M&A and Investment

Games developed for the Engine platform have become available to third-party operators. This was announced by Stake co-founder Ed Craven on the social network X

Microsoft's gaming division is preparing to carry out another round of layoffs, according to The Information, which cites its sources. The publication reports that it will take place as soon as this week

Fifty-seven residents of the cluster are engaged in video games

The American company Nex, which created the Nex Playground console, has good news. It has succeeded in securing multi-million-dollar investments as part of its Series E funding round

Top App Games continues to report on the achievements of the mobile PvP strategy game Ludus: Merge Arena

The Finnish studio Piñata Games is no longer owned by Metacore. It has announced that it has regained its independence.

The purchase will cost Kakao Games 98 billion won or 71.5 million dollars

Bohemia Interactive has acquired a minority interest of undisclosed size in Poland's Enjoy Studio, the developer known for the co-op FPS survival RPG Everwind

The company Everplay Group (formerly Team17 Group) is very pleased with the launch of the military sandbox Wardogs. So much so that it decided to increase its shareholding in Super Media Group — the nominal owner of the Bulkhead studio, founded a year ago by Bulkhead’s own leaders.

Another deal in the video game market

Everplay Group (formerly Team17 Group) is very pleased with the launch of the military sandbox Wardogs. So much so that it has decided to increase its stake in Super Media Group — the nominal owner of Bulkhead Studio, which was founded a year ago by the leaders of Bulkhead itself.

Everplay, the proprietor of Team17, anticipates robust full-year financial outcomes. This optimism is driven by the better-than-expected performances of Wardogs from Bulkhead and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam by Expression Games.

According to Bloomberg, Saudi executives plan to transition to creating a unified structure for their expanding video game business.

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia is allegedly considering a merger between Electronic Arts and its subsidiary, Savvy Games Group.

A cozy project about underwater hunting and sushi preparation has reached impressive sales figures.

Top management is not always ready for transparency. At least, that was the case with FuturLab, renowned for Powerwash Simulator (which has grossed over $40 million on Steam alone). Even team leads were not informed about the layoffs

More precisely, its annual revenue amounted to $51.8 billion, which is 5.4% more than in 2024. Previously, it had not generated such figures over a 12-month period

In 2025, China's gaming industry exceeded the $50 billion mark, reaching $51.8 billion, which represents a 5.4% increase compared to the previous year.

70% of open-world action RPGs earn over $50,000. These and other insights are included in our detailed report on the state of the subgenre, coinciding with the successful launch of The Blood of Dawnwalker. Featuring charts, tables, and interesting observations

Starting in November 2026, Xbox plans to implement monthly cloud gaming restrictions for Game Pass members.

Nexus Mods has taken ownership of SteamDB, a popular platform for tracking Steam data

In its semi-annual report, 11 bit studios also revealed the sales figures for The Alters, a space survival game about the adventures of clones.

Several employees of Schell Games posted on LinkedIn about layoffs at the studio, which was highlighted by the Game Developer portal.

The marketing company AppsFlyer continues to attract funding. According to the publication Calcalist, it has now made a deal with the Israeli bank Leumi, which has agreed to provide a substantial loan in the form of a line of credit

Good news for Godot game developers. W4 Games, a company dedicated to strengthening the ecosystem around the engine, has raised $18 million in investments.

The major American agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents the interests of many celebrity actors and athletes, will now be financing independent game developers. To achieve this, it has launched a special fund called Frame1Games

The Chinese giant Tencent once fully or partially acquired many gaming companies. As a result, a piece of Netmarble ended up in its portfolio—a South Korean corporation known for games like Marvel Future Fight, Lineage 2: Revolution, and The Seven Deadly Sins. Now, the lion's share of this piece has essentially returned to Netmarble itself.

The venture fund Makers Fund has raised a quarter of a billion dollars for new investments. The funds will be invested in startups, including those in the gaming sector.

Makers Fund, a venture capital firm, has successfully raised $250 million to invest in startups focused on gaming and interactive entertainment. This new funding increases its total assets under management to $1.5 billion.

Despite the fact that Disco Elysium was released over six years ago, the wave of its imitators and "spiritual successors" threatens to flood the market only now. We tried to evaluate, based on the numbers, whether there is commercial potential in this niche

It is allegedly going to be acquired by the investment firm Trustar Capital.

In 2025, India's gaming market surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark for the first time, achieving $1.04 billion, a 14.8% increase compared to the previous year.

This result was achieved in two weeks: the game was released on July 30, 2026

Epic Games has unexpectedly divested two assets: the artist platform ArtStation and the 3D model publishing platform Sketchfab. They have been acquired by the company KitBash.

It has been announced that a major new deal in the gaming market has taken place. The webcomics platform Webtoon has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in the South Korean holding company RI Games

Paradox Interactive has announced the launch of a share buyback program. It will last until May 2027

Another mobile game developer has attracted investments. Now, FunVenture—a Polish team specializing in pixel projects—has announced theirs.

A recent M&A report from analyst S&P highlights a decline in investment conditions for the gaming sector, with financial resources increasingly funneling toward business models that depend on ongoing user engagement, platform advantages, or diverse monetization strategies.

Tripledot Studios has purchased mobile publisher Supersonic from Unity in a $40 million deal.

The much-talked-about roguelike BALL x PIT has reached a new major sales milestone. This was announced by the developer Kenny Sun and Friends and the publisher Devolver Digital.

Halo Studios recently faced staff reductions. This information comes from Insider Gaming, referencing posts by former studio employees on LinkedIn

FirstLook, a platform specializing in player relationships and marketing, has introduced Creators.gg. This new initiative aims to link studios with creators of all audience sizes, expanding opportunities beyond just those with the largest followings.

Razer has purchased the assets of StreamElements, a platform focused on cloud-based live streaming.

According to producer Masachika Kawata, Capcom's approach of remaking classic Resident Evil games is providing the financial backing required to create new games and intellectual property.

M.Video shared its observations on console sales in the Russian market for the period from January to June 2026. We have highlighted the key points from the report

Since its inception in 2015, the UK Games Fund has revealed its biggest cohort of funded companies to date.

Double Fine studio announced the layoff of 23 employees. It is estimated that this is about a quarter of its staff.

There's an addition to the game analytics tools niche. The public version of itchDB was recently launched — a service that collects data on projects from the digital store itch.io.

On July 15, the Armenia-based studio Space Raccoon Game Studio and the publisher Spaghetti Cat released a lumberjack simulator with the telling name — A Game About Chopping Trees. Recently, the new release reached its first major sales milestone

The "net" revenue of the game is lower, but not by much.