Incremental games are one of the fastest-growing segments on PC. We present a comprehensive benchmark report on the state of this niche to understand how the idle game market currently looks on Steam.

The Turkish government has announced an expansion of its support program for mobile game developers. Under this program, the authorities will reimburse local studios for part of the expenses incurred in operational and marketing needs.

Rumors that CD PROJEKT is working on a third DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have turned out to be true. The Polish company has officially announced the expansion titled Songs of the Past. However, investors have reacted coolly to the announcement.

The “Igromir” brand continues to expand. A month and a half ago, a cloud gaming service of the same name was launched under it. Now, a gaming publishing division has also emerged.

Spain has joined the list of regions where the prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi no longer operate. The country’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs decided to impose restrictions on them due to the lack of a license to organize gambling activities.

Mistakes when working with regional pricing can be costly, claims Tom Kaczmarczyk, the founder of the analytical service IndieBI. He shared his thoughts on this topic at the Digital Dragons 2026 conference.

The amount was revealed on social media by the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin.

In March 2026, the position of CEO at Remedy Entertainment was taken by Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a veteran of Electronic Arts and CCP Games with 20 years of experience in game development. Recently, he gave an interview to The Game Business, where he shared his thoughts on the studio’s business.

The head of miHoYo, Liu Wei, spoke at a private event in Beijing dedicated to artificial intelligence. During the event, he announced plans for the Chinese studio to actively develop AI for game creation.

The upcoming spy action game by IO Interactive is reportedly not in high demand, claims Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad. According to him, 007 First Light has not significantly attracted gamers who did not grow up with James Bond stories.

In October 2025, GameMill Entertainment published the adventure game Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club about the adventures of the famous dog Snoopy from the Peanuts comics. Seven months after the game’s release, the publisher faced a lawsuit.

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs of Indonesia has blocked access to the prediction platform Polymarket within the country’s borders. The reason cited was a violation of gambling laws.

The indie studio Lo-Fi Games has also shared news regarding the sales of its game.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. This time, we discussed the issues of modern level design (and even more so, their causes) with Vasily Skobelev, who has worked on titles like Vector, Shadow Fight 2, Atomic Heart, War Robots: Frontiers, and “Gardariki.”

The creators of Paralives announced this achievement on social media almost immediately after the life simulator’s release.

On May 25, indie developer Alex Massé, along with his team, released Paralives in early access—a life simulation game reminiscent of The Sims. According to SteamDB data, tens of thousands of people decided to check out the game simultaneously.

Last week, the Chinese company NetEase published a report on the results of the first quarter of 2026. Among other things, it announced that its gaming division continues to increase revenue, albeit not at the fastest pace.

The head of the small Japanese indie studio Studio Interrupt, Thomas Grové, attempted to determine which engine is better: Godot or Unity. To do this, he built two versions of the same game and conducted a series of tests.

The Swedish Gambling Authority reported on the first three months of 2026. The agency calculated that during this period, the turnover of licensed gambling companies amounted to 6.68 billion Swedish kronor ($720 million). This is an increase of 0.8% compared to the previous year.