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Tickets are now available for IGN Live, a consumer event hosted by IGN Entertainment, the company behind GamesIndustry.biz. Scheduled to return to Los Angeles on June 6-7, the event will feature two days filled with livestream showcases that include exclusive game announcements, new trailers, and celebrity interviews. Additionally, the showfloor will offer attendees access to hundreds of playable games.

The Swedish regulator Spelinspektionen has presented a report to the government outlining measures that operators without a Swedish license can apply to prevent users from Sweden from accessing their services. Among the proposals are geoblocking, stop-messages, denial of access when geolocation cannot be determined, and blocking attempts to bypass technical restrictions.

March turned out to be perhaps the busiest month of the first quarter of 2026. In our traditional section, you'll find plenty of data and graphs on revenue, sales, and other metrics of major new releases, along with information about interesting records and the most anticipated games of April

The creators of Stellar Blade have decided to expand. They announced the acquisition of Unbound — a studio founded several years ago by the renowned game designer Shinji Mikami.

The studio Unfrozen and the publisher Hooded Horse have set a release date for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.

Rec Room, a social VR gaming platform, has revealed it will shut down operations on June 1, 2026.

The Develop:Brighton conference for this year has revealed Ustwo Games as the inaugural keynote speaker.

UNIGINE has announced the release of a new version of its namesake engine, 2.21. It has been nine months since the previous release.

On March 17, Retro Rewind — Video Store Simulator was released on Steam, where players manage a video rental store from the early 1990s. The game demonstrated excellent sales, prompting analyst Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo to explore the reasons behind the game's popularity.

We had a detailed discussion with Natalya Vozyan, who holds the position of VP of Legal & Operations at Xsolla, about how countries around the world are starting to tighten verification rules in gaming.

Shift Up, a developer based in South Korea, has taken over Unbound, a newly established studio launched by seasoned industry figure Shinji Mikami.

Mark Gerhard, CEO of Build a Rocket Boy, discussed the conclusion of the company's publishing agreement with IOI Partners, expressing a preference for maintaining control over its future as an independent studio.

The developers from Pearl Abyss shared fresh data on Crimson Desert sales on social media.

The creators of Stellar Blade have decided to expand. They announced the acquisition of Unbound, a studio founded several years ago by renowned game designer Shinji Mikami (Shinji Mikami)

As of April 1, 2026, Polyarc Games has acknowledged to GamesIndustry.biz that layoffs have impacted 30 employees

The corporation is allegedly just waiting for the right moment.

Ubisoft continues to face the repercussions of shutting down the racing action game The Crew. Recently, the company was sued by the organization UFC-Que Choisir, which protects consumer rights in France

Eidos-Montréal is not the only game studio that announced layoffs at the end of March; Polyarc also decided to "downsize"

One of the important stages of the sale of Electronic Arts (EA) was recently nearly derailed, Bloomberg claims

Eidos-Montréal, the studio behind Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, has revealed that it will be laying off 124 employees. Additionally, David Anfossi, the head of the studio, has departed from the Embracer-owned company.

The corporation is allegedly just waiting for the right moment

Ken Kutaragi has been revealed as the inaugural keynote speaker for Game Republic New Horizons 2026

Additionally, the studio's head, David Anfossi, is leaving. He has been with Eidos-Montréal since the group's founding in 2007

According to reports, Pixelberry Studios, known for creating the highly successful episodic mobile series Choices, has reportedly reduced its workforce.

A translator who previously worked for Warhorse Studios, the developer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, alleges that he has been "dismissed and substituted with AI."

Xsolla will closely collaborate with the Cyprus Game Makers Association (CYGMA) The parties have announced a strategic partnership.

Credit for crossing the milestone should be given to the recent release of the game’s PC version, reports the analytics company Alinea Analytics.

Another Japanese gaming company is going to start paying its employees more. Konami has now announced a salary increase.

Krafton is set to discontinue PUBG Blindspot, a free-to-play PC spinoff derived from its popular title PUBG Battlegrounds, merely two months after its Early Access debut. This decision comes despite the fact that the PUBG franchise has contributed to Krafton's highest annual revenue to date. The move aligns with the company's existing strategy of utilizing Early Access releases to assess the viability of games prior to fully investing in their development.

In response to Epic's recent reduction of more than 1,000 positions, a public Google Sheet initially created to track individuals impacted has been transformed into a searchable database website. At present, the site includes information on 320 affected individuals for recruiters to access.

The German association GAME has released a report on the state of the gaming market in Germany last year. We have selected the main points from the document

Unity has revealed plans to close its IronSource advertising and user-acquisition network and intends to sell off Supersonic, the publisher of mobile games such as Bridge Race, Going Balls, and Build A Queen. The company stated that this move aims to "simplify the business" and allow it to concentrate on higher growth areas like its AI-driven ad network, Vector. This announcement appeared in the company's most recent investor update

We need to thank the recent release of the PC version of the game for reaching the benchmark, reports the analytics company Alinea Analytics.

Steam updated its regional pricing system, the studio behind Wanderstop announced its imminent closure, and in Russia, there was a proposal to introduce a self-ban on video games—here's a summary of the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend

The stock market does not exist in a vacuum. From the outside, the reason for the value of a company’s stock may not be obvious. However, that's not always the case. There are instances where a direct correlation can be observed. These are the cases we decided to revisit, while clearly addressing the question of whether there's a connection between how a game is received and its publisher's stock value on the market.

Sony has revealed that it will implement worldwide price increases for its PlayStation 5 consoles starting on April 2, 2026. The company cited "continued pressures in the global economic landscape" as the reason for this decision.

The company Unity has decided to dispose of two major assets. It disclosed its plans in a report for investors.

A few days ago, the studio Spiders, along with three other subsidiaries of the publisher Nacon, requested that a French court declare them insolvent. As it turns out, the troubles for the team did not end there

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has prepared a set of measures to promote the gaming industry in Russia. The head of the ministry, Maksut Shadayev, spoke about this initiative at a meeting with journalists.

Meta is said to have eliminated approximately 700 positions across various divisions, including its Reality Labs unit.

The audience for premium games is becoming wealthier. In an interview with EDGE magazine, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella mentioned that the share of affluent gamers in the paid titles segment is growing more and more significantly

In 2025, the German gaming sector expanded by 4%, reaching a value of €9.4 billion. The growth was primarily fueled by increased sales of console hardware, notably featuring the introduction of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Creating large-scale games is expensive, so using taxpayer money for this purpose is a "questionable matter," according to Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

The company Unity has decided to divest two major assets. It revealed its plans in a report to investors

The development of major games is becoming increasingly expensive.

Less than a month remains until the "Gaming Industry" conference in the capital of Belarus, which is set to take place on April 22. Let's talk about the event's speakers

Interest in the black-and-white cartoon shooter MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is growing uncontrollably. Developers from Fumi Games have announced that the game's wishlists are approaching one and a half million.

A Japanese company announced that it will change its pricing policy in May 2026.

Ziff Davis, which owns IGN Entertainment, the parent company of GamesIndustry.biz, has established a new collaboration with European media company eMense to manage IGN France. eMense currently runs IGN Benelux, IGN Nordic, and IGN Germany under a license from Ziff Davis.