The Tagansky Court of Moscow continues to issue fines to game developers and publishers. Now, Epic Games has joined the long list of penalized companies.

Hermen Hulst allegedly announced this at a meeting with employees on May 18th, writes Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier.

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. This time, we talked about the basics of monetization with Maxim Fomichev, a producer at Holiday Studios. We covered the fundamental essentials to, as they say, not forget the basics.

Such an amount was mentioned by Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick in an interview with podcaster David Senra.

The Sunday Times newspaper has compiled its annual list of the wealthiest residents of the United Kingdom. For the second year in a row, brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, founders of Playrix, have secured the 10th place on this list.

The company Gambling.com Group, which specializes in analytical services for online gambling, has experienced a sharp drop in its stock price. In just one day, the value of its shares fell by 53%, reports the portal next.io.

Two American gamers have decided to sue Sony’s gaming division. The plaintiffs claimed that the company received a “significant unforeseen revenue” due to tariffs imposed in 2025 by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Konami has decided to completely exit Russia and Belarus, Xbox has undergone a minor rebranding, and Terraria’s sales have surpassed 70 million copies—here’s a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

It has been reported about layoffs in the Cyprus-Georgian game studio Gameteq, whose core team was formed from employees of the Krasnodar office of Plarium in 2022.

The majority of the members of the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee voted in favor of it.

The summit is happening very soon — in two weeks, on May 28th. From 9 AM to 5 PM, industry experts will share their experiences, cases, and advice with each other in a roundtable format.

The sequel to the underwater survival game Subnautica showcased one of the biggest launches of 2026. Today, we will not only discuss the game’s launch (including within the context of Krafton’s financial strategy) but also examine the metrics of the most lucrative titles in the genre.

We continue to publish daily videos of the talks from the “Gaming Industry” conference, which took place just recently in Minsk. Today, we have a presentation from “Yandex Games.” It was delivered by Nikita Bokarev, the business development manager of the platform.

The developers from Unknown Worlds had barely announced that Subnautica 2 sold 1 million copies when their parent company, KRAFTON, delivered the news. They shared that the game hit the milestone of 2 million copies sold in just 12 hours from its release.

Reports have been confirmed that the Tagansky District Court of Moscow is preparing to fine Embracer Group for violating Russian law. The lawsuit against the Swedish holding was reported by the newspaper “Kommersant” last week.

A month ago, Warhorse Studios announced a charity initiative. They promised to donate part of the proceeds from the sales of the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance during the Steam Medieval Fest to the restoration of the Czech Pernštejn Castle. Warhorse Studios kept their promise.

iGaming company Bragg Gaming Group has signed an agreement to acquire Drayton International. The deal is valued at $9 million, with payment to be made in Bragg shares.

The game was met with a very warm reception.

Yesterday, on May 14, the pirate survival game Windrose by Kraken Express turned exactly one month old. According to the developers, over 2 million people have purchased it in that time.