The first half of 2026 was the best for KRAFTON in terms of finances. The South Korean company reported this in its latest report.

Last week, the popular annual game development marathon, GMTK Game Jam, took place. As is tradition, the organizers asked participants which engines they used for their projects. It turned out that, for the first time, Godot was the most preferred choice.

Krafton achieved unprecedented growth in the second quarter, recording a 94.9% increase in revenue to ₩1.29 trillion ($889.1 million). Additionally, the company's operating profit surged 67% to ₩410.9 billion ($283.1 million)

Residents of Australia have encountered an unusual restriction. They can no longer play gambling mini-games in GTA Online, such as blackjack, poker, roulette, and other activities offered in the in-game Diamond Casino.

M.Video shared its observations on console sales in the Russian market for the period from January to June 2026. We have highlighted the key points from the report

Since its inception in 2015, the UK Games Fund has revealed its biggest cohort of funded companies to date.

Double Fine Productions has cut its staff by 25% after completely parting ways with Xbox earlier this week

An American court has issued a final ruling in the litigation between Papaya Gaming and FIRY (formerly known as Skillz). It ordered Papaya Gaming to pay $719 million in damages for unfair competition

Double Fine isn't the only studio currently affected by layoffs. It has also been reported that layoffs are being prepared at LightSpeed Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent.

Double Fine studio announced the layoff of 23 employees. It is estimated that this is about a quarter of its staff.

The first quarter of the current fiscal year, lasting from April 1 to June 30, 2026, was highly successful for Capcom. In a recent report, the company announced growth in all key metrics.

There's an addition to the game analytics tools niche. The public version of itchDB was recently launched — a service that collects data on projects from the digital store itch.io.

According to the ASGC Games Industry Layoffs Tracker, current projections anticipate that job reductions will total 14,259 by the close of 2026, marking a 78% rise from the original prediction for the year

The gaming industry has been experiencing mass layoffs for several years now. According to estimates by Tencent top executive Amir Satvat, who monitors the labor market situation in game development, 2024 remains the most "bloody" year so far, but 2026 is not trailing far behind either

Capcom has announced its first-quarter financial results, revealing notable increases in both net and ordinary profit. This growth is attributed to robust sales of Pragmata and its catalogue titles, especially those from the Resident Evil series.

Atari has teamed up with Twin Galaxies to introduce the Atari World Championships

John Hight, president of Wizards of the Coast, is set to resign on September 1. This information was disclosed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27

In its quarterly report, Capcom also revealed the sales figures for two of its latest major releases — Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata

The first quarter of the current fiscal year, which lasted from April 1 to June 30, 2026, was very successful for Capcom. In their recent report, the company announced an increase in all key metrics.

Games for Change (G4C) revealed that beginning in 2027, its annual festival will take place in a different city during odd-numbered years, kicking off in Arizona.

The Polish publisher All in! Games wants to increase its financial value. The company does not rule out the possibility of engaging in mergers and acquisitions to achieve this.

Yesterday, Xbox experienced an extended outage, leading to difficulties for players attempting to sign in, access their game libraries, and play games. Xbox has now offered an explanation for the incident.

The investment company Candle Lake Limited, linked to American billionaire Kenneth Dart, has increased its stake in the online casino solutions developer Evolution to 30.02%. According to Swedish law, it now has four weeks to either make a mandatory offer for the acquisition of Evolution or reduce its shareholding below 30%

The production of the new Fable has turned out to be more expensive than Playground Games and Microsoft initially anticipated. This was reported by Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, citing his sources.

This is three times more than a year ago.

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Mikhail Kadikov, the design director at Vivix Studios, author of three books and a game on level design. He previously participated in the development of Might & Magic: Heroes VII and Hunt: Showdown

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has released new collections that chronicle the history of E3, an industry trade show that was held from 1995 to 2021

Atari has entered into an agreement with Universal Pictures to transform 10 of its game intellectual properties into feature films

Cyan Worlds has announced that a new entry in the Myst franchise is currently in the early stages of development

UK-based co-development company CodeDev, often referred to as The Unreal Guys, has introduced a new specialist division named The Performance Guys. This division is specifically established to address crucial optimisation tasks and consists solely of engineers and technical artists. The company is currently on the lookout for senior engineers to join the team.

Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show revealed that John Romero, co-founder of id Software, will be the main speaker at this year's event in Bangkok. His keynote address, titled "Why We Still Make Games," will focus on his extensive experience in game development, overcoming challenges, and adapting to industry transformations over several decades.

In 2019, Germany launched a support program for gaming companies, initially in a pilot phase. Since then, it has become officially established in the country, with developers and publishers receiving millions of euros in subsidies from the authorities.

In 2019, a support program for gaming companies was launched in Germany, initially in a pilot phase. Since then, it has been officially established in the country, and game developers and publishers have received millions of euros in subsidies from the authorities.

In Vietnam, as in China, there is a limit on the amount of time minors can spend on video games. Now they want to make it stricter

On July 15, the Armenia-based studio Space Raccoon Game Studio and the publisher Spaghetti Cat released a lumberjack simulator with the telling name — A Game About Chopping Trees. Recently, the new release reached its first major sales milestone

The Parliament of Bangladesh has approved a new law concerning gambling, including online gambling. It has introduced a number of severe penalties in the country.

The "net" revenue of the game is lower, but not by much.

The publisher of Squirrel With A Gun and Maximum Football has laid off all its U.S. employees, the co-founder of Rockstar Games commented on Sony's move away from physical discs, and Dinoblade sales exceeded 36,000 copies in just one day — here's a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend

The upcoming discontinuation of discs by Sony has become one of the most talked-about events in the industry in recent months. We decided to examine the situation from the perspective of market data and find out how the share of digital sales has changed for major publishers and what the current state of game retail is today.

At the beginning of autumn, one of the largest cities in Cyprus will host a new session of the conference for developers and publishers organized by WN Media Group. Among its guests are expected representatives from Loot, Xsolla, Avow, OHM, ByteDance, GEM Capital, and many other companies.

Ubisoft's Chief Financial Officer Frédérick Duguet indicated that the company anticipates strong financial returns from Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, attributing this expectation to reduced production costs.

The financial reporting period has arrived, and Ubisoft was quick to announce its results for April-June 2026. This marked the first quarter of the current fiscal year for the company, and it didn’t go very smoothly.

KRAFTON has announced a new deal. The company has invested in Neon, a platform that focuses on infrastructure for direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales in mobile games.

In early autumn, one of the largest cities in Cyprus will host a new session of the conference for developers and publishers by WN Media Group. Among its guests are expected to be representatives from Loot, Xsolla, Avow, OHM, ByteDance, GEM Capital, and many other companies

The Chinese soulslike game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers reached this milestone exactly one year after its release on July 24, 2025, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series

According to Newzoo, Meccha Chameleon, an independent hit, achieved significant success in June, securing the position of the second-highest-grossing PC title, just behind Fortnite.

Gaming companies from China engaged in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with enviable frequency in the first six months of 2026. This conclusion was reached by the publication Youxi Tuoluo, which analyzed activity in the local market.

Ubisoft has released its financial results for the first quarter, reporting net bookings amounting to €255.8 million

The corporation was accused of non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act requirements

The European Commission has approved the $55 billion deal for the acquisition of Electronic Arts, spearheaded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund