The overwhelming majority of the total sum came from just six titles.

On September 22, Graveyard Keeper 2 was released, marking a new hit in tinyBuild’s publishing catalog. This is a great opportunity to analyze the company’s current business strategy and recall the decisions that helped it climb out of a deep financial hole.

The “Lesta Games” group of companies may soon relocate from one office in Moscow to another. As reported by “Vedomosti,” the company is already in negotiations to lease new premises.

In the long-standing dispute between Apple and Epic Games, there’s a small but significant twist. It concerns contempt of court.

The research center Russian Field conducted a phone survey among 1,600 Russians, focused on video games. It was revealed that less than a third of the respondents consider themselves gamers.

The first details of the WN Yerevan’26 program have emerged—a business event for game developers and publishers, which, with the support of App2Top, will take place in the capital of Armenia in just a few weeks. Here’s what to expect from the event.

Apple will be required to implement a mandatory age verification system for users who wish to make purchases in casino apps from the App Store. This decree was issued by a Brazilian court as part of the case involving Casino Roulette: Roulettist.

Developers from Remedy Entertainment are gearing up for the release of their new game, the role-playing action Control Resonant. In anticipation of the game’s launch, they proudly announced that it has surpassed an impressive wishlist milestone.

This was shared by World’s Edge creative director Adam Isgreen on the ResetEra forum. He, too, lost his job.

In the summer, as part of restructuring its gaming division, Microsoft announced plans to sell Undead Labs. The deal was concluded in September. The studio was re-purchased by its own management, but not without some sacrifices.

Microsoft Corporation has indeed announced new changes within its gaming division. Nearly three hundred employees will be affected by these layoffs.

Sony Corporation recently obtained a new patent. It has legally formalized a technology that allows the DualSense controller to be used as a payment terminal for purchases on PlayStation consoles.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Yaroslav Shalashov, one of the three co-founders of Polden Publishing.

A scandal has erupted in the indie segment. Polish developer Radosław Klasa claims that Golden Horn Studios stole the idea for his game 1,000,000 Potatoes and used it as the basis for their Potato Please.

A few years ago, the financial state of the South Korean studio Shift Up was in dire straits—so much so that the team was close to going bankrupt. This was revealed by Shift Up’s CEO, Kim Hyung-tae, at the Tokyo Game Show 2026 event.

Layoffs have also reached the French publisher Dear Villagers.

Microsoft’s gaming division is preparing to conduct another round of layoffs, writes The Information, citing its sources. According to the publication, this will happen as early as this week.

The studio Bungie has decided to change its course.

The Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev continues to share insights about the future of the “Lesta Games” group of companies.