Now the studio Bulkhead Interactive is owned by a consortium of three companies: Super Media Group, Everplay Group, and Hiro Capital.

On December 10, the final broadcast of the year for the deconstruct show "What's Up with the Game?" took place on the WN Academy platform. This time, the experts discussed in detail and with considerable emotion the mechanics, design, and other aspects of one of the main hits of the fall — the extraction shooter ARC Raiders

Don't Scream Together is a cooperative version of the horror game Don't Scream, where players also have to navigate through a dark forest while keeping their composure. If even one player screams, the entire experience restarts

Tencent, the Chinese conglomerate in the tech and entertainment sectors, divested UK-based developer Bulkhead Interactive to a newly established consortium. This consortium includes Super Media Group (SMG), Everplay Group PLC—the parent company of Team 17—and Hiro Capital. Previously acquired by Splash Damage in 2022, Bulkhead Interactive was under Tencent's ownership until Splash Damage was sold to private equity.

Continuing to summarize 2025 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. In the second wrap-up interview, we spoke with perelesoq studio's creative director, Artem Koblov.

The issue of the dismissal of several dozen employees from Rockstar Games was brought up at the last session of the British Parliament

As Bloomberg noted, the stock price of the Japanese company has been almost continuously declining since the beginning of December

Christian Løvstedt, CEO of Midjiwan AB, has issued an open letter addressed to the "global games industry," criticizing colleagues for frequently disregarding mobile games and the creators behind them

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that government officials "will examine the specific case" involving alleged union suppression at Rockstar.

A real corporate war has erupted around the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery. The fate of dozens of IPs, including video games, is at stake. Today, we will delve into the financial details of the offers from Netflix and Paramount, as well as address the potential future of WB Games

The founder of the analytical service GameDiscoverCo, Simon Carless, examined how the release of games on Steam unfolded after leaving Early Access in 2025. He discovered that the majority of them failed to surpass their initial performance.

The fine was issued for violating the CCPA, California's data privacy protection law.

It's December outside. Many people have already started decorating their Christmas trees. I'm sure some are even sticking paper snowflakes on the windows. This means it's the perfect time to reflect on the rapidly ending year of 2025. As is tradition, leading up to the New Year, App2Top reviews the year with representatives from gaming and gaming-related companies. This time, the series kicks off with an interview with Ilya Gutov, the founder of the gaming accelerator Meridian Play.

The Hypemasters studio, founded by individuals from Russia, has successfully completed a new round of funding. The investors include Impact46 and GEM Capital.

We continue our "Developer/Publisher Wanted" series, where indie teams share about themselves and their projects. Next up is Omne Lab studio. They are developing Tales of Tiolis, an investigation game with action elements, set in a post-Soviet futurism style

The open-world sandbox game Wobbly Life, created by Rubber Band Games, is set to be transformed into both film and television adaptations

Simon Carless, the founder of the analytical service GameDiscoverCo, reviewed the releases of games on Steam that exited early access in 2025. He found that the vast majority of them failed to surpass their initial performance

Saudi Arabia will host a new games conference next year

The gaming market is recovering from the post-pandemic downturn, claim analysts from Boston Consulting Group. Below are some figures from their latest report

Aspyr has disclosed that it failed to release the promised Restored Content DLC for the Nintendo Switch edition of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2. This was due to an inability to furnish Disney with a comprehensive list of the modders' legal names.

3D Investment Partners, the third-largest shareholder in Square Enix, has asserted that the company has shown a "significant deterioration in earning power." The investor has urged the company to "devise and rigorously implement concrete countermeasures addressing critical management issues"

A coalition of six video game unions from Western Europe has come together to denounce artificial intelligence, hazardous work environments, and the recurrent layoffs affecting employees in the gaming sector.

Netflix has stated that it placed no valuation on Warner Bros' gaming division as part of its planned acquisition of the entertainment giant.

Last evening, December 8, a new development in the situation with the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery was revealed. Paramount announced that it does not intend to hand over the media giant to Netflix competitors and wants to acquire it itself.

Singaporean fund 3D Investment Partners, which owns 14.36% of Square Enix shares, criticized the company. They shared their comments in a 112-page presentation.

Recently, Roskachestvo analyzed Candy Crush Saga, Royal Match, Homescapes, "World of Domovyat," and 10 other popular mobile games in the Match-3 genre. The experts were interested in whether these games contain manipulative mechanics. As it turns out, they do.

Embracer Group's shares have plummeted by more than 30% as the company prepares to spin off Coffee Stain Group on December 11

A new gaming studio, Last Arrow, has launched in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, with leadership from experienced professionals previously associated with Sumo Digital, CCP, and Electronic Arts

Formally, the new team has joined 2K Games.

Take-Two Interactive has recruited Darren Gallagher and Brian Horton from The Initiative to establish a new studio under the 2K label.

iam8bit, a merchandise specialist, has filed a lawsuit against publisher Skybound Games, alleging fraud and breach of contract

Before entering negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix executives considered the possibility of acquiring other companies, Bloomberg reports. According to the information, Electronic Arts (EA) was among the organizations that piqued Netflix's interest

Last night, on December 8, it was reported that there was a new twist in the situation regarding the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount announced that it does not intend to let the media giant go to competitors like Netflix and wants to acquire it themselves.

Pokémon TCG Pocket, Dredge, Cyberpunk 2077, Porta Nubi, and What The Clash? were all honored in Apple's year-end 2025 App Store Awards

Ys Net is contemplating legal measures after a video teaser, inaccurately purported to be of Shenmue 4, surfaced online last week.

Entertainment powerhouse Paramount Skydance has initiated a hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery, mere days following the latter's agreement to a deal with Netflix

The gaming markets in Asia and the MENA region are projected to achieve $88.97 billion in revenue by 2025, surpassing earlier forecasts.

Shuhei Yoshida, previously the leader of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has stated that game developers in Japan are struggling to match the speed of their counterparts in China.

Katsuhiro Harada will step down by the end of December.

VK summarized the year and listed the games most frequently mentioned by users on VKontakte in their posts and comments. It was emphasized that the tone of the messages was not considered in the statistics: games could be either praised or criticized

Katsuhiro Harada will resign by the end of December.

Veterans from PlayStation London Studio, Disney Interactive, and Square Enix have established a new studio.

After a three-decade tenure, Katsuhiro Harada, a seasoned veteran of the Tekken series, has announced his exit from Bandai Namco

Last Friday, the sixth episode of the Web Shop Arena show took place, where mobile game developers compete for a prize of $50,000.

Skybound Games is the gaming division of Skybound Entertainment, which owns the rights to The Walking Dead universe. As noted by Engadget, it recently received a lawsuit from the publisher iam8bit.

"Tiny Bunny" set a new online player record on Steam following the release of its final episode, the creators of the canceled POSTAL: Bullet Paradise decided to shut down their studio, and sales of The Forsaken Hollows expansion for Elden Ring Nightreign exceeded 2 million copies in just two days — here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend

Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros, a major player in the entertainment industry, in a transaction estimated to be worth approximately $82.7 billion

The Russian authorities have restricted access to the gaming platform Roblox for its citizens, citing claims that it contains "LGBT propaganda."

The transaction amount will be $82.7 billion.

For 22 years, Obsidian Entertainment studio has managed to survive in the most challenging situations. Thanks to its versatile approach to development, it holds a unique position within the structure of Microsoft Gaming today. However, the studio is still in search of its identity, unable to produce a truly big hit in its specialized RPG genre.