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.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. This time, we spoke and philosophized a bit about the situation in the mobile market with producer Anastasia Kolchina, who previously worked at CM Mobile, Sperasoft, and Pixonic.

The UK authorities continue their efforts to protect children from online harm. They are currently considering implementing a ban on the use of social networks for those under 16 and do not rule out extending the restriction to chats in online games.

In 2023, Valve’s head Gabe Newell provided testimony in a legal case against Wolfire Games, which accused the company of monopolizing the PC store market. A transcript of his speech was recently obtained by Bloomberg.

Atari continues its spree of M&A deals. This time, it announced the acquisition of the studio Hipster Whale.

In the past couple of years, there’s been a noticeable trend on Steam towards what is called “friendslop”—visually unremarkable cooperative games for friends. While some developers are following this trend, Tolga Coşkun, the founder of the Turkish indie studio Dumbbell Games, considers the popularity of such titles a serious problem.

The gaming studio 155.io has signed a content partnership agreement with the iGaming company SOFTSWISS. As part of the deal, its games will become available through the SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator, and platform operators will gain access to the entire 155.io lineup, including Rush Hour, Ducks, and the recently released Snow Run.

He worked at the company for over 20 years.

The California Assembly approved a bill on online game preservation, Mina the Hollower has a budget of $5 million, and Path of Exile 2’s online presence on Steam increased more than 18 times thanks to a major update. Here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

The British holding company TruFin has decided to sell its stake in Playstack—a publisher with a portfolio that includes Balatro, Abiotic Factor, Mortal Shell, and many other well-known games.

007 First Light — the first IO Interactive game in nearly 16 years set outside the Hitman universe. To mark the release, we have prepared a detailed analysis of the starting metrics of the new game, as well as compiled sales data from the studio’s previous projects for historical context.

Employees of Rockstar Games announced the launch of the Rockstar Game Workers Union. It includes specialists from offices in London, Edinburgh, Dundee, Lincoln, and Leeds.

On July 9, a business conference for developers and publishers will take place in Moscow, titled “Gaming Industry.” Traditionally, the conference will host an exhibition of games by independent teams, as well as an indie pitch—presentations with project reviews by experts.

The game reached the one million mark in just under a month.

The Supreme Court of India has upheld the legality of the retrospective application of a 28% GST (Goods and Services Tax) on online gambling. The decision was made amidst disputes between tax authorities and gambling companies.

Hakan Abrak, CEO of IO Interactive, participated in the K-Live podcast, during which he revealed the budget for the spy action game about a young James Bond, 007 First Light.