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We rarely write about announcements. However, we couldn't ignore this one for several reasons

A recent report on sponsored influencer activations indicates a disparity in pay between male and female-identifying creators across various video platforms, with women earning approximately 32% less than their male counterparts

The company Panic summarized the results of two years of operation for its digital store, Catalog, featuring titles for the handheld console Playdate. It proudly announced that since March 2023, it has paid developers who sell their games there a total of $1,043,186.85

Not long ago, an article appeared on HowToMarketAGame claiming that wishlists supposedly "do not expire," meaning their value and likelihood of converting into sales do not decrease over time. The perelesoq team decided to test this thesis by using real data from five different games: Torn Away, CyberCorp, Elixir, Selfloss, and Tavern Manager Simulator (they also included data from Furnish Master)

After the presentation of the Nintendo Switch 2, the discussion about rising game prices flared up again. Many fixated on the $80 price tag of Mario Kart World, neglecting to look at the broader situation. Major publishers are increasingly resorting to manipulations, disregarding the changing market realities. Possible solutions to the issue are discussed in our article

In November 2024, the Spanish studio Tequila Works announced that due to a crisis in the gaming industry, it was forced to initiate bankruptcy proceedings. Nearly six months later, the team began auctioning off its intangible assets

Minecraft serves as yet another proof of the fact that film adaptations lead to an increase in the audience for games. This was reported by Christopher Dring from The Game Business, citing data from the analytics company Ampere Analysis

Alternative app stores are becoming a hot topic in the wake of Epic’s ongoing expansion and battle against Apple and Google. In this article for Game World Observer, JoyBits founder Anton Rybakov shares the studio’s experience of launching its games on the EGS Mobile.

Following its insolvency filing last November, Tequila Works has commenced the auctioning of rights to its games and intellectual property

In the first quarter of 2025, mergers and acquisitions within the gaming industry surged to $6.6 billion, marking their highest point in more than a year, largely propelled by developments in the mobile sector.

Last night, on April 10th, the release of Blue Prince took place on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. It is currently the highest-rated new release of 2025 on Metacritic with a score of 92 out of 100. It was well-received on Steam

Agonalea Games, a mobile development company headquartered in Buenos Aires, has secured $2 million in seed funding, with Mika Games as an investor.

Tracking the numerous developments in the video game industry can be challenging, which is why we create semi-regular summaries.

At the end of last year, the Russian indie team Orc Group announced The Scouring — a multiplayer real-time strategy game inspired by Warcraft with elements of action RPG. Since then, over 100,000 Steam users have added the game to their wishlists

Teruyuki Toriyama, known for his role as a producer on Bloodborne, has teamed up with ex-Thirdverse associates Tomohiro Suzuki and Hideki Irie to launch Sirius Studio, a new development company aimed at achieving world-class status.

Sony and Bandai Namco have eliminated employee bonuses in Japan to facilitate an increase in base salaries

The Library of Congress in the United States, for the second time in its history, has decided to include culturally significant content for the country from video games into its collection. This time, its choice fell on the soundtrack to Minecraft

The chances that the CEO of Pocketpair will agree to sell the company are very slim, according to John Buckley, the Director of Communications and Head of Publishing at Pocketpair. He shared this opinion in an interview with IGN

Ubisoft has taken action to address a class action lawsuit filed in California concerning the discontinuation of the 2014 racing game, The Crew, by submitting a motion to have the case dismissed.

A group of veterans from the Japanese gaming industry has announced the formation of Sirius Studio. One of the founders of the new team is Teruyuki Toriyama, a former producer of Bloodborne and the Demon's Souls remake

The US National Recording Registry will induct the Minecraft soundtrack.

HBO has announced the renewal of its adaptation of The Last of Us for a third season, preceding the premiere of its second season on Sunday, April 13

The Molasses Flood, a developer headquartered in Boston, has integrated with CD Projekt Red, joining the CDPR Group.

