The existence of the ban was revealed by Grasshopper Manufacture’s CEO Goichi Suda in an interview with Eurogamer. He knows about this firsthand, as his studio is part of NetEase.

The parade of financial reports continued with Electronic Arts (EA). The company also announced its results for the third fiscal quarter of 2026—like Take-Two, this period spanned from October 1 to December 31, 2025.

Although January was quiet in terms of major releases, it was still memorable due to several hits. Most of these were projects by independent studios, combining mechanics from simulators and other popular genres on Steam. Their revenue, sales, and other metrics are covered in our traditional section.

Take-Two Interactive reported on its third fiscal quarter of 2026, which ended on December 31, 2025. The results were better than the company had anticipated.

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

On the evening of February 3rd, Epic Games released its traditional annual statistics for its digital game store. We have selected the key figures.

This is 9% more than in 2024.

At the same time, the activists also proposed to remove the entire company’s board of directors.

Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski shared his thoughts on his How To Market A Game blog about whether or not to keep a demo version available post-launch or to remove it. He supported his opinion with statistics from indie games that were released on Steam in 2025 and received over a thousand reviews.

Nintendo has announced its results for the first nine months of fiscal 2026 — that is, for the period from April 1 to December 31, 2025. The company reported that Switch 2 sales continued to gain momentum, and as a result, the company’s revenues increased.

It took her just under two and a half years: Slay the Princess was released on October 23, 2023.

Despite the increasing popularity of AI and the hopes and fears associated with it, investments in training specialists continue. Magdalena Stryevski, the COO, and Elena Ryakkonen, a manager at WN Media Group, explained why this is happening in their column for App2Top.

The specialists at the service “YuKassa” reported this in a recent study.

Final publication based on the outcomes. All published results — 80 in total — listed together.

The game reached this milestone in just three days.

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.

Gaming company stocks fell following news of Project Genie, the head of Ashes of Creation’s development studio resigned in protest against the board’s actions, and the Epstein files mentioned a former GTA producer — here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend. (UPDATED).

In this interview, we wrap up our discussions with top managers and gaming industry experts (and related fields) to summarize the results of 2025. The final material is a conversation with Artyom Khandriko, an associate partner and head of the IT/IP practice at REVERA.

In 2025, four out of the top 10 highest-grossing releases on Steam were developed by Swedish teams, and 15 local games each earned over a million dollars. Today, we will analyze the results of major hits originating from Sweden and track the main trends.