Microsoft announced the launch of another division within XBOX. It has been named XP

Electronic Arts (EA) faced challenges after being sold to a consortium of investors. According to The Wall Street Journal, bondholders have made claims against the company, requesting more money back than the nominal value of the securities stipulates

NBA 2K27 led the US game sales charts in August, securing its position as the third-best-selling title of the year based on Circana data.

Safe In Our World, a mental health charity, has unveiled the Four Billion Players campaign, aimed at increasing awareness about mental health support for gamers.

In the "Investor/Publisher Wanted" section — IT BEGAN, a single-player tactical horror shooter by CODE84 from Tashkent. The team is seeking $40,000 to complete a demo version and prepare the project for negotiations with publishers and investors

Xbox has introduced a new XP business unit focused on transmedia brand extensions, which encompasses projects like the Fallout television series and Minecraft World theme park activities

It provides access only to the lectures on October 16 — the second day of the WN Yerevan’26. The cost is approximately 12,200 drams (30 dollars). The schedule includes lectures on game creation using the “Lord of the Rings” and Warhammer 40,000 franchises.

Game designer Richard Garriott announced that in 2027 he will regain control over the Ultima franchise. He won't have to pay anything for this—the rights will be handed over by Electronic Arts (EA) completely free of charge

A museum dedicated to the history of video games has opened in the northern capital of Russia. It covers many iconic eras in the gaming industry: from the first arcade games to modern projects for VR and AR headsets

Expression Games, the previously fully remote developer known for Hell Let Loose Vietnam and as a co-developer for Star Wars Galactic Racer, has revealed plans to establish a physical studio in Manchester. This move comes as a response to the needs of its employees and co-development partners, according to CEO Errol Ismail.

Social networks by themselves bring a rather modest number of wishlists. This was realized by Balancy's CTO, Andrey Apanasik, who recently announced his own game called Pocket Cat Desktop.

Gardens Interactive has secured over $35 million in a Series B funding round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners leading the investment. This latest funding boost raises the company's total funding to above $70 million

Fireshine Games has announced the acquisition of Danish independent studio Fair Games, along with its open world sandbox game Necesse.

As a result, its valuation reached $190 million

Sportradar has agreed to sell Atrium Sports. The buyer is Teamworks Innovations, which will pay $170 million.

In 2020, veterans from Respawn Entertainment and Infinity Ward opened the studio Gravity Well. Six years later, the team faced the threat of closure.

A month ago, it became known that Bit Reactor studio put 80% of its staff on unpaid leave. Now, its CEO Greg Foertsch has announced the return of some of these employees.

Gravity Well, an independent gaming studio established by former members of Respawn Entertainment, has dismissed most of its staff following a loss of financial backing

Bit Reactor, the developer of the Star Wars Zero Company game, has begun reinstating employees who were furloughed prior to the game's release

Double Counter, a provider of security services for Discord servers against raids and alternative accounts, experienced a data breach compromising approximately 1 million email addresses. Additionally, Discord IDs and IP addresses belonging to millions of other users were also exposed.

Teams responsible for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast are forming a union. They are urging leadership at Hasbro and Wizards to cease the promotion of generative AI

Google Corporation has decided to compete with Roblox. It announced Playground — a browser-based platform that allows making games using prompts.

Google Corporation has decided to compete with Roblox. It announced Playground — a browser-based platform that allows for the creation of games using prompts.

Under the supervision of Tony Driscoll, Skydance will oversee the merger of Paramount Games Studio and Warner Bros. Games into a single entity.

Ace Combat is, in many ways, a unique franchise, and the release of its new installment provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the state of the flight simulation game market. We analyzed a large volume of data and prepared a detailed report—with illustrative tables, graphs, and not the most encouraging conclusions

On September 25, Electronic Arts officially released the latest installment in its series of football simulators — EA Sports FC 27. The title had an extremely impressive start and has already earned more on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox than any other paid game released in 2026

Yellow Brick Games is yet another gaming studio that has decided to reduce its staff. Journalist Chris Kerr has drawn attention to the layoffs there

Sony Corporation has come up with a way to make non-player characters more believable. It has filed a patent for a system that takes into account gamers' actions and, based on this, adjusts NPC reactions

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is said to have conducted an internal town hall meeting, informing employees that "after an all-time low, we've started to return to growth"

Former CEO of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick may have returned to the gaming industry. He has joined the leadership team at Skydance, a corporation formed by the merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount

GamesIndustry.biz is set to hold a panel at Game Republic's Investment Summit, which will take place at MCM Comic Con later this month

The fund has a total of 5 billion rubles at its disposal

Paramount has finalized its $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, and the two firms are now united under the name Skydance

The company FIRY, formerly known as Skillz and developing its platform for competitive games with real money, decided to divest its stake in Exit Games. It sold its entire shareholding in the studio for $55 million

The head of Xbox, Asha Sharma, also addressed the general state of Microsoft's gaming division at a recent staff meeting, reports Windows Central

Microsoft's gaming division will once again focus heavily on developing the console direction. According to Xbox head Asha Sharma, there is still room for growth.

On September 7, Tiny Eden was released on Steam—a cozy simulator for growing plants “on the windowsill,” quite literally. Irina Borodina, the CMO of Digital Vortex Entertainment, shared how the project was launched in her column for us.

On September 7, Tiny Eden was released on Steam—a cozy plant-growing simulator set "on the windowsill," quite literally. Irina Borodina, the CMO of Digital Vortex Entertainment, shared insights about the project's launch in her column for us.

While AppLovin is involved in a lawsuit with Unity, the authorities in San Diego County, USA, have turned against it. The reason for this is the company’s advertising practices.

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially become one entity. The merged organization will now operate simply under the name Skydance

Continuing our weekly series of YouTube interviews, the guest of the new episode is Sergey Orlovsky, founder and CEO of the studios Nival and Helio Games

Sega is "not entrusting the creative aspects of games to AI" but is leveraging the technology to "improve efficiency" in other areas such as publishing

The Australian government will allocate 1 million Australian dollars (698 thousand US dollars) to support local game developers. The money will be officially invested by the state corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), which will transfer it to the Digital Games Fund.

Former PlayStation Studios head Shawn Layden did not appreciate Sony's decision to cease production of discs for PlayStation consoles starting in 2028. He believes that transitioning to entirely digital distribution could significantly damage the corporation's reputation and lead to the loss of a loyal audience.

The Digital Games Fund (DGF) by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has seen its funding increased to $1 million, effectively doubling its previous amount, to aid local developers.

Turkish mobile game developers continue to attract investments. This time, Mobge Games studio reported receiving funding

While AppLovin is in a legal battle with Unity, the authorities of San Diego County in the USA have taken action against it. The reason for this is the company's advertising practices

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is set to be accessible on Amazon Luna's cloud gaming platform upon release, included with a Prime membership

Capcom is eager to share new successes of Monster Hunter Rise. They announced on X that over five and a half years, the game has sold twenty million copies worldwide.

NBA 2K25 is set to be removed from online storefronts on October 30, 2026, with server support ending on December 31. From January 1, 2027, multiplayer and online modes will no longer be accessible