On October 27, "Road of Life" is being released on Steam — a free game about a truck driver's journey on the icy road during the Siege of Leningrad. Sergey Gimelreich, the head of the studio ISKRA, shared with App2Top how the team received support from the Internet Initiatives Development Fund, how they balanced the budget, and how they transformed the concept of "driving on flat ice" into a game.

Griffin Gaming Partners, in collaboration with the production and talent management company Entertainment 360, has established a new venture aimed at facilitating the adaptation of games into film and television formats.

The Japan Actors Union has unveiled new guidelines aimed at tackling the unauthorized employment of generative AI technology for duplicating voice performances

According to an analysis by Sensor Tower, GTA 6 leads significantly in preorder numbers when compared to major AAA titles released over the past six years

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Dmitry Beley, co-founder of the game studio Solarsuit Games.

The European rating organization PEGI has begun reviewing the age ratings of previously released digital games that include loot boxes and other random item purchase mechanics. Now, such projects will receive a PEGI 16 rating, even if they were previously marked as PEGI 3, PEGI 7, or PEGI 12.

The 2027 GDC Festival of Gaming is set to adopt a four-day schedule, running from Monday to Thursday, March 1 to March 4.

From November 2022 to October 2026, salaries in the gaming industry decreased by an average of 13%. This conclusion was reached by Amir Satvat, a partner at the venture capital fund 1Up Ventures.

Steam users are unhappy with the large number of AI-content games featured in the October Steam Next Fest. Some of them have called on Valve to add a filter to the platform that would allow hiding such projects from recommendations.

Digital Sun Games, known for the Moonlighter series, has decided against holding a public playtest for their new roguelike game, ReVamp. According to PC Gamer, the developers are concerned that access to a working build might allow malicious actors to reverse-engineer the game, create clones, and release them before the original.

Supercell has completed the transaction to fully acquire Finland's Metacore, obtaining 100% ownership of the developer of Merge Mansion. The parties officially announced the closing of the deal on October 19

Digital-only games featuring paid random items, like loot boxes, are being re-evaluated to a PEGI 16 rating if they are presently rated PEGI 3, 7, or 12.

Wizards of the Coast is declining to provide voluntary recognition for a union initiative led by its Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X teams. Instead, employees will participate in a secret-ballot election managed by the National Labor Relations Board to decide on union membership.

Recently, investors have been generously investing in Turkish mobile studios.

Analysts from the GameDiscoverCo service continue to survey Steam users. This time, they decided to find out which devices gamers usually play on—not just for titles from the Steam library, but video games in general

For the first time, the 2027 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) will open submissions to publishers and developers.

The Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA (AQAU-CWA) union members have voted to allow a strike if deemed necessary, accusing Activision of not negotiating in good faith concerning critical matters in discussions for their initial contract

The CEO of tinyBuild, Alex Nichiporchik, shared the company's achievements on the social network X

The Department for Organizing Combating the Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported this on its Telegram channel

As of October 20, 2026, Christofer Sundberg, CEO of Liquid Swords, announced the studio's closure following its bankruptcy filing

In France, the gross gaming revenue (GGR) of licensed operators in the online gambling sector amounted to nearly one and a half billion euros in the first half of 2026. It increased by 11% compared to the previous year, according to the local regulator ANJ.

UKIE has collaborated with the law firm Sheridans to introduce an AI Compliance and Accreditation Service. This initiative is designed to help studios within the UK gaming sector utilize AI technologies in a legal and responsible manner.

Recently, investors have been generously investing in Turkish mobile studios.

The development studio Samson might have gone bankrupt, a BioWare veteran stated that the ambitions of CD PROJEKT RED could lead it to major problems, and Ratatan sales figures have been revealed — here's a recap of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend

This year, the editorial team at App2Top.ru is hosting their own gaming awards. It's called the App2Top Awards and it honors the achievements of gaming teams from the CIS. The editorial team is inviting readers to select the nominees

Horror games represent a market with steady demand, a relatively low entry barrier for developers, and established conventions. In our new report, we will attempt to assess how commercially appealing this niche remains. As always, it includes numerous tables, data, and interesting observations

American Congressman Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce the Power to the Players Act. Its goal is to protect gamers’ rights and prevent situations where publishers revoke access to purchased games.

The German studio Fishlabs announced on LinkedIn that it is forced to part ways with some employees

The 2026 edition of Gamescom Asia in conjunction with the Thailand Game Show has unveiled plans to include four more pavilions, increasing the total number to 20. These represent participation from 12 different markets spanning Asia, Europe, and North America.

Starting in January 2027, the so-called "IT Patent Law" will come into effect in Russia, expanding the possibilities of patent protection for software. According to Yury Zubov, the head of Rospatent, the innovations will also apply to game developers — for instance, they will have the opportunity to patent skins

Matt Webster, who leads the team at Fuse Games responsible for developing Star Wars: Galactic Racer, mentioned that from the outset, the Netflix series Drive to Survive served as an inspiration for the game.

American Congressman Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce the Power to the Players Act. Its goal is to protect the rights of gamers and prevent situations where publishers deny access to purchased games

The developers from Wych Elm mentioned this on social media.

The number of attendees at Game Republic New Horizons 2026 increased by 78% compared to the previous year, rising from 259 to 461 visitors

Valve has decided to make further changes to the functionality of its digital store. This time, the company is focusing on updating the game achievements system — currently only available in the beta version of the Steam client

Developer Fishlabs in Germany has revealed plans to reduce its workforce, affecting both its development and support teams

Sega and Creative Assembly have temporarily removed Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from sale due to concerns related to AI upscaling and various performance problems

European gambling regulators, in collaboration with Google, are working on creating a list of legal operators in the iGaming sector. This was announced by the head of the Dutch regulatory authority (KSA), Michel Groothuizen.

DayZ creator Dean Hall published an extensive post on Reddit criticizing the state of the gaming industry. In his opinion, one of the main issues in modern game development is the greed of large tech companies and developers' reliance on third-party tools.

The "Lesta Games" group of companies no longer belongs to Rosimushchestvo. It announced its transfer into the hands of a consortium of private investors from JSC "Industrial Structures"

The action role-playing game reached this milestone three weeks after its release.

Dean Hall, a seasoned professional in the industry, has introduced Brutal, an open-source game development framework. This initiative is a joint effort by his two companies, Ahwoo and RocketWerkz.

In the professional game development community, there’s a theory suggesting that Steam wishlists have lost their former value. Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski explored this notion and shared his findings in the How To Market A Game blog.

The virtual reality market is still in its formative stages due to the uncomfortable form factor of VR headsets, according to Andrew Eiche, CEO of Owlchemy Labs. He expressed this view in an interview with Game Developer

4J Studios has revealed that its open-world survival sandbox game, Reforj, will launch a closed playtest on PC in the first quarter of 2027

In the professional game development community, there's a popular theory that wishlists on Steam have lost their former value. Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski tested this theory and shared his findings on the How To Market A Game blog

In April 2018, MY.GAMES released the mech-action game War Robots on Steam. Over the years, the game has performed quite well

Developer House House from Melbourne will not be launching its cooperative game Big Walk on Xbox, expressing its support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

How much they amounted to is not disclosed

Epic Games has introduced a beta version of its latest launcher, asserting that it outpaces Steam by 46% in speed when loading from a cold start to the store page.