaboration, unveiling plans for a "global development project" that will debut at Universal Studios Japan

Nexon, a major player in the Asian gaming industry, is considering collaborations with additional Western studios after the tremendous success of Arc Raiders.

Starbreeze, the company behind the PAYDAY franchise, has laid off some of its staff. This was reported by its former employees on LinkedIn.

Ubisoft announced the continuation of a major business restructuring. As part of this, the company has decided to split into five "creative houses" — some were not spared.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is choosing not to expand despite receiving substantial funding, stating, "we love making games more than we love managing."

Greg Peters, the co-CEO of Netflix, revealed that the company will focus on cloud-based gaming as a strategic priority heading into 2026.

Ubisoft revealed its plan to restructure into Creative Houses, aiming to require employees to return to the office full-time, five days a week. However, the company will offer an annual allocation of work-from-home days.

Looking back at the year 2025, we couldn't help but take note of the state of Steam as a gaming platform. In today's comprehensive report, you'll find records, the median revenue of new releases, the most popular tags and engines, as well as chart leaders and other data. All of this is traditionally accompanied by graphs and commentary

Outfit7, known for creating Talking Tom, has introduced a new gaming division named PlayValley

In three weeks, on February 11-12, a business event for game developers and publishers, WN Abu Dhabi’26, will take place in Abu Dhabi. On the first day of the event, besides other activities, there will be a game showcase and an indie pitch—a presentation with project reviews by experts. Applications are currently being accepted.

The analytics company Sensor Tower has released an extensive report discussing the state of the mobile app market in 2025. We’ve selected key findings related to games.

The analytics company Sensor Tower released a comprehensive report outlining the state of the mobile app market in 2025. We have highlighted the key findings related to games

In 2025, global revenue from mobile gaming experienced a slight increase, reaching $81.8 billion. Meanwhile, consumer spending on non-gaming apps jumped 21%, totaling $85.6 billion.

A year ago, the studio Pocketpair, known for the sensational game Palworld, decided to try its hand in the publishing niche. In an interview with The Game Business portal, Pocketpair Publishing's head John Buckley shared that his team approaches game publishing with a considerable degree of altruism

Continuing to summarize the events of 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Yuri Bogdanov, co-founder of TryHard Games studio.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Sergey Belyaev, co-founder of INFUSION GAMES studio.

We continue summarizing the results of 2025 together with top executives and experts from the gaming industry and related fields. Up next is an interview with Aleksandra Kurdyumova, senior partner and co-founder of Futura Digital

Doug Bowser, the former president and COO of Nintendo of America, has been appointed to Hasbro's board of directors

The overall audience for the zombie-checkpoint simulator should be even larger: the statistics do not include copies distributed through the PC Game Pass subscription.

Scotland aims to expand its gaming industry to exceed £1 billion by 2030, as part of a strategy introduced by the Scottish Games Network.

To date, she has received 436 statuettes in this category.

The game reached this sales milestone just under three years after its release: it debuted in early access in March 2023 and reached its full release in May 2025

Paul Douglas, one of the co-creators of Tomb Raider, disclosed that Core Design was requested by its Japanese publisher to alter Lara Croft's initial character model. This request stemmed from concerns that the character's Western design might not be well-received in Japan.

Freeplay, an independent game festival that has been active in Australia since 2004, may be facing its final year of operation for the foreseeable future due to the inability to obtain government funding

Riot Games has forged a multi-year agreement to serve as the official mental health partner for the League of Legends EMEA Championship, the Valorant Champions Tour, and Game Changers EMEA, aiming to "integrate mental health wellbeing into the EMEA esports framework."

Razer's CEO, Min-Liang Tan, stated that consumers are not interested in "generative AI slop" but desire tools that aid studios in creating quality games

Pocketpair, the company behind the popular pocket monster-themed game Palworld, has announced that the game's success allows them to offer more favorable publishing deals to indie developers than would typically be available.

The UK National Video Game Council, comprising representatives from various gaming companies, is dissatisfied with the level of government support in the United Kingdom. In their opinion, the government pays very little attention to the game development sector.

The CEO of Larian Studios, Swen Vincke, shared this on the social network X

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Sergey Efremov, the Chief Operating Officer of Astrum Entertainment.

Industry expert Jude Ower is leading a new Tencent-supported podcast titled Good Game Club, which debuted at the Davos conference

The National Video Game Council of the UK, which includes representatives from various gaming companies, is dissatisfied with the level of government support in the British Isles. In their view, the country's government pays very little attention to the game development industry.

We continue summing up the results of 2025 with gaming teams. This time, we spoke with the top managers of the publishing company Zavod Games — CEO Anton Stasenko and business development director Denis Levchik

Harbottle & Lewis, a London-based legal firm, is initiating a new mentorship program called the Indie Games Collective. This initiative aims to provide educational support to companies in the early stages of their development