Between 2018 and 2024, the German gaming sector saw substantial growth, leading to an 81% rise in the number of gaming companies

According to recent data released by Appcharge, direct-to-consumer (DTC) monetisation has evolved into a "core revenue system"

This is only on Steam. Wishlists on console stores were not included in the statistics

Such statistics were shared by the analytics company Sensor Tower.

It has become known about another studio that has suffered layoffs at Ubisoft. Ubisoft Abu Dhabi has been affected by the cuts.

Liquidnitro Games, an India-based firm specializing in development and live services, has successfully closed a Series A funding round, securing $19.1 million.

The year 2025 turned out to be rich in high-quality games from teams with Russian roots. More than seven projects were released, earning over a million dollars on Steam. According to our forecasts, 2026 will be even richer in releases. We have compiled a list of games developed in Russian that have already gained over 200,000 wishlists

Two complaints related to labor issues have been lodged against Nintendo with the National Labor Relations Board in the United States

Ubisoft has acknowledged the elimination of 29 positions at its Abu Dhabi office in the United Arab Emirates, following LinkedIn posts from the employees impacted by the decision.

Meta Corporation will undergo a significant restructuring within its Reality Labs division, which deals with the metaverse and virtual reality technologies. Among those affected will be gaming teams.

Playtika has announced a large wave of layoffs

Embracer Group was allegedly behind the lawsuit against the deal, which was filed by the Swedish pension fund AP7 in November 2022.

Meta has closed three virtual reality studios after implementing a 10% reduction in its Reality Labs division dedicated to the metaverse.

During the holiday season, Arc Raiders emerged as the top-selling game on all platforms.

Sales of the Fallout franchise experienced a significant boost during the holiday season after the premiere of season two of Amazon's adaptation.

The event called "Endless Winter" was supposed to take place in "World of Ships"

Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, has alleged that a lawsuit initiated by a Swedish pension fund was intended to aid Embracer in establishing a presence in the California market to the detriment of Activision.

Meta Corporation will conduct a major restructuring in the Reality Labs division, which is involved in the metaverse and virtual reality technologies. Among others, gaming teams will be affected.

Rockstar has introduced the Cfx Marketplace, an official platform designed for "every server and every player" to purchase mods.

The CEO of Shift Up, the company responsible for Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke, suggests that nations like South Korea must embrace AI technology to stay competitive with larger countries like China and the United States.

Josef Fares, the CEO and founder of Hazelight, has stated his commitment to keeping his company private, affirming that he will never pursue a public offering.

According to a recent report by investment bank Aream & Co, mergers and acquisitions activity in the video game sector amounted to only $500 million in the last quarter of 2025, marking an 89% decline compared to the same period the previous year.

One Rule Games, a newly established mobile studio located in France, has successfully completed its seed funding round

As we enter the new year, we continue to summarize the results of 2025 with gaming teams and experts, or those connected to the gaming industry. Up next is a column on the year's outcomes by Pavel Ryäkkönen, the CEO and founder of WN Media Group

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Igor Ilyukhin, the Chief Operating Officer of Far Far Games

Layoffs will occur at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm studios.

Layoffs will take place at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm studios.

The Glasgow Employment Tribunal has turned down a request for interim relief submitted on behalf of employees dismissed by Rockstar

They asked to be reinstated at work during the court proceedings

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Robert Bagratuni, head of Mundfish

Arc Raiders, the extraction shooter, has achieved sales exceeding 2.4 million copies so far in 2026

Ubisoft has revealed plans to reduce its workforce in Sweden, anticipating the loss of 55 positions across Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is reportedly planning to reduce its workforce by approximately 10% in the Reality Labs division, which concentrates on metaverse, virtual reality, and augmented reality initiatives

The announcement of the sequel to the visual novel "Endless Summer" sparked a storm of debate: gamers suspected that the developers used neural networks at least in the creation of promotional materials. Here's what happened.

We continue to wrap up 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Petr Kostenko, co-founder and programmer at Divovision Games studio

The game achieved this result in just two and a half months: the release of ARC Raiders took place on October 30, 2025

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is currently one of the most popular games by Devolver Digital on Steam

Embark Studios appears undeterred by the recent criticism concerning its implementation of AI in creating Arc Raiders. The company stated it does not wish to "open the floodgates" regarding AI, and the feedback has not "changed [its] outlook" either.

A few days following Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) board of directors' repeated dismissal of Paramount Skydance's revised tender offer, Paramount has initiated legal action against WBD, requesting the court to disclose the details of Netflix's proposal.

Valve has surpassed its previous concurrent user record on its digital gaming platform, Steam, once more

Warner Bros. Games is said to have laid off an unspecified number of employees at its San Francisco location

Continuing to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. This time, we spoke with PlayDeck's CBDO, Maksim Babichev.

Tom Francis is the founder and head of the British studio Suspicious Developments, which created the games Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. In his blog, he gave some basic advice to indie teams.

Tom Francis is the founder and head of the British studio Suspicious Developments, which created the games Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. In his blog, he provided some basic advice for indie teams

Let's continue summing up the results of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Next up is an interview with Andrey Tyagunov, co-founder of NavyField Mobile.

Recently, the analytical service Steam250 published a list of the 250 games that were best received by Steam users in 2025. It assigned each game a score based on the number of reviews and approval rating.

Following the $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts by an investor group that includes the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Maxis has stressed that its "values have not changed"

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Up next is an interview with Danila Kamenev, Head of Publishing at Indie GO Fund

The year 2026 has already set a new online record for Steam. According to the service SteamDB, on the evening of January 11, there were 42,042,778 people on the platform at the same time.

On January 9, one of the first notable releases of 2026, Pathologic 3, was launched. Within just a few days of its debut, the Steam version of the game achieved a "mostly positive" rating.