There is an addition to the list of public companies. The marketing platform Liftoff announced that it will conduct an IPO on the American stock exchange NASDAQ.

In two weeks, on June 18 and 19, a business event for game developers and publishers, WN Istanbul’26, will take place in Turkey. Here’s what’s on the event’s agenda.

The scandal surrounding the alleged monopoly of Valve in the PC store market has suddenly spread to Microsoft. Two gamers from the United States filed a lawsuit against the corporation, claiming it helps maintain high prices on Steam.

The studio “Devgame” is now part of the Russian company “Rubric,” which manufactures construction kits similar to LEGO. The deal was announced by the head of “Rubric,” Ainar Abdrakhmanov, in an interview with the newspaper “Vedomosti” during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026.

We continue to publish reports from the “Gaming Industry” conference, which took place this spring in Minsk. Today, we have a report from the indie studio Bibamus. It was presented by Andrey Popovich, the game designer of the studio.

In Panama, Law No. 527 has been enacted, introducing a new regulatory system for gambling and expanding the powers of the Gambling Control Board.

GFA Games is facing new issues.

The gaming industry is experiencing ongoing mass layoffs. This time, they’ve reached PlayerUnknown Productions, the studio opened five years ago by Brendan Greene, the creator of PUBG.

Exactly two months ago, on April 3, 2026, publisher tinyBuild and studio All Parts Connected released All Will Fall—a city-building simulator set in the middle of the ocean. As it turned out, the game has already recouped all its costs in this time.

We continue to publish reports from the “Gaming Industry” conference, which took place this spring in Minsk. Today, we have a report from Fernflower. It was presented by Vitaly Moroz, the founder of the studio and one of the authors of Family Island.

May 2026 will be remembered as a month of successful titles from major franchises and licenses. Among them were several box office hits. More about the sales, revenue, and other metrics of the main releases of the past month in our traditional section.

Last week on May 28, one of Cyprus’s largest cities hosted the WN Growth Summit Limassol’26. It focused on the growth challenges of the gaming business. Below are the key outcomes of the event.

Avanti Studios, a developer specializing in multiplayer online casinos with live dealers, has closed its seed funding round. The company secured nearly $6 million in this round.

Borrowing ideas from other games is a sensitive topic in game development. However, Zynga founder Mark Pincus sees nothing wrong with proper copying.

The game managed to reach this milestone in three days.

The consulting company Nordicity, commissioned by King — the creators of the hit puzzle game Candy Crush — conducted a study. It examined the situation in the European mobile gaming industry as of the end of 2025. We’ve gathered the key figures from the report.

Kirill Oreshkin, head of Polden Publishing, analyzed the sources from which indie games on Steam receive wishlists. He shared his observations on LinkedIn.

Journalist Stephen Totilo from Game File noted the sales data for games from Sony’s first-party studios as mentioned in the company’s financial reports. As it turns out, the situation is not very positive.

The potential tax on online gambling could generate over 13 billion euros for the European Union budget in its initial years, according to preliminary estimates by the European Commission.