Paradox Interactive announced that the strategy game Crusader Kings III has reached a new milestone. Four and a half years after its release, it has been purchased by 4 million people worldwide

Nintendo has indicated that it might face challenges in meeting the demand for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles in Japan

After ten years at the helm of the gaming instant messaging and VoIP platform, Discord, co-founder and CEO Jason Citron has resigned from his position.

In March 2025, Assassin's Creed Shadows led Circana's charts for video game sales in the United States, despite a 25% year-over-year decline in monthly spending on gaming hardware.

At the close of spring, the fourth session of the "Gaming Industry" business conference will open its doors. This time, it will be in one of the largest cities in the Far East of Russia. Approximately 300 participants are expected at the event. We are sharing the first details

Last month's best-selling game in the U.S. was Assassin's Creed Shadows, according to a recent report by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella. Monster Hunter Wilds, which led in February, dropped to third place on the chart.

The European Commission has indeed recognized Apple as a violator of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and imposed a fine on the corporation. Rumors about the agency's plans to do this first emerged last summer

Valve is preparing to add an optional section to Steam game pages that will inform users about the availability of accessibility features in game projects. For example, whether they include options to adjust text size or a voice assistant for the game menu.

GamesBeat has declared its independence as a media entity, separating from the technology news platform VentureBeat.

Marek Tymiński, the CEO of the Polish company CI Games, is pleased with the results of a major update for Lords of the Fallen, which added seamless co-op support and a number of other improvements to the game. He mentioned that patch 2.0 significantly helped to increase the audience for the soulslike.

There is a cliché that "this game has something for everyone." Blue Prince, on the other hand, is not a game for everyone. It is, in every sense, an auteur work that nevertheless managed to break into the mainstream. We will explain how this game is structured and what makes its creator famous, as well as analyze its commercial performance and other metrics.

The newly established venture fund, Blue Ocean Games, has introduced a $30 million investment fund aimed at supporting independent game developers.

On the evening of April 22, Bethesda Game Studios and Virtuos released an updated version of the iconic The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This caused a huge stir: the Steam version of the remaster alone attracted 182,298 concurrent players at its peak

Devolver Digital, the publisher, has cut 40 percent of the workforce at its subsidiary studio, Nerial

Square Enix, Capcom, Taito, and Sega have announced intentions to "archive past [game] development materials"

Schedule I lost its lead in the paid games sales chart. During the week of April 15 to 22, it was surpassed by Jagex's new release, the cooperative survival game RuneScape: Dragonwilds

IT companies with roots in Belarus continue to reduce staff in their offices in Lithuania. This includes game developers, according to the publication dev.by

Five months ago on November 21, 2024, the Turkish studio Dream Games released the mobile puzzle game Royal Kingdom. Using data from the AppMagic service, we looked at the results the game has achieved during this time.

Nintendo of America has issued a subpoena to the online community platform Discord in an effort to uncover the identity of the individual responsible for the October 2024 Pokémon 'teraleak'.

The Chinese regulator issued a new batch of licenses for publishing games in China. This time, the list of approved projects includes nine games from foreign developers

Infinitize, a digital media agency, has introduced Vendetta, a new 'publishing-as-a-service' gaming division. This team consists of individuals who have previously contributed to campaigns for Devolver Digital, Dreamhack, and SXSW Gaming.

Anbernic, a company known for manufacturing retro handheld gaming devices, has halted shipments to the United States because of tariffs imposed on China during Donald Trump's presidency.

It has become known about a new deal in the Russian gaming market. The studio "Vintorog" from Moscow received $250,000 in investments, which will be used for the development of an unannounced game

On April 16th, a conference for video game developers, publishers, and marketers, titled "Gaming Industry," took place in Minsk. Here's a brief overview of how it went, who attended, and, of course, some final figures and feedback from participants.

The Institute for Internet Development (IID) announced a new initiative. They launched a contest specifically for indie developers to come up with the best ideas for game prototypes

At the end of March, the British indie studio Digital Cybercherries introduced the PlayStation version of the shooter about toy soldiers, Hypercharge: Unboxed. The developers boasted that the announcement garnered significant interest from the audience.

This past Friday, April 18, marked one month since the release of Supercell's new game, mo.co. We analyzed data from the analytics service AppMagic to look at the title's results.

