Google regularly removes advertisements from its services that violate its policies. According to the company’s latest report, last year it removed a total of 8.3 billion ads, of which 270.7 million were related to games — both standard and gambling.

Many people know the Japanese film company Toei Company for its variety of anime series — One Piece, Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, and others. Now its portfolio is about to expand further, as Toei Company has decided to actively venture into video games.

We spoke with Anton Chuev, an experienced game development specialist who single-handedly creates complex games using AI, about the opportunities and pitfalls of such development.

On April 20th, developers from the Russian-speaking studio Far Far Games, with support from the publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment, released their debut game — “Bylina.” The first users have mostly been satisfied with it.

This conclusion was reached by the analytical platform HushCrasher*.

The gaming platform Roblox continues to face issues in Russia. At the end of last year, it was officially blocked in the country, and now, nearly five months later, it has been fined.

The fantastic action game Pragmata has crossed its first major milestone. As reported by Capcom, it took only two days from the game’s release to achieve sales in the millions.

Last year, the iGaming segment for the first time accounted for more than half of the total revenue of the Philippine gambling industry. This is according to data from the local regulator, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).

The engine developers did not like the company’s approach.

In the studio known for the PC ports of The Last of Us, layoffs have occurred, researchers have found that nearly half of developers considered changing professions due to regular dismissals, sales of Windrose have exceeded a million copies — here’s a recap of the major events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

Last week, App2Top reported on issues at GFA Games — many employees are experiencing salary delays, and a conflict has arisen between the team developing the shooter Pioner and the management. As discovered by our colleagues at IXBT Games, this is the outcome of a longstanding systemic crisis within the studio.

Wishlists are one of the most crucial pre-release metrics for any game. We are publishing a comprehensive report to determine how their numbers relate to the number of followers on Steam today. To do this, we collected and analyzed data from several hundred games, including those whose authors have publicly disclosed their metrics.

The idea was proposed by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Vitaly Milonov.

The popularity of online sports betting continues to grow in the USA: currently, 27% of the country’s residents have an active account with bookmakers. These are the findings of a survey conducted by the Siena Research Institute.

Saber Interactive admitted that they did not expect such results even remotely. They exceeded their “wildest hopes.”

The owners of the publisher Focus Entertainment reported for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. While the previous year was a record for PulluP Entertainment, this time the French company’s revenues significantly declined.

On March 30, Hozy — a meditative home decoration simulator developed by the Russian-speaking team Come On Studio — was released on Steam. Vladimir Tolmachev and Vera Ljubbers from the publisher tinyBuild shared with GameDiscoverCo how the game paved its way to a successful launch.

The game achieved this result two days after its release.

The company Aptoide, which owns its own mobile app store, has decided to sue Google.