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.

In late July 2024, the Screen Actors Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, initiated a strike against gaming companies. Almost a year later, the parties finally managed to reach an agreement.

The German National Consumer Association (VZBV) has criticized five free-to-play games: Fortnite, Roblox, Clash of Clans, MONOPOLY GO!, and Subway Surfers. It stated that these titles manipulate users, pushing them to spend more time and money on these games.

The analytical service VG Insights studied the initial sales of Elden Ring Nightreign. According to their data, by the end of the debut week, FromSoftware and Bandai Namco sold 4.3 million copies of the game, with more than half attributed to the PC version.

Game developers are increasing their revenue faster than all other representatives of the creative industry in the Far Eastern Federal District. This conclusion was reached by researchers from the “Eastern Center for State Planning” (also known as “Vostokgosplan”).

Microsoft, in partnership with ASUS, unveiled the first portable console under the Xbox brand, the head of Sonic Team stated that leaks could lead to disrupted licensing deals, Lies of P broke its own online record on Steam thanks to the release of an expansion — here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.