Most companies tend to consider the brands they have created or acquired in the past as their most valuable assets. However, today it may be more important to focus on what they are capable of in the future. The release of Gears of War: E-Day is an excellent opportunity to discuss how individual studios transform into independent and far more valuable IPs

Philip Holt, the head of Undead Labs, is "reluctant to share" the number of employees the studio lost after becoming independent from Xbox

With a slight delay, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella published statistics on the U.S. gaming market for August 2026. According to the data, Americans are purchasing new releases well, yet this does not prevent the overall spending from continuing to decline.

Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film based in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077

At the gaming culture festival The Tenth Mosaic, Japanese game designer Yoko Taro shared that he no longer wants to be involved in games and would prefer to end his career, but concerns about health hold him back

Recently, Steam introduced a personal calendar featuring recommended upcoming and newly released games, curated based on gamers' own preferences. The store has not disclosed how exactly the calendar's algorithm works, but the CEO of Luden.io, Oleg Chumakov, has some guesses.

Under an agreement signed in December 2025, Sony is set to transfer 419 virtual reality patents worldwide to Meta, which includes 180 patents filed in the United States.

Nordisk Games has revealed that its subsidiaries, Avalanche Studios Group and Supermassive Games, have entered into a publishing agreement.

Rainbow Six Mobile is set to cease operations less than a year following its worldwide release. This free-to-play tactical shooter will continue to be accessible until January 15, 2027.

The British publisher Fireshine Games, known for releasing Core Keeper, Far Far West, and numerous other games, has grown a bit bigger. The company announced that the indie studio Fair Games has joined its ranks

Perhaps Sony is no longer too interested in virtual reality

The French gambling regulator ANJ announced the expansion of its collaboration with the agency responsible for overseeing advertising in the country. This collaboration will now also cover games with monetizable digital objects. This includes Web3 games involving blockchain, NFTs, and crypto-assets.

Bandai Namco announced that Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has already sold 1 million copies worldwide. This milestone was achieved by the arcade flight simulator faster than any previous installment in the 30-year-old franchise

With a slight delay, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella released statistics on the U.S. gaming market for August 2026. According to the data, Americans are purchasing new releases well, but this does not prevent the overall amount of their spending from continuing to decline

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

A panel organized by GamesIndustry.biz is scheduled to take place during Game Republic's Investment Summit at MCM Comic Con on October 23

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.