In 2023, a group of former King employees launched their own studio, Studio 555. The team recently successfully closed a seed funding round amounting to 4 million euros.

The mobile dating gacha simulator Love and Deepspace, created by the Chinese studio Papergames, is generating substantial revenue. According to estimates by Sensor Tower analysts, as of mid-June, gamers have spent $650 million in the game.

The Polish company President Studio has become a publicly traded entity. It made its debut on the NewConnect exchange — a platform established by the Warsaw Stock Exchange specifically for smaller companies.

The South Korean studio Shift Up is pleased with the release of Stellar Blade on PC. The game reached Steam and the Epic Games Store on June 12th and sold over a million copies within the first three days.

According to media reports, Tencent has shown interest in purchasing Nexon, the current generation of PlayStation consoles has become the most profitable in Sony’s history, and the audience for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has reached 7 million people. Here’s a summary of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

Another game studio has closed its doors. The Scottish team Cobra Mobile, known for the early App Store hit iBomber, has announced its shutdown.

On June 10, a chamber meetup under the brand “Game Industry” was held on the banks of the Neva. Here are the results.

Capcom has boasted that Street Fighter 6 has sold 5 million copies. It took just over two years for the fighting game to reach this milestone, with the game celebrating its second anniversary last week.

The Institute of Internet Development (IID) has announced the results of the national content competition. This year, among its winners are the developers of 13 mobile and PC games.

Kepler Interactive is a publisher that values risks and takes into account the interests of indie studios. What sets the company apart from its competitors is a unique operational approach that involves co-owning the business with partner developers. Let’s delve into how this model operates and the success Kepler has achieved over three years.

On June 10, the studio Build A Rocket Boy, founded by the former president of Rockstar North and the producer of the GTA series, released its debut game — the action game MindsEye. It received a lukewarm reception on Steam.

The studio behind Days Gone announced on social media that it has parted ways with some employees. Bend Studio did not specify the number of layoffs, but according to information from Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, 40 people have left.

Nintendo announced the first sales figures for the Nintendo Switch 2, revealing that the console sold over 3.5 million units in the first four days after its release.

Soon—on June 19-20—a WN Conference will take place in Istanbul. Let’s share the event’s program. Among other things, the program will feature a panel on developers transitioning from hyper-casual games to projects for Steam.

During the week from June 3 to June 10, the free-to-play Counter-Strike 2 returned to the top of the overall sales chart on Steam. As for the list of paid projects only, Dune: Awakening climbed to the top.

The VG Insights service continues to share wishlist data. It has now compiled a list of the top games that gamers most frequently added to their wishlists* during the period from June 2 to June 8.

Last week, Zenless Zone Zero celebrated its anniversary, for which miHoYo released the major 2.0 update and hosted festive events. Consequently, at least mobile version users spent significantly more money in the game than usual.

Yesterday, Apple held the WWDC 2025 developer presentation. Among other things, the corporation unveiled a new gaming platform called Apple Games.

Less than 24 hours remain until the release of the action game MindsEye by former GTA producer Leslie Benzies. In light of this, VG Insights’ Director of Business Development, Vic Bassey, calculated the game’s wishlists.