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Roblox earned $4.9 billion in 2025, setting a record

The past year turned out to be extremely successful for Roblox. The gaming platform released its financial report for 2025, highlighting the growth of several key metrics.

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“Payment is a very delicate moment in the user experience, and there are quite a few factors that can actually disrupt the purchase intention,” according to Natalya Sobakina from Xsolla on the nuances of gaming payments

A column by the Director of Product Marketing at Xsolla on the importance of a strong payment tool.

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Nioh 3 launched with a record-breaking online user count for the series on Steam

On February 6, the release of Nioh 3, an action RPG by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, took place on PC and consoles. According to SteamDB data, the Steam version of the game attracted tens of thousands of concurrent users within the first few hours.

News Today 13:03

The President of France does not rule out banning violent video games in the country

All for the protection of the mental health of French children and adolescents.

News Today 10:30

The climbing simulator Cairn has been purchased 300,000 times

The developers from the French indie studio The Game Bakers have shared new information about the sales of Cairn—a simulator centered around a mountain climbing journey. The team announced that the game has already attracted over 300,000 players.

News Today 09:50

Media: Ubisoft allows for the sale of certain divisions if they are unprofitable

Ubisoft’s management held a Q&A session with employees, as reported by journalist and insider Tom Henderson. During the session, they discussed the changes set to occur within the company as part of a new phase of restructuring.

News Yesterday

In 2025, foreign developers spent 400 million rubles on promotion in RuStore

The funds were allocated for advertising both games and non-gaming applications.

News Yesterday

The Russian Video Game Industry criticized the Moscow City Duma’s idea of introducing yet another labeling for games

Last week, the Moscow City Duma proposed introducing mandatory age labeling for internet-distributed games in Russia. This initiative was opposed by the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RDVI).

News Yesterday

Access to Roblox has been blocked in Egypt

The list of countries imposing restrictions on Roblox is growing.

News Yesterday

The active audience of the PlayStation Network has reached a record level — and more from Sony’s report

Sony Corporation released its financial report for October-December 2025. We have selected the key highlights concerning its gaming division.

News Yesterday

Sales of No Rest for the Wicked increased by 500,000 copies in three weeks

The number of copies sold has now surpassed 1.5 million.

News February 4

NetEase has banned its subsidiary studios from using generative AI in game development. UPDATED: This is not the case

The existence of the ban was revealed by Grasshopper Manufacture’s CEO Goichi Suda in an interview with Eurogamer. He knows about this firsthand, as his studio is part of NetEase.

News February 4

Electronic Arts’ profit has fallen more than threefold, despite the success of Battlefield 6

The parade of financial reports continued with Electronic Arts (EA). The company also announced its results for the third fiscal quarter of 2026—like Take-Two, this period spanned from October 1 to December 31, 2025.

Premium Analytics February 4

Two games developed by Russian-speaking studios made it into the top 10 releases of January, being the month’s leaders in revenue and sales

Although January was quiet in terms of major releases, it was still memorable due to several hits. Most of these were projects by independent studios, combining mechanics from simulators and other popular genres on Steam. Their revenue, sales, and other metrics are covered in our traditional section.

News February 4

Revenue exceeded forecasts — and more from the Take-Two report

Take-Two Interactive reported on its third fiscal quarter of 2026, which ended on December 31, 2025. The results were better than the company had anticipated.

News February 4

Epic Games Store does not intend to compete with Steam for the leading position in the PC store market

However, he still wants to increase his share in the niche.

News February 4

2025 Results in Epic Games Store: Player Spending Increased, but Active Audience Decreased

On the evening of February 3rd, Epic Games released its traditional annual statistics for its digital game store. We have selected the key figures.

News February 3

In 2025, cooperative games earned a record $8.2 billion on Steam — analytics

This is 9% more than in 2024.

News February 3

The French union has called for the head of Ubisoft to resign

At the same time, the activists also proposed to remove the entire company’s board of directors.

News February 3

To Remove or Not to Remove the Demo Version After a Game’s Release — Analysis by Chris Zhukovsky

Game marketing expert Chris Zukowski shared his thoughts on his How To Market A Game blog about whether or not to keep a demo version available post-launch or to remove it. He supported his opinion with statistics from indie games that were released on Steam in 2025 and received over a thousand reviews.