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The Polish studio The Farm 51 announced layoffs. It decided to reduce its staff following the weak debut of the action RPG Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone

On February 26, the Swedish indie studio semiwork released their new game, a cooperative horror titled R.E.P.O, in early access on Steam. According to analytics services, it has turned out to be a big hit

The squad-based arena shooter, Star Wars: Hunters, is set to be discontinued less than a year following its launch

Samsung has decided to reduce the commission in the Galaxy Store mobile app marketplace. The company announced that starting May 15, 2025, the commission rate for apps, games, and in-app purchases will be 20% instead of the current 30%

The former head of Activision Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against Kotaku and Gizmodo, Steam's peak online users exceeded 41 million, and People Can Fly will no longer publish VR games — here's a recap of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend

On April 16, the "Gaming Industry" conference will be held in the capital of Belarus. There will be a showcase of gaming projects. Participation is free. Here's what you need to do to attend

Fntastic has a talent for generating controversial situations. This case is no exception.

New details on Ubisoft’s possible future have emerged. The French publisher is reportedly in talks to establish a new entity that will include some of its core franchises.

Sources from Bloomberg have shared fresh details about the future of Ubisoft. According to them, the French publisher aims to establish a new company and transfer some of its key franchises, including Assassin's Creed, to it

Annie and Jeff Strain, who founded Prytania Media, are suing NetEase. They claim that the actions of the Chinese company led to the closure of their subsidiary studios first, and then Prytania Media itself.

Valve has published a 2024 recap, focusing on Steam-related features, tools, and stats. Let’s take a closer look at the data on platform growth and new game revenue.

Nikolay Dybowski is no longer working at Ice-Pick Lodge. The studio announced his resignation on social media

It's been a while since we've had any content in the "Profession" category. We're making up for that now. This new article is dedicated to the aspects of working as a business development manager (also known as a biz dev). In her column for App2Top, Victoria Belyaeva, Head of PR and Partnerships at AppMagic, discusses what this specialist does

Back in 2008, Ubisoft opened a studio in Singapore and has since repeatedly received subsidies from the country's authorities. In early March, Singaporean Member of Parliament Gerald Giam raised the issue of the appropriateness of such prolonged government support for the company

Valve has published the Steam statistics for 2024. We've selected a few figures.

SAG-AFTRA, representing 160,000 individuals including actors and voiceover artists, has provided an update concerning the ongoing video game strike. The union noted that it is still "frustratingly far apart" from reaching an agreement with video game studios and publishers

Mountaintop Studios, the developer behind Spectre Divide, is closing its doors only six months following the game's release

Hazelight Studios, founded by Josef Fares, announced on their Bluesky social media account that sales of the cooperative adventure game Split Fiction have reached two million copies.

The Netflix catalog features approximately one hundred games. As of today, their total downloads amount to 295 million, according to the MobileGamer portal, citing data from the analytics service AppMagic

It is no secret that Final Fantasy XVI failed to meet Square Enix’s expectations. New data on its life-to-date sales indicates that the game has a weak tail, confirming previous concerns about its commercial performance.

The American company Pragma announced that it has received strategic investments. It was allocated $12.75 million for the development of its BaaS platform (backend-as-a-service) of the same name, which is used in operating games-as-a-service.

Gaming publication Eurogamer had a conversation with Avowed's game director. During the interview, Carrie Patel mentioned that Microsoft considers the game to be quite successful.

Ubisoft is not disclosing much to its investors, according to the CEO of AJ Investments, an investment fund that owns less than 1% of the company's shares. Specifically, they are allegedly withholding information about strategically important decisions

Five years ago, veterans from Respawn Entertainment, Epic Games, Bungie, and several other companies founded the studio Mountaintop, where they embarked on developing the tactical shooter Spectre Divide. However, the game ultimately failed to take off, and it was decided to shut down the studio

Mike Verdu, who served as the Vice President of Generative AI at Netflix Games, has departed from the company.

Two voice actors from Zenless Zone Zero allege they were replaced due to their involvement in the SAG-AFTRA strikes

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go, has consented to an acquisition by Scopely, a subsidiary of Savvy Games Group

Announcing a game or reporting its update to a broad audience is not rocket science. However, there are nuances. Danila Kamenev, co-founder of the marketing agency FatPony and head of publishing at Indie GO Fund, discussed the available options in this matter

The mobile PvP strategy game Ludus: Merge Arena continues to increase its revenue. Its monthly income recently approached $3 million

Scopely is ready for its new megadeal by announcing the acquisition of Niantic’s entire video game business. The company will now own global hits like Pokémon Go and Pikmin Bloom.

Last month, indie team Crackshell released a sequel to its successful roguelite Heroes of Hammerwatch. Here’s some fresh data on the game’s sales and its performance on Steam.

Rumors were confirmed about Niantic's decision to sell its gaming division. The creators of Pokémon GO have struck a deal with Scopely, the developer of MONOPOLY GO!

In a month, the third session of the business conference "Gaming Industry" will take place. This time it will be held in the capital of Belarus. The event is expected to have over 500 participants, including representatives from Yandex Games, Game Stream, Axlebolt, RuStore, VK Play Indie, HeroCraft, Astrum Entertainment, Semenov&Pevzner, and many other companies

The LEGO Corporation wants to create video games on its own. Its CEO, Niels Christiansen, discussed this in an interview with the Financial Times

The mobile game developer and publisher Good Job Games has secured its first investments. The company received $23 million, which it plans to use for further business development.

Mike Verdu is no longer working at Netflix. The top executive resigned just under four years after joining the company

Reports suggest that PlayStation is incorporating characters from its major franchises into an artificial intelligence prototype

Uthana has successfully raised $4.3 million to "revolutionize" the field of 3D character animation through the use of generative AI

Xsolla has unveiled a new suite for direct-to-consumer publishing

Dino Patti, the co-founder of Playdead, is facing a potential lawsuit following a LinkedIn post he made, which has since been removed. The post included an "unauthorized" photo of fellow co-founder Arnt Jensen.

Geoffroy Sardin has assumed the role of CEO at Pullup Entertainment

Tilting Point has announced a new User Acquisition (UA) initiative valued at $150 million aimed at assisting developers in expanding their games and apps.

The development studio Glera Games is experiencing a series of layoffs. According to sources familiar with the situation, as reported by App2Top, the company has let go of several dozen employees in the past two months alone. In several instances, the process was reportedly unethical

With new releases like Split Fiction and FragPunk, as well as strong performances from older hits, it is time to take a look at the key changes on the Steam charts. Here are the top products on the platform by gross revenue over the past seven days.

A new week means a new Steam chart. For the week of March 4-11, the top-grossing products on the platform were once again led by Counter-Strike 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds, but now they are joined in the top three by Split Fiction

The timing of launching a Steam page is still a subject of eternal debate among game developers, especially indie creators. Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski has shared some valuable tips and tried to explain why there is no time for procrastination.

The APRIORI Association, the Institute for Internet Development (IID), and the legal company "EBR" want to know what Russian developers think about the support for game development in the country. They have launched a special survey.

Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the release of the first part of the city-building simulator Cities: Skylines, which was launched on March 10, 2015. In light of this, Paradox Interactive announced that more than 45 million people have played the duology.

The earlier an indie developer creates a Steam page for their game and starts gathering wishlists, the better. This is the opinion of game marketing expert Chris Zukowski. In a recent article, he shared basic tips on what should be done before launching on the platform

Anton Tatarinov and Ilya Zakharov, specialists from SunStrike, shared their experience of setting up external testing with App2Top