Yesterday, the market capitalization of skins for the evergreen hit Counter-Strike 2 dropped from $5.9 billion to $4.2 billion. Today, it's fallen even further. The reason is a new game feature that allows skins to be exchanged for others. We provide a detailed account of the situation with commentary from an expert

By the end of 2025, quirky indie games with a focus on co-op and interaction with friends solidified their position as one of the fastest-growing niches on Steam. In our new report, we provide insights into the state of this category, which many have already dubbed "friendslop," as well as data on game revenue and other metrics

Apple faced a significant legal defeat in the United Kingdom, where a landmark antitrust lawsuit determined that the company imposed "excessive and unfair prices" for app distribution and in-app purchases.

On October 16, a conference for developers, publishers, and marketers of video games — "Gaming Industry" (GIC) — took place in the First Throne City. Here's what happened there and, of course, we are sharing its metrics

The first-ever Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show attracted 206,159 attendees from 95 different nations over its four-day event.

Valnet has made reductions to TheGamer's editorial staff, which include the removal of the "entire TheGamer features team along with several other employees"

Marcus Lehto, a co-creator of Halo and the former head of Ridgeline Games, expressed his disappointment over the absence of Ridgeline Games staff in the credits for the latest Battlefield 6 release.

Indie developers continue to share pitches for their projects on our pages. Today, we're sharing a story from the team Cat in Hat. They are working on developing a free-to-play mobile cooking game

This explains many of the strange decisions made by Xbox's top management.

Ubisoft has revealed intentions to propose voluntary redundancies to employees at its Swedish subsidiary, Massive Entertainment.

Good news. We can take a breather.

In September, Borderlands 4 led the US charts, contributing to a 10% increase in consumer spending, reaching $4.8 billion. This growth was also fueled by new releases and sales of Switch 2 hardware.

The Chinese giant has spread its roots across the globe—from New Zealand to Canada. Today, we will take an in-depth look at the company's internal divisions, its external subsidiaries, and its minority stakes in other studios

A recent study reveals that more than 40% of teenage gamers in the United States steer clear of media portraying women in "stereotypical and harmful" manners

Ubisoft has revealed a "restructuring proposal" concerning its RedLynx studio located in Finland

The indie apocalypse continues

Against the backdrop of upcoming amendments to the Tax Code, the Video Game Industry Development Organization (VGIDO) has addressed an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, requesting the establishment of new tax incentives for companies representing the industry.

Tero Virtala has resigned from his position as CEO of Remedy, effective immediately

Microsoft has allegedly increased the price of its Xbox Series X/S development kits (XDK) from $1,500 to $2,000.

Twelve game studios based in Wales have jointly received more than £580,000 (approximately $775,000) to support the development of cutting-edge video games and immersive experiences aimed at commercial release.

On October 2, the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit 2025 was held at the Royal Institution in London. The event drew over 60 industry leaders and studios who offered their insights and advice

The secret to success is a popular mobile mechanic combined with roguelike meta

Electronic Arts has announced that The Sims Mobile will be discontinued on January 20, 2026

Rovio has revealed plans to lay off 36 staff members due to the underperformance of Angry Birds Dream Blast.

The game's publisher, Polden Publishing, shared initial business metrics with App2Top. In the first 15 hours of sales, the gross revenue amounted to $202,000

The ranks of Roblox competitors have grown.

Along British paths

Sports Interactive and FIFA have entered into a new multi-year agreement that will incorporate official licenses for FIFA's major competitions into the Football Manager series, including the FIFA World Cup 26, set to take place in Canada, Mexico, and the USA.

Numerous online platforms globally, such as Fortnite, Roblox, PlayStation Network, and several major banks, are beginning to recover following an outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) earlier today

Microsoft has verified that it is working on "next-gen hardware."

This was stated by the chairman of the State Duma's IT Committee, Anton Gorelkin.

In a commentary for the publication "Kommersant," independent producer and game designer Vyacheslav Makarov, who previously held the position of Product Director for World of Tanks, shared his thoughts on what awaits Russian gaming companies after the cancellation of benefits

Another marketing failure by Xbox Game Studios on PC

Monday started with problems. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure experienced difficulties for about three hours on the East Coast of the United States. A total of 73 Amazon services were affected

Workers from Blizzard's Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble teams have "voted strongly in favor" of forming a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Mismanagement at Build a Rocket Boy, strong sales for Escape from Duckov and Absolum, as well as Microsoft's assurances that the next Xbox is coming - we discuss the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend

The narrative adventure game Mixtape, developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur, clinched the Game of the Year title at the SXSW Sydney 2025: Games Showcase Awards.

The second edition of the Galaxies Showcase, a digital event centered on indie and AA games, is set to broadcast on October 23rd after a successful premiere in April. This fall event will feature over 50 games, with six making their world premiere, and will also include new demos for certain titles.

AppLovin is a key player in the mobile advertising market. Since the beginning of the year, the company's stock has nearly doubled, and its market capitalization has exceeded $200 billion. What is the reason for such rapid growth? How did it transform into an AI platform? Answers to these and other questions about AppLovin's business are in today's article

Current and former employees of the Spanish studio MercurySteam have complained to the publication 3DJuegos about an unhealthy atmosphere in the company. They reported tougher working conditions, overtime, and layoffs.

Recently, it became known that Marc-Alexis Côté, the executive producer of Assassin's Creed, has left Ubisoft after working at the company for 20 years. In a LinkedIn post, he stated that his departure was not voluntary

Current and former employees of the Spanish studio MercurySteam have complained to the publication 3DJuegos about an unhealthy environment at the company. They reported on increasingly strict working conditions, overtime, and layoffs

As of October 17, 2025, Marc-Alexis Côté has spoken about his exit from Ubisoft, stating that the decision to leave was not his own.

Update, October 17, 2025: Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 6 achieved sales of more than seven million copies in its first three days on the market

The game reached this milestone just over a year after its release: it launched on October 8, 2024, for PC and PlayStation 5

Journalists from MobileGamer and The Game Business discussed how Nintendo is performing in the mobile sector and what metrics its games are achieving. As part of their analysis, they referred to data from the Sensor Tower service.

Nintendo stated that last week's unauthorized access to its systems did not result in the theft of any development or business-related information.

The upcoming sale of Electronic Arts (EA) to a group of investors has attracted the attention of two American senators. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have expressed “deep concern” over the deal, particularly disturbed by the inclusion of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) the buyers.

The conflict between Sony and Tencent over the similarities between Light of Motiram and the Horizon series continues to escalate. Sony has submitted a new statement to the court, commenting on the Chinese giant's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it.

According to GSD data, Ghost of Yōtei marks the largest first-party launch for PlayStation in Europe since Marvel's Spider-Man 2