We conclude the week with a major feature on the most successful game releases of the past six months. Today, we'll discuss the biggest blockbusters, top sellers, and leading indie games on PC and consoles. If a title hasn't been given its own section — it's almost certainly featured on one of the numerous charts.

A temporary manager has been appointed for the Lesta Games group of companies. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, this position has been taken by JSC "IT Technologies," which was established quite recently—on July 1, 2025

Sultan's Game is a card-based RPG inspired by the tales from "One Thousand and One Nights." Since its release three and a half months ago, it has been purchased over a million times worldwide

Since the beginning of the year, CD PROJEKT's shares have risen by 37%, Bloomberg noted. According to analysts surveyed by the publication, investor sentiment toward the Polish company has improved due to the excitement surrounding the next installment of The Witcher.

Side, a provider of gaming services, has revealed plans to establish a new studio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, through a collaboration with Savvy Games Group.

Krafton has released a statement about recent leadership changes at Unknown Worlds, asserting that the company's previous executives "abandoned the responsibilities entrusted to them" last week

The story involving the departure of the Subnautica creators has escalated into a full-blown scandal. KRAFTON has been sued by the dismissed executives of Unknown Worlds.

The story surrounding the resignation of the Subnautica creators has escalated into a full-blown scandal. KRAFTON has received a lawsuit from the dismissed heads of the studio Unknown Worlds

The recipients of the Develop:Star Awards 2025 were announced during the Develop:Brighton event this year

Nintendo is putting an end to its Switch Game Voucher program.

Circle Games has raised $7.25 million in its most recent funding round.

Vinit Agarwal, who previously held a directorial position at Naughty Dog, is now setting up a new studio in Japan.

Steel Hunters, the free-to-play live-service shooter, is set to close down only a few months following its early access debut

MY.GAMES has announced a strategic partnership with Crazybit, a recently revived Cypriot studio that developed mobile and browser games in the early 2010s. As part of the collaboration, they have formed a joint venture

Members of SAG-AFTRA have endorsed the 2025 SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Video Game Agreement, with 95.04% voting in favor, thereby concluding the video game strike

In a recent investment report, Aream & Co. did not list the largest gaming deals for the first half of 2025; however, they did compile a list for April to June 2025

Analysts at Aream & Co., based on data from InvestGame, have prepared a report on the state of the gaming investment market in the first half of 2025. Below are the main conclusions summarized briefly

Unknown Worlds has postponed the release of Subnautica 2 until the following year. This decision aims to allow the development team additional time to incorporate feedback from the community

Members of SAG-AFTRA ratified an updated agreement with major game developers, including Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, and Take-Two. It went into effect “immediately.”

Members of the Screen Actors Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, have ratified an updated agreement with major game developers, including Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, and Take-Two. It took effect "immediately"

The journalist from Game File, Stephen Totilo, examined data on employee compensation at Microsoft for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024. He noted that the CEO, Satya Nadella, earned hundreds of times more than the others.

Vinit Agarwal, the game director of the multiplayer game set in The Last of Us universe, which was canceled at the end of 2023, left Naughty Dog a few months ago. It has now been revealed that he intends to establish his own studio

Million Victories, a mobile development company headquartered in Lyon, has secured close to $40 million through a funding round spearheaded by private equity firm Haveli Investments

The UK government has announced the formation of the UK Video Games Council, a newly established body aimed at collaborating with the government to bolster the growth, innovation, and global presence of the UK's video games and interactive entertainment sector. The council will report to Sir Chris Bryant MP, the Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism

Circana has released its recap of US sales for May 2025, indicating that Elden Ring: Nightreign topped the list as the best-selling premium game for the month and ranked as the eleventh best-selling game of the year so far. The spin-off from FromSoftware's Elden Ring was the leading seller across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms

After a slight delay, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella shared data on the state of the American gaming market in May.

With a slight delay, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella shared data on the state of the American gaming market in May

The Gayming Awards 2025 have revealed their list of winners, with Dragon Age: The Veilguard earning Game of the Year and securing the Best LGBTQ+ Character award for Rook.

App2Top is launching a new survey. We invite you to participate: let us know where you live and work, and what event format interests you most?

Last year, a new studio called Circle Games emerged in the Turkish mobile market. It has now successfully completed a funding round amounting to $7.25 million.

Everything indicates that 2025 will become another record-breaking year for Steam. We decided to summarize the first six months by gathering information about games and the state of the platform as a whole. Today's article includes lots of charts and data on new releases and key trends

MobileGamer also named the top mobile games of the half-year in terms of downloads

The portal MobileGamer compiled a list of the 20 mobile games with the highest net IAP revenue for January-June 2025. To do this, it used data from the service AppMagic

Ubisoft has revealed job cuts at Red Storm, the studio behind Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon, affecting 19 workers.

The cooperative climbing simulator Peak continues to sell remarkably well. Aggro Crab, one of the two studios behind the game, discussed surpassing the milestone of 4.5 million copies in a conversation with Simon Carless, the founder of the GameDiscoverCo service.

Ubisoft is facing layoffs once again. This time, the blow has been dealt to Red Storm Entertainment, the studio best known for its work on the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon series.

Developers from 11 bit studios announced that the space survival game The Alters, about a group of clones of one person surviving, sold 280,000 copies. It took the game just under a month to reach this milestone, as it was released on June 13

Epic Games has reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against the technology giant Samsung

Apple has stated it intends to challenge the European Union's $568.6 million (€500 million) fine through an appeal.

Recently, the editor-in-chief of The Game Business, Christopher Dring, mentioned that the profitability of Game Pass might be a result of skillfully juggling numbers. He suggested that Microsoft’s calculations do not include data from its internal studios. However, the corporation has since clarified that the subscription is profitable in any case.

The top of the Steam best-selling products chart has changed little compared to the previous week. Counter-Strike 2 once again secured the lead in the overall ranking, while the portable PC Steam Deck and the indie hit Peak outpaced everyone in the paid category

For the past month and a half, employees of the South Korean studio Neople — creators of The First Berserker: Khazan — have been actively criticizing their working conditions. Their discontent has already led to a strike involving hundreds of people

According to data from the analytics service VG Insights, Russia is home to 4% of all players of the Chinese mech shooter Mecha BREAK. Although this is a relatively small number, the title is more popular only in two countries: the USA (16%) and China (37%)

Last fall, Epic Games accused Samsung of colluding with Google. The smartphone manufacturer allegedly made it more difficult to install apps from third-party sources on its devices to protect Google Play from competition. Nearly a year later, the conflict has been resolved

BetaDwarf, a studio located in Copenhagen, has received investment backing from Square Enix

The company MTS has decided to venture into game development. It announced the launch of a corresponding division.

Charlie Cleveland, who was the creative director and co-founder of Unknown Worlds, characterized his recent departure as "quite a shock".

Founders of Romero Games, John and Brenda Romero, have refuted rumors about the studio's closure. They stated that the team is indeed going through tough times but continues to work.

Recently, the editor-in-chief of The Game Business, Christopher Dring, stated that the profitability of Game Pass might be a result of clever number manipulation. He suggested that Microsoft's calculations do not include data from internal studios. However, the corporation has now clarified that the subscription is profitable under any circumstances.

Valve has prohibited a mod for the action RPG Mount and Blade: Warband in South Korea, leading to its removal by the mod's creator