M&A and Investment

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.

The upcoming discontinuation of discs by Sony has become one of the most talked-about events in the industry in recent months. We decided to examine the situation from the perspective of market data and find out how the share of digital sales has changed for major publishers and what the current state of game retail is today.

Ubisoft's Chief Financial Officer Frédérick Duguet indicated that the company anticipates strong financial returns from Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, attributing this expectation to reduced production costs.

KRAFTON has announced a new deal. The company has invested in Neon, a platform that focuses on infrastructure for direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales in mobile games.

The European Commission has approved the $55 billion deal for the acquisition of Electronic Arts, spearheaded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund

The largest pension funds in Australia are actively investing in gambling, according to a study by SustainoMetric. Analysts noted that 20 funds own gambling stocks amounting to at least 14.8 billion Australian dollars or 10.33 billion US dollars.

Following its closure by Microsoft in 2024, Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind Mighty Doom, has resurfaced as an independent entity.

The company Playtika is negotiating the sale of the studio behind Disney Solitaire, Dice Dreams, and Domino Dreams, claims Calcalist Tech. The potential buyer is Tencent.

It was launched by the Uzbekistan Creative Association (UzCA)

Scopely has made structural changes within the team responsible for developing Stumble Guys — a party game similar to Fall Guys. This was reported in a statement to the Game Developer portal.

The CIRSA group of companies acquired a controlling stake in the Paraguayan operator Slots del Sol. This allowed it to enter the Paraguayan gambling market, securing a presence in both the land-based casino segment and the iGaming segment

The gaming platform Roblox continues to be at the center of legal disputes

1047 Games studio has been hit by another wave of layoffs — just a few weeks after the release of the team-based shooter Empulse in early access. The exact number of employees affected by the cuts is still unknown

Analysts at Aream & Co. prepared a report on gaming deals in the second quarter of 2026. According to their observations, the investment market significantly revived during this period.

In the first half of 2026, Steam generated $11.1 billion, according to data from the analytics company Alinea Analytics. Its semi-annual revenue has never been this high before

While the head of Sony is selling his shares, the head of tinyBuild is buying more. Alex Nichiporchik, the CEO of tinyBuild, announced the purchase of an additional 430,000 shares of tinyBuild for 46,950 pounds sterling ($62,800)

Employees of Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) are planning a demonstration outside the company's Edinburgh headquarters this weekend. The protest is in reaction to a fan event that was advertised as "all-expenses-paid."