Analysts came to this conclusion when they compared game performance for the period from April to December in the years 2024 and 2025.

On April 1st, many companies make humorous announcements and generally play tricks on their audience. GameDiscoverCo, an analytical service, also joined in and launched the Insights Lab tool, which allows users to explore various atypical statistics on Steam.

The publisher, Hooded Horse, and the studio Overhype Studios shared initial data on the number of MENACE copies sold in the Steam news center.

He announced its launch just a week after Sony closed his previous studio, Dark Outlaw Games.

She worked for five years.

March turned out to be perhaps the most eventful month of the first quarter of 2026. In our traditional column, we present plenty of data and graphics on revenue, sales, and other metrics of the main new releases, as well as information on interesting records and the most anticipated games of April.

The studio Unfrozen and publisher Hooded Horse have announced the release date for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.

The company UNIGINE has announced the release of a new version of its namesake engine — 2.21. It has been nine months since the previous release.

On March 17, Retro Rewind — Video Store Simulator was released on Steam, where players need to manage a video rental store from the early 1990s. It showed excellent sales, and in this regard, analyst Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo tried to identify the reasons behind the game’s popularity.

We discussed in detail how countries around the world are starting to tighten verification rules in games with Natalia Vozyan, who holds the position of VP of Legal & Operations at the company Xsolla.

The developers from Pearl Abyss shared the latest sales data on Crimson Desert via social media.

The creators of Stellar Blade have decided to expand. They announced the acquisition of Unbound — a studio founded several years ago by the renowned game designer Shinji Mikami.

Ubisoft continues to face repercussions from the shutdown of the racing action game The Crew. Recently, the company was sued by the organization UFC-Que Choisir, which defends consumer rights in France.

Eidos-Montréal isn’t the only game studio that announced layoffs at the end of March. Polyarc also decided to “downsize.”

One of the important stages of the sale of Electronic Arts (EA) nearly fell through recently, Bloomberg claims.

The corporation is allegedly just waiting for the right moment.

Additionally, the studio’s head, David Anfossi, is leaving. He has been with Eidos-Montréal since the team’s founding in 2007.

The company Xsolla will closely collaborate with the Cyprus Game Makers Association (CYGMA). The parties announced a strategic partnership.

Another Japanese gaming company will start paying its employees more. Konami has now announced a salary increase.