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News Today 17:03

The indie game store itch.io now has an analytics service similar to SteamDB

The game analytics tool niche is expanding. Recently, the public version of itchDB was launched—a service that aggregates data on projects from the digital store itch.io.
News Today 14:51

Over the past five years, gaming companies have laid off more than 50,000 people — analysis

There have been widespread layoffs in the gaming industry for several years. According to Tencent’s top manager Amir