The Turkish prosecutor is demanding 88,000 years of imprisonment for Mehmet Aydın, the creator of the online farm game Farm Bank. He is accused of creating a financial pyramid scheme that harmed thousands of gamers.

The Russian corporate entity of Deus Craft studio, known for the game Grand Hotel Mania, is being liquidated by its new owner — Astrum Entertainment.

The Russian legal entity of the studio Deus Craft, known for the game Grand Hotel Mania, is being liquidated by its new owner, Astrum Entertainment.

The publisher Konami has reported the initial sales results for the remake of Silent Hill 2. The game surpassed 1 million copies sold within the first three days of its release, which took place on October 8.

Hazelight Studios has announced that the sales of It Takes Two have reached 20 million copies, three and a half years after its release.

Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have announced a new milestone for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. More than 4.5 million people have played the action game just a month after its official release, which occurred on September 9th.

The French company DON’T NOD is facing challenging times. In light of declining financial performance, it has announced further business restructuring, which will result in layoffs.

On October 16, trading of DON’T NOD shares on the European stock exchange Euronext was temporarily halted. The pause was initiated at the company’s own request.

Statista analysts have published a report on the state of the UAE video game market. According to their forecasts, from 2024 to 2027, the market size will grow at an annual average growth rate of 5.4%.

The analytics company Circana tried to determine what the video game audience in the United States looks like today. For this, it surveyed 5,100 residents of the country.

Capcom has announced that sales of the Resident Evil 4 remake continue to grow even a year and a half after its release. They have surpassed the 8 million copy mark.

The MobileGamer portal has examined the current state of the mobile shooter market. It referred to data from the AppMagic service and compiled a top-9 revenue ranking of games in this genre on the App Store and Google Play as of September.

Stéphane Beauverger, one of the key team members at DON’T NOD, announced his departure after 15 years with the company.

A month ago, Ubisoft mandated that employees work from the office at least three days a week. Many were strongly displeased with this requirement.

Riot Games is conducting a new round of layoffs, the second this year. During this round, the League of Legends team will lose 27 employees, and the publishing division will see five positions cut.

After three months of striking, the SAG-AFTRA, the American actors’ guild, has decided to resume discussions with major game developers. The parties will meet at the negotiation table on October 23.

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, the first new installment in the main fighting game series in 17 years, continues to show excellent results on Steam. During the week of October 8 to October 15, the game confidently took first place in the premium products chart and second in overall revenue, second only to Counter-Strike 2. This surge indicates significant interest in the franchise even after a long hiatus.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has joined the long list of gaming companies that are laying off employees en masse, according to Bloomberg sources. Due to the peculiarities of Japanese legislation, it has reportedly resorted to a specific practice.

Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco announced that their new 3D fighting game, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, sold 3 million copies within the first 24 hours of release.