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Warner Bros. Games is said to have laid off an unspecified number of employees at its San Francisco location

Continuing to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. This time, we spoke with PlayDeck's CBDO, Maksim Babichev.

Tom Francis is the founder and head of the British studio Suspicious Developments, which created the games Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. In his blog, he gave some basic advice to indie teams.

Tom Francis is the founder and head of the British studio Suspicious Developments, which created the games Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. In his blog, he provided some basic advice for indie teams

Let's continue summing up the results of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Next up is an interview with Andrey Tyagunov, co-founder of NavyField Mobile.

Recently, the analytical service Steam250 published a list of the 250 games that were best received by Steam users in 2025. It assigned each game a score based on the number of reviews and approval rating.

Following the $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts by an investor group that includes the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Maxis has stressed that its "values have not changed"

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Up next is an interview with Danila Kamenev, Head of Publishing at Indie GO Fund

The year 2026 has already set a new online record for Steam. According to the service SteamDB, on the evening of January 11, there were 42,042,778 people on the platform at the same time.

On January 9, one of the first notable releases of 2026, Pathologic 3, was launched. Within just a few days of its debut, the Steam version of the game achieved a "mostly positive" rating.

According to reports, GameStop has shut down hundreds of its retail locations across the United States.

Larian Studios, the Belgian game developer, has confirmed that generative AI will not be employed for concept art in the development of their forthcoming RPG, Divinity.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Vyacheslav Utochkin, co-founder and executive producer of Geeky House studio

We continue to review the results of 2025 together with top managers and experts in the gaming industry. Up next is an interview with Ivan Fedyanin, co-founder of Playducky

The game publisher Hooded Horse has announced that it will not collaborate with developers who incorporate generative AI into their work.

Nick Kaman, the co-creator of the independent hit game Peak, stated that while there will always be a market for quality games, the chances to develop them are becoming less frequent.

We continue to sum up the results of 2025 with gaming teams. Next up is an interview with Kirill Oreshkin, co-founder of Polden Publishing.

Continuing to summarize the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Sobaka Studio's director, Dmitry Kachkov

CWA Canada has announced its intention to "pursue every legal recourse" to protect the workforce that recently unionized at Ubisoft Halifax, which is slated for closure.

Game developer Ustwo, headquartered in London, is redirecting its attention towards the PC platform.

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Anton Vinogradov, co-founder of the game porting and publishing studio Samustai

Chat platform Discord, which is centered around gaming, is reportedly continuing to consider an initial public offering.

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has sought temporary relief for employees who were terminated by Rockstar Games last November.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams. This time, we spoke with Alexander Blintsov, the creator of Furnish Master.

Following the introduction last November of voluntary age verification measures aimed at "limiting communication between minors and adults," Roblox has now initiated "global enforcement" mandating users to confirm their age prior to accessing chat features.

The board of directors at Warner Bros. Discovery has once more turned down the revised tender offer from Paramount Skydance

Several ex-developers from Boss Fight Entertainment have united to establish a new entity known as Sunwise Games

Ubisoft has revealed plans to shut down Ubisoft Halifax, its Canadian branch involved in developing mobile games for Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed, impacting 71 employees

In 2025, the top five most played games on the PlayStation 5 in the United States remained consistent with the previous year, with Fortnite maintaining the leading position.

We continue to review the results of 2025 with teams in the gaming sector (or related to it). Up next is an interview with Vladimir Obruchev, the head of the gaming division at the publisher "Bombora"

1047 Games, the developer behind the newly launched Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, has addressed reports concerning the game's performance on Steam.

Since the premiere of the second season of Amazon's Fallout series, the number of concurrent players on Steam for Fallout 4 has increased twofold

While the winter holidays are ongoing, we continue to review the highlights of 2025 with teams and speakers connected to the gaming industry. Next up is an interview with Denis Shergin, the CEO of UNIGINE

Neowiz, the developer and publisher behind Lies of P, is "actively exploring" the potential for generative AI to "boost [its] internal publishing productivity."

Amazon's upcoming Tomb Raider adaptation will feature Hollywood actors Sigourney Weaver and Jason Isaacs.

We continue to sum up the results of the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Up next is an interview with Konstantin Ivanov, Brand Director of AdQuantum

In 2025, UK consumers allocated £5.4 billion to video game purchases

Sony has secured a patent for a novel AI system designed to help players who encounter difficulties in games.

Veteran actor Troy Baker acknowledges the allure of "demonizing" and "denigrating" AI and its influence on the global gaming sector but contends that AI will ultimately lead people toward "authentic" experiences. He noted, "For the last 2,500 years since we first set foot out onto a stage, humans have been doing this. So maybe we trust that."

Evan Wells, former co-president of Naughty Dog, is set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) during this year's DICE Awards.

We continue to review the results of 2025 with top executives and experts in the gaming industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Ivan Doronin, co-founder of Kosmos Games

In the year 2026, we continue to summarize the previous year together with gaming teams or those related to the gaming industry. Up next is an interview with Ilya Ulyanov, the Director of Business Development at RuStore

Cloudhead Games, a virtual reality studio located in Canada, has reduced its workforce by 70%.

Streamland Media's gaming division, formerly known as Formosa Interactive, has adopted a new identity under the name Arrival

Nintendo has acknowledged that throughout the extended development period of Metroid Prime 4, consumer sentiment regarding open-world games has evolved.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with teams from the gaming industry (or related to it). Up next is an interview with Jan Yankelevich, the Director of Business Development at Overmobile

Matt Firor, the founder of ZeniMax Online, has stated that he decided to leave the studio following Microsoft's decision to cancel Project Blackbird, describing it as "the game [he] had waited [his] entire career to create."

Ubisoft's flagship shooter, Rainbow Six Siege, continues to face difficulties after a hacker group compelled the publisher to take the game offline during the holiday season.

After more than 25 years with Square Enix, Toshiyuki Itahana, a designer known for his work on Final Fantasy, is departing the company

Patrick Söderlund, the CEO and founder of Swedish game development firm Embark Studios, has stated that the company is not utilizing AI to cut back on its investment in human resources.