Matthew Emery, the founder of Turbine Games Consulting, decided to find out which platform was easier to achieve success on last year — PC or mobile. To do this, he compared the revenue of around 8,000 new releases from 2024

The creators of Palworld dispute the validity of the patents they were accused of infringing by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company; the beta test of Rematch by the developers of Sifu attracted 133,000 concurrent players on Steam; sales of Ale & Tale Tavern surpassed 600,000 copies — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Last week, the studio Perelesoq published a study suggesting that Steam wishlists are becoming obsolete and that strategies centered around them are ineffective. Some community members criticized this work. Alexander Barabanov, the lead designer at Sad Cat Studios, explained to the editors why the conclusions of Perelesoq should be approached with caution

On April 17, the second season of the action RPG Last Epoch, titled Tombs of the Erased, launched. Its release led to a sharp increase in the game's daily online activity: last night, 150,198 Steam users decided to play Last Epoch simultaneously.

Eric Beyhl, who worked for 11 years in the American division of Arkane Studios, announced the launch of his own studio. He named it Cire Games.

Recently, the announcement of DreadMoor took place, an adventure game about fishing in a post-apocalyptic world with nods to the indie hit Dredge. The editorial team of App2Top spoke with Rostislav Fedorov, CEO and co-founder of the Russian studio Dream Dock Games, which is developing the game, about the team, the project, visions, and budgets

Ubisoft has shared new figures regarding the player base for two games from the Assassin’s Creed series — Origins and Odyssey. They officially announced that the player count for each of them has surpassed 40 million.

The analytics company Newzoo has named the highest-grossing and most popular games on PC and consoles for March 2025.

AppLovin has dismissed 97 employees, which includes "most of" the workforce at its subsidiary Machine Zone, along with the studio's CEO.

Unity 6 has been withdrawn from the market in China

Forbes released the rankings of the richest residents of South Korea as of April 2025. Kim Hyung-tae, the founder of the studio Shift Up, known for hit games Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke, made it to 46th place on the list

In a week, on April 24, another event under the "Gaming Industry" brand will be held in the First Throne. This time, it's about a meetup

Assassin's Creed Shadows claimed the second spot on Newzoo's overall revenue chart for March after its launch in the latter half of the previous month

In February 2025, Chinese developers began reporting issues accessing Unity 6. It was recently revealed that the company that created the engine has indeed pulled it from sale in China

KRAFTON, Nexon, and several other gaming companies from South Korea have undertaken business optimization, according to ChosunBiz. It is assumed that they have decided to focus more directly on games amid difficult market conditions

Motorsport Games, the developer behind Le Mans Ultimate, has received a $2.5 million investment, with the funding round led by virtual reality firm Pimax.

PulluP Entertainment also released its annual financial report. The parent company of the publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing disclosed the results for the period from April 2024 to March 2025

PlanetPlay, a not-for-profit organization, has revealed the appointment of three new ambassadors, featuring games industry veteran Ian Livingstone, to support its ongoing Make Green Moves campaign.

The nominees for the fifth annual Gayming Awards have been revealed, with Dragon Age: The Veilguard securing three nominations in a total of 12 categories, including the coveted Game of the Year category.

Publisher Kitfox Games announced that the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress has sold over a million copies. The game reached this milestone roughly two and a half years after its release on the platform: Dwarf Fortress launched on Valve's store on December 6, 2022

At the "Gaming Industry" conference, there was a presentation and review of independent developers' games — the Indie Pitch. Young teams showcased their games to experts from the Agency for Creative Industries (ACI) and the Indie GO Fund.

In 2024, 11 bit studios achieved the highest revenue in its history, as stated in the latest financial report from the Polish company. The record is primarily attributed to Frostpunk 2

In the Russian gaming industry, there is ongoing discussion about the situation surrounding the visual novel "Tiny Bunny" (Зайчик). One of the project's composers, Dmitry Petyakin, wanted to increase his compensation for the music and claimed that the music was being used improperly. Moreover, he started blocking the game's streams on YouTube, which concerned other developers. In an article, lawyers from Semenov&Pevzner analyze how to determine whether rights were transferred to the client under the contract, whether an author can receive higher compensation, and how rights holders can protect themselves from such situations.