Stores and publishing

Sony might be contemplating postponing the release of its next-generation console in response to the persistent memory shortage crisis

Blizzard Entertainment relaunched Overwatch 2, removing the "2" from the name, and kicked off a new season with new heroes and additional story content. As a result, the multiplayer shooter reached record popularity on Steam

As a result, Knight's Path reached the 139th spot in the list of the most anticipated games on Steam.

On February 6th, Nioh 3, an action RPG by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, was released on PC and consoles. According to SteamDB data, the Steam version of the game attracted tens of thousands of concurrent users within the first few hours

The money was spent on advertising both games and non-gaming applications.

Sony has disclosed its financial performance for the nine-month period concluding on December 31, 2025, showing a 21% rise in operating income overall

Sony Corporation released its financial report for October-December 2025. We have selected the key highlights concerning its gaming division.

Sony Corporation released its financial report for October-December 2025. We selected the key highlights concerning its gaming division.

The 2026 UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) framework will acknowledge the games industry by assigning dedicated four-digit codes for video game development and publishing, accurately representing the sector's scale

However, he still wants to increase his market share in the niche

This is 9% more than in 2024

The Ministry of Family and Social Services of Turkey has prepared a draft law, which, if passed, would impose stricter regulations on the operation of Steam, Epic Games Store, and other game stores in the country.

The Ministry of Family and Social Services of Turkey has prepared a draft law, which, if adopted, will allow the authorities to more strictly regulate the operations of Steam, Epic Games Store, and other gaming stores in the country.

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams and experts, or those related to the gaming industry. Up next is an interview with Artur Beresnev, CEO of Mamboo Entertainment

We continue our 2025 wrap-up together with top managers and experts from the games industry. Up next is an interview with Artur Beresnev, CEO at Mamboo Entertainment.

The Microsoft Corporation released a report outlining the financial results for the last three months of 2025, marking the second quarter of its fiscal year 2026.

Microsoft Corporation released a report detailing the financial results of the last three months of 2025, which for the company was the second quarter of fiscal 2026.

The head of Hooded Horse, best known for Manor Lords and the upcoming Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, Tim Bender, gave an interview to PC Gamer. During the conversation, he criticized the majority of indie publishers and essentially encouraged developers to self-publish their games

Maciej Gołębiewski, the managing director of GOG, has admitted that the firm's choice to withdraw the Taiwanese horror game Devotion from its platform in 2020 negatively impacted its reputation.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London has decided to forward a lawsuit against Valve to court. The company is accused of “profiteering off British gamers” through Steam.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London has decided to forward a lawsuit against Valve to court. The company is accused of "profiteering off British gamers" through Steam.

On the evening of January 26, the release of Highguard took place on PC and consoles. Highguard is a free-to-play raid shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, which sparked controversy following its announcement at The Game Awards 2025. On Steam, the game had a mixed start

Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven is a major story DLC that introduced winter, new enemies, animal husbandry mechanics, and much more to the game. According to analysts from Alinea Analytics, it achieved higher sales on Steam in its debut day than the last three expansions combined did over a week.

Xbox aims to "more consistently" release its first-party titles on the PlayStation 5 platform

Over 40 million people log into Steam daily. However, this doesn't mean that the platform has enough traffic for everyone. Tens of thousands of products compete for users' attention, and this base continues to grow. Up to 2,000 new titles are released on the platform every month. We spoke with market experts to discuss how to gain organic reach in this environment—Danila Kamenev, head of publishing at Indie GO Fund, and Dmitry Muratov, head of publishing at Skystone Games.

Playground Games has revealed that Fable is scheduled for release in the fall of 2026

We continue to wrap up the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Dmitry Muratov, head of publishing at Skystone Games

Looking back at the year 2025, we couldn't help but take note of the state of Steam as a gaming platform. In today's comprehensive report, you'll find records, the median revenue of new releases, the most popular tags and engines, as well as chart leaders and other data. All of this is traditionally accompanied by graphs and commentary

A year ago, the studio Pocketpair, known for the sensational game Palworld, decided to try its hand in the publishing niche. In an interview with The Game Business portal, Pocketpair Publishing's head John Buckley shared that his team approaches game publishing with a considerable degree of altruism

Continuing to summarize the events of 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Yuri Bogdanov, co-founder of TryHard Games studio.

Pocketpair, the company behind the popular pocket monster-themed game Palworld, has announced that the game's success allows them to offer more favorable publishing deals to indie developers than would typically be available.

We continue summing up the results of 2025 with gaming teams. This time, we spoke with the top managers of the publishing company Zavod Games — CEO Anton Stasenko and business development director Denis Levchik

Console sales have also increased, but the exact figures have not been disclosed.

Valve, the prominent PC company, has updated its AI disclosure policy on Steam. The new rules now mandate that developers disclose the use of artificial intelligence technology only in specific circumstances.

Valve, the PC powerhouse, has announced that developers will face "fewer constraints" regarding platform verification compared to the Steam Deck.

It has been reported that as a result, 1,194 games have been removed from the PlayStation Store.

Maciej Gołębiowski, the managing director of the PC platform GOG, has cautioned that developers and publishers may produce fewer new games if they are required to maintain these titles online indefinitely.

It has been reported that 1,194 games have been removed from the PlayStation Store

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

We continue to sum up the results of 2025 with gaming teams. Next up is an interview with Kirill Oreshkin, co-founder of Polden Publishing.

In 2025, the top five most played games on the PlayStation 5 in the United States remained consistent with the previous year, with Fortnite maintaining the leading position.

1047 Games, the developer behind the newly launched Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, has addressed reports concerning the game's performance on Steam.

Since the premiere of the second season of Amazon's Fallout series, the number of concurrent players on Steam for Fallout 4 has increased twofold