Maciej Gołębiewski, the managing director of GOG, has admitted that the firm's choice to withdraw the Taiwanese horror game Devotion from its platform in 2020 negatively impacted its reputation.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams and experts. Next up is an interview with the founder and CEO of EasyWin, Ivan Leshkevich

We continue to summarize the year 2025 with gaming teams and experts. Next in line is an interview with the top managers of Top App Games: CMO Nikita Kharlamov and CBDO Diana Korkina.

The Japanese gaming powerhouse Square Enix has announced that it will stick with Unreal Engine 4 for the development of the next installment in its Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, opting not to upgrade to the more recent Unreal Engine 5.

We continue our 2025 wrap-up together with top managers and experts from the games industry. Up next is an interview with Ivan Leshkevich, Founder and CEO at EasyWin.

We continue our 2025 wrap-up together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Nikita Kharlamov and Diana Korkina, top managers at Top App Games.

Already in 2026, we continue to review the outcomes of 2025 with gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams and experts. This time, the editorial team spoke with Nikita Bokarev, the head of business development at Yandex Games

The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London has decided to forward a lawsuit against Valve to court. The company is accused of “profiteering off British gamers” through Steam.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London has decided to forward a lawsuit against Valve to court. The company is accused of "profiteering off British gamers" through Steam.

We continue to wrap up the outgoing year together with representatives from gaming and gaming-adjacent companies. Up next is a conversation with Natalya Tolkacheva and Irma Novikova, representing the legal firm Prospectacy.

She did this as part of a strategic review of the gaming portfolio: recently, Aristocrat has been paying more attention to social casinos. For this reason, Aristocrat previously sold Plarium, known for RAID: Shadow Legends.

Capcom has released its financial results for the nine-month period concluding on December 31, 2025, indicating notable growth in all areas.

We continue to wrap up 2025 by focusing on gaming teams. Up next is an interview with the founder of Misterial Games, Sergey Korolev

China-based mobile game publisher Yodo1 has introduced its latest data platform for intellectual property and licensing, named IPVerse.

Valve, the major player in the PC gaming industry, is facing a £656 million lawsuit in the UK. The legal action alleges that the revenue share taken by its Steam platform is excessively high and adversely affects consumers.

Capcom released its financial report for April-December 2025, stating that this period was quite successful for the company.

The upcoming WN Abu Dhabi’26 has a very packed schedule. This two-day event (February 11-12) will focus on networking and discussions on topics relevant to the gaming industry. We share the first details of the program.

The upcoming WN Abu Dhabi '26 has a very packed schedule. The event will take place over two days (February 11 and 12) and will focus on networking and discussing current topics relevant to the gaming industry. Here are the first details of the program

Dusty Welch, the CEO and founder of Wildlight Entertainment, expressed his desire for a more favorable reception of their free-to-play shooter, Highguard

Ubisoft continues to lay off staff. This time, it plans to part with approximately 18% of the employees at its Paris headquarters.

On the evening of January 26, the release of Highguard took place on PC and consoles. Highguard is a free-to-play raid shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, which sparked controversy following its announcement at The Game Awards 2025. On Steam, the game had a mixed start

The third edition of the Gamescom executive summit is set to return in February in Lisbon, Portugal

Ubisoft is planning to cut 200 positions at its headquarters in Paris as part of its ongoing cost-cutting measures. The company has initiated a voluntary redundancy program to carry out these reductions, with discussions to be held with trade unions. According to GamesIndustry.biz, this represents 18% of the staff at Ubisoft International.

Jagex, the UK-based game developer, has announced that players will not find any AI-generated content in its games.

The European Union's iteration of the Stop Killing Games petition garnered 1.3 million signatures.

During the Christmas season, live service games emerged as the primary sources of revenue. Arc Raiders held steady in third place, whereas Call of Duty and Battlefield faced challenges in making a significant impact.

A new memorandum of understanding has been signed between Savvy Games Group and Neom, aimed at facilitating the transition of Saudi games startups from "incubation to acceleration."

This was reported by the portal TrueAchievements, which analyzed all games released in 2025 in the Microsoft Store. Their statistics cover games for both Xbox consoles and PC.

This is reported by the portal TrueAchievements, which analyzed all the games released in the Microsoft Store up to and including 2025. Its statistics cover games for both Xbox consoles and PCs

Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven is a major story DLC that introduced winter, new enemies, animal husbandry mechanics, and much more to the game. According to analysts from Alinea Analytics, it achieved higher sales on Steam in its debut day than the last three expansions combined did over a week.

Ubisoft is experiencing significant anger and despair among its ranks in the wake of its recent restructuring initiative

Specialists in the virtual reality sector have expressed concern over Meta's move to shut down three studios and implement layoffs in its Reality Labs division, which concentrates on the metaverse.

Xbox aims to "more consistently" release its first-party titles on the PlayStation 5 platform

Their total exceeded 104,000.

According to an insider, Ubisoft is expecting a massive employee exodus, 46 US Congress members have urged the FTC to thoroughly review the sale of EA, and 5 million people have played Enshrouded — here's a rundown of the major events in the gaming industry from the past weekend

Over 40 million people log into Steam daily. However, this doesn't mean that the platform has enough traffic for everyone. Tens of thousands of products compete for users' attention, and this base continues to grow. Up to 2,000 new titles are released on the platform every month. We spoke with market experts to discuss how to gain organic reach in this environment—Danila Kamenev, head of publishing at Indie GO Fund, and Dmitry Muratov, head of publishing at Skystone Games.

After gathering and analyzing data from various platforms, services, and analytics companies, we present a comprehensive final report featuring metrics from dozens of the most successful games of 2025. Inside, you'll find numerous figures and charts broken down by specific platforms and countries

Roblox announced that a performance of Bruno Mars's latest single within the platform's user-generated Steal A Brainrot mode attracted 12.8 million concurrent viewers. The company labeled it a "single artist record for most-watched virtual concert" on Roblox. During the event, attendees could collect exclusive "Brunito Marsito" brainrot items, with a total of 5,428,644 collected.

The UK Video Games Council has urged the government to increase its support for the industry, contending that the country possesses significant talent yet receives less backing compared to other global regions.

These are the figures shared by analysts from Alinea Analytics

The Congressional Labor Caucus of the United States has expressed concerns to the Federal Trade Commission regarding the possible implications of the proposed $55 billion purchase of Electronic Arts by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

The deal became known during a court hearing regarding the settlement of an antitrust dispute between the companies

Jon Ingold, the narrative director at indie game developer Inkle, has mentioned that setting the price of their latest release, TR-49, at $7 was intended to motivate consumers to make an "impulse" purchase instead of delaying their decision.

Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse, the publisher behind Manor Lords, has outlined his company's philosophy regarding developer agreements. He stated that the typical legal contracts in the industry often "violate a lot of principles of what's an efficient contract".

At the end of 2025, Steppe Rider, a runner game in the style of Subway Surfers designed to teach the basics of the Kazakh language, was released on PC and mobile devices. The funding for its development was provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan. However, it was recently revealed that the authorities initially requested a much more ambitious game for these purposes

Playground Games has revealed that Fable is scheduled for release in the fall of 2026

Starbreeze, the developer behind Payday, has reportedly carried out a second wave of layoffs within a two-month period

For the first time in history, one of the parts of the Battlefield series surpassed Call of Duty in annual sales in the US. This is according to data from the analytics company Circana.

For the first time in history, one of the entries in the Battlefield series has surpassed Call of Duty in annual sales in the United States. This is according to data from the analytics firm Circana

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.