Stores and publishing

The British holding company TruFin has decided to sell its stake in Playstack— a publisher with a portfolio that includes Balatro, Abiotic Factor, Mortal Shell, and many other well-known games.

Asha Sharma, the CEO of Xbox, has stated that the recent reductions in Game Pass pricing are already yielding positive outcomes.

Valve has revealed that it will raise prices by more than 40% for its Steam Deck OLED models.

Last night, on May 27, IO Interactive launched the full release of the spy action game 007 First Light, which tells the story of a young James Bond's adventures. Prior to this, the game was available for just one day exclusively to pre-order holders

Incremental games are one of the fastest-growing segments on PC. We're releasing a comprehensive benchmark on the state of this niche to understand what the market for idle projects in Steam looks like today

The "Igromir" brand continues to expand. A month and a half ago, a cloud gaming service of the same name was launched under it. Now, a game publishing house has also been introduced

The multiplayer game Destruction AllStars, developed by Lucid Games and published by Sony, is scheduled to be removed from the PlayStation Store, resulting in its online services being discontinued

In October 2025, GameMill Entertainment published the adventure game Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club featuring the adventures of the famous dog Snoopy from the Peanuts comics. Seven months after the game's release, the publisher faced a lawsuit

On May 25, indie developer Alex Massé and his team released Paralives, a life simulation game in the spirit of The Sims, in early access. According to SteamDB, tens of thousands of people decided to check out the game simultaneously.

Irina Borodina, the marketing director of Digital Vortex Entertainment, explained how the company managed to gather over 200,000 wishlists for their new game, DREADMOOR

Asha Sharma, CEO of Xbox, has made additional adjustments to the brand's leadership team, naming industry analyst Matthew Ball as the new chief strategy officer and Scott Van Vliet as the chief technology officer. Ball is recognized as a venture partner, advisor, and investor, celebrated for his annual industry reports and his acclaimed book about the metaverse. Meanwhile, Van Vliet recently held the position of corporate vice president, managing Azure AI infrastructure.

We continue to publish videos of the reports from the "Gaming Industry" conference, held recently in Minsk, on a daily basis. Today, we have a report from iWorlds. It was presented by Alexander Nasonov, the founder of the studio

Valve has revised its tagging system on Steam by adding 17 new categories, removing 28, and either consolidating or renaming a number of existing tags.

Epic Games announced this landmark event in the news section of its website. The company noted that this result was achieved due to prolonged legal proceedings in the United States.

The game also became available in the Russian version of the App Store.

Fortnite has been reinstated in Apple's App Store globally, with Australia as an exception, as anticipation grows that US federal courts may mandate Apple to reveal its fee structure

From time to time, Valve optimizes the user tag system on Steam by removing outdated tags or adding new ones. This time, the company decided to do both.

Hermen Hulst reportedly stated this during a meeting with employees on May 18, according to Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier

Sony has announced that it will be increasing the prices for its PlayStation Plus (PS+) subscription service.

In response to speculation earlier this year about Sony scaling back on releasing PlayStation 5 exclusives for PC, Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, has reportedly informed staff that PlayStation's single-player titles will continue to be exclusive to the company's consoles.

The game was received very warmly.

TT Games announced this achievement in the game's event feed on the Valve store.

Xbox and Discord have unveiled a collaboration that introduces a "starter edition" of Game Pass available to Nitro subscribers

Clay John, a member of the Godot Foundation's board of directors, shared some intriguing statistics about the engine in the Godot blog. Among other things, he calculated how many games created with Godot have been released on Steam in recent years

Shift Up, a development company based in South Korea, has announced its intention to independently release the game Stellar Blade 2.

Sony has outlined its intentions to enhance AI integration across its organization, with a focus on game development.

Forklift Interactive achieved this result after three years of work: the publisher was launched in 2023

The Verge reviewed a letter sent by the new head of Xbox, Asha Sharma, to the employees of Microsoft's gaming division. It discusses leadership personnel changes.

Japanese indie developer Daikichi_EMP stated that he encountered an unexpected problem when trying to release a demo of his new game, Wired Tokyo 2007, on Steam. The moderators did not approve it, citing a copyright violation. However, according to Daikichi_EMP, these rights belong to him and no one else.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to disburse $7.8 million in refunds to American customers following a lawsuit that accused the company of engaging in antitrust practices within the PlayStation Store

In mid-April, we held a meetup on the topic of surviving as a Russian-speaking indie team under current conditions. We spoke with representatives from notable studios about how long the path to success takes, why games don't need a storyline, and where to find funding for development.

There's nothing more daunting than spending many years on development, only to realize that your game is not needed by anyone. Unfortunately, there's no guaranteed way to avoid a fiasco. However, you can increase your chances of success by evaluating the niche and potential competitors before development, at least based on obvious criteria. What are these criteria? Read about them in our article.

Microsoft has released its financial results for the third quarter, indicating a 5% decline in Xbox content and services and a notable 33% reduction in hardware revenues.

Microsoft Corporation reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, which spanned from January to March. The company disclosed that its gaming division continues to experience a decline in revenue.

After the release of most financial reports, we publish a continuation of our detailed analysis on the business status of gaming companies. This time, we will focus on South Korea, China, and Poland: comparing data, examining the reasons behind successes and crises, and identifying common trends

Asha Sharma, the head of Xbox, has acknowledged that the persistent memory shortage crisis is expected to affect the pricing of its upcoming hardware version.

In 2024, a group of former employees from Gearbox Publishing decided to establish their own publishing company — Cooldown Games. For nearly two years, it operated with indie status and has now become part of the Polish company People Can Fly.

In 2024, a group of former employees from Gearbox Publishing decided to establish their own publishing company — Cooldown Games. It operated independently for nearly two years before becoming part of the Polish company People Can Fly.

In a comprehensive interview with Game File, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma highlighted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's decade-long vision, which positions Xbox as a key target audience for the company. This conversation underscored Microsoft's dedication to enhancing Game Pass subscription revenue and investing in capabilities for its upcoming console, Project Helix.

The head of Microsoft’s gaming division, Asha Sharma, and the content director, Matt Booty, published a statement detailing plans for the future development of their team.

Under its new leadership, Microsoft Gaming has announced a rebranding back to Xbox. This change is part of a comprehensive new mission statement communicated to employees.

Head of Microsoft's gaming division Asha Sharma and content director Matt Booty released a statement detailing plans for further development of the team

At the beginning of the year, a bill was developed in Turkey, establishing a number of requirements for gaming platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store. After thorough consideration, the country’s parliament decided to approve it — but with some minor concessions.

In 2022, Microsoft announced its desire to create its own mobile game store that would compete with the App Store and Google Play. Four years later, the store has still not been launched, but the corporation assures that the project is alive

At the beginning of the year, Turkey developed a draft law that establishes a series of requirements for gaming platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store. After thorough consideration, the country's parliament decided to pass it, but with some minor relaxations

The authorities have made the same demand to the owners of Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox. They appealed to them directly.

The authorities made the same request to the owners of Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox

At the end of last week, Polden Publishing announced a new game — Cartel Pilots Wanted by the indie team OldYacht. It immediately caught the attention of the audience

A year and a half ago, former editor-in-chief of StopGame, Dmitriy Kungurov, along with a group of colleagues and creators of several popular YouTube channels, founded the creative studio RULER Productions, which assists developers with game trailers. Now, the team has decided to go even further and venture into the publishing business.

Toei, a Japanese entertainment company, has launched Toei Games, its own internal publishing brand.