The mobile puzzle game Merge Mansion, where players need to tidy up an old mansion and unravel family secrets, continues to generate substantial income for its creators. Studio Metacore announced that the game has already earned over 600 million dollars

On April 9, 2025, publisher Kalypso Media and studio Claymore Game Studios released Commandos: Origins, a new installment of the iconic tactical game series. The project did not impress Steam users at launch

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Do No Harm is a Lovecraftian doctor simulator developed by the indie team Darts Games from Azerbaijan. The studio's co-founder, Novruz Javadov, wrote an extensive post on Reddit where he discussed the game's success, its creation, and the challenges they faced

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox Games Showcase will be held on June 8, 2025.

What could publishers do to better support indie developers? This question was posed by Inverse journalists to the winners of The Game Developers Choice Awards 2025. According to one of the executives at Playstack, publishers need to start taking a more straightforward approach to allocating funds for games

Equity, the UK union representing performing arts and entertainment professionals, convened at the BAFTA Game Awards last night to advocate for better compensation and working conditions for performers

Apple device owners have shown little enthusiasm for the iOS version of Resident Evil 3. This was reported by the portal MobileGamer, which studied data from analytics services.

On April 8, the full release of the adventure action game South of Midnight took place on PC and Xbox Series — prior to that, only premium edition owners had been able to play for five days. At the very least, the project by Compulsion Games didn't generate much interest among the Steam audience

At the 2025 BAFTA Game Awards, Astro Bot emerged as the leading winner, securing five awards, including the prestigious Best Game accolade.

Testronic, a quality assurance company, has inaugurated a new "state-of-the-art testing facility" in Manila, Philippines

Arthur Mostovoy, previously the studio head at Larian Studios, has taken on the role of head of games at Aonic.

Thirteen employees have been let go by Brass Lion Entertainment.

Jen MacLean, Chris Nemcosky, and Michelle Menard have joined forces to establish Dragon Snacks Games

Nintendo has postponed the pre-order date for the Switch 2 in Canada, which was initially set for April 9. This decision is intended to align with the new, yet-to-be-determined pre-order date for customers in the United States

At the end of March, CarX Technologies announced CarX Drift Racing Online 2, and recently, a page for it appeared on Steam. App2Top spoke with Vladimir Berezhny, the project manager, about how long the game has been in development and how many wishlists the team aims to collect by the release.

A list of the top-grossing products on Steam for the week from April 1 to April 8 has been released. This time, indie games secured two spots in the top three.

Consumer expenditures on PC and console gaming worldwide decreased by 2% to $80.2 billion last year. However, projections indicate an increase to $85.2 billion by 2025

The analytics company Newzoo released a comprehensive report on the state of the console and PC games market in 2024. Below is a brief summary of the main points.

On April 2, Donald Trump announced an increase in duties and the introduction of new tariffs against most U.S. partners. The new escalation of the trade war inevitably affected gaming company stocks worldwide, especially in the Asian region. In our report, we explore the reaction of stock markets, which can currently be described as cautious panic

Every year, the Internet Development Institute (IDI) holds a national content competition, awarding money to the winners for the creation of their projects. In 2024, it concealed the titles of almost all the winning games. As it turned out, this was not without reason

Nintendo has stated that the newly introduced US tariffs, coinciding with the Switch 2 event last week, were "not considered" when setting the $449.99 price.

Last week, it became known that the Polish publisher Movie Games, known for the Drug Dealer Simulator duology, is investigating the game Schedule I for plagiarism. In the official Discord channel, the company stated that they initially did not intend to launch an investigation

Michael Sarnoski, known for directing "A Quiet Place: Day One," is reportedly set to direct the film adaptation of "Death Stranding."

Publisher Hooded Horse and developer Digital Sun have revealed current sales figures for Cataclismo, a real-time strategy game with Tower Defense elements. According to them, the game has sold over 250,000 copies

Shannon Loftis has been appointed as the new chair of the board of directors for the International Game Developers Association Foundation (IGDA-F).

Global financial markets are responding to last week's tariff announcement by US President Donald Trump, with Japanese game publishers experiencing declines in their share prices today.