Obsidian Entertainment will not develop a third installment of The Outer Worlds series following the below-expected sales performance of its 2025 sequel

Area Interactive has secured $70 million through a Series A funding round, aiming to develop "a new generation of player-loved franchises."

Roblox has introduced a beta tool that allows users to generate interactive 3D models from text prompts, enhancing its previously launched 3D asset generation tool from last year. This new feature was detailed in a blog post.

Build a Rocket Boy has declared a "new phase of ongoing development" for its challenged open-world game MindsEye. This announcement represents the company's initial significant publicity effort since the game's debut in June, coinciding with new controversy surrounding the studio's founder.

Electronic Arts has revealed its preliminary figures for the third fiscal quarter, indicating a 38% increase in net bookings, surpassing $3 billion. This rise is attributed to the successful launch of Battlefield 6.

Take-Two Interactive reported on its third fiscal quarter of 2026, which ended on December 31, 2025. The results were better than the company had anticipated.

The existence of the ban was revealed by Goichi Suda, the CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture, in an interview with Eurogamer. He knows about this firsthand, as his studio is part of NetEase

The 2026 UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) framework will acknowledge the games industry by assigning dedicated four-digit codes for video game development and publishing, accurately representing the sector's scale

The parade of financial reports was continued by Electronic Arts (EA). They also concluded the results of the third quarter of fiscal 2026 — just like Take-Two, this period ran from October 1 to December 31, 2025.

Although January was quiet in terms of major releases, it was still memorable for a few hits. Most of them are projects from independent studios that combine mechanics from simulators and other popular genres on Steam. You can find details about their revenue, sales, and other metrics in our regular feature.

Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that the development of Borderlands 4 for the Nintendo Switch 2 has been put on hold

Take-Two Interactive reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, which ended on December 31, 2025. The results were better than the company had anticipated.

Take-Two Interactive has released its financial results for the third fiscal quarter, showing a 25% rise in net revenue and a 28% increase in bookings.

However, he still wants to increase his market share in the niche

On the evening of February 3rd, Epic Games released its traditional annual statistics for its digital game store. We've picked out the key figures.

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, stated to GamesIndustry.biz that the company extensively employs AI, though it is utilized in tools rather than creative processes. He emphasized that "generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building" for GTA 6.

Epic reported a 57% year-over-year rise in revenue from third-party games on the Epic Games Store. Additionally, time spent playing third-party games increased by 4%, and the company reached a record of 78 million monthly active users in December. These achievements were outlined in a blog post reviewing its 2025 performance. The store currently offers more than 6,000 games.

This is 9% more than in 2024

At the same time, activists proposed to replace the entire board of directors of the company.

Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski shared his thoughts on whether to keep a demo available after the game's release or if it's better to remove it on the blog "How To Market A Game." He supported his opinion with statistics on indie games released on Steam in 2025 that garnered over a thousand reviews

Japanese company Nintendo is consistently posting strong financial results, driven by the successful performance of its Switch 2 hardware.

Nintendo has announced its results for the first nine months of fiscal 2026 — that is, for the period from April 1 to December 31, 2025. The company reported that Switch 2 sales continued to gain momentum, and as a result, the company’s revenues increased.

Nintendo announced its results for the first nine months of fiscal 2026, which covers the period from April 1 to December 31, 2025. They reported that sales of the Switch 2 continued to gain momentum, and with them, the company's revenues increased.

It took her just under two and a half years: Slay the Princess was released on October 23, 2023

GAME, a prominent UK high street retailer, is set to shutter its last three standalone stores following the departure of its managing director, Nick Arran, who has been with the company for nine years.

Quality assurance employees at Blizzard locations in Albany, New York, and Austin, Texas, have decisively voted to approve a union contract with their parent company, Microsoft

IGN has revealed its seventh digital Fan Fest event, featuring two days of livestreamed announcements, interviews, and trailers related to games, television, and films. IGN Entertainment, which owns GamesIndustry.biz, is the parent company of IGN.

Over the weekend, social media posts revealed that a considerable portion of the management and development team involved in the Kickstarted MMO Ashes of Creation has either resigned or been laid off from Intrepid Studios.

The horror film adaptation of the indie game Iron Lung, produced on a modest budget, garnered $21.5 million during its debut weekend. This accomplishment is largely attributed to the participation of YouTuber Mark Fischbach, popularly known as Markiplier. With a production cost reportedly at $3 million, the film's success highlights the considerable transmedia prospects for adaptations of smaller games.

Despite the ever-growing popularity of AI, along with the associated hopes and fears, investments in training specialists continue to flow. In their column for App2Top, Magdalena Stryjewski, the Chief Operating Officer, and Elena Räikkönen, a manager from WN Media Group, explained why this is happening

Specialists from the "YooKassa" service reported this in a recent study.

Final publication of the results. All 80 outcomes released as a single list

The game reached this milestone in three days.

The Ministry of Family and Social Services of Turkey has prepared a draft law, which, if passed, would impose stricter regulations on the operation of Steam, Epic Games Store, and other game stores in the country.

The Ministry of Family and Social Services of Turkey has prepared a draft law, which, if adopted, will allow the authorities to more strictly regulate the operations of Steam, Epic Games Store, and other gaming stores in the country.

Shares of gaming companies have fallen following news about Project Genie, as the head of the Ashes of Creation development studio resigned in protest against the actions of the board of directors, and mentions of a former GTA producer were spotted in the Epstein files — we cover the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend (UPDATED)

Ryan Cohen, the CEO of GameStop, has expressed his interest in purchasing a publicly traded company.

In this interview, we conclude our review of the year 2025 along with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and related fields). The final piece is a conversation with Artem Khandriko, an associate partner and head of IT/IP practice at REVERA.

In 2025, four out of the ten highest-grossing releases on Steam were developed by Swedish teams, and a total of 15 local games generated over a million dollars. Today, we'll examine the outcomes of the major hits originating from Sweden and track the key trends

We're wrapping up the year with representatives from gaming companies. Next up, we have a conversation with the CEO of the development studio Synthetic Domain, Alexey Belyakov.

We continue to wrap up the outgoing year with representatives from gaming and related companies. Up next is a conversation with the head of the outsourcing studio SunStrike Studios, Alexander Shursha.

February is just around the corner, yet we are still continuing to review the results of 2025 with gaming industry experts. Next up is an interview with Andrey Podoprigora, co-founder and CEO of the publishing house Forklift Interactive

Google has begun granting access to its newest AI tool, Project Genie, designed to enable users to create "playable worlds".

The organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) have published the results of their traditional developer survey: this time, 2,300 participants took part. We’ve selected some interesting highlights from the report.

The mobile publisher was able to reach this milestone in six years: Mamboo Entertainment was founded in 2020

Austria's Supreme Court has determined that the loot boxes in FIFA games do not qualify as gambling since they involve a degree of skill.

The organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) have released the results of their traditional developer survey: this time, 2,300 people participated. We've picked out some interesting highlights from the report

Comcept, a Japanese development company, has officially closed down.

Side, a provider of gaming services, has launched a new studio in Taiwan

Nintendo Switch consoles have implemented censorship measures on AdHoc Studio's game Dispatch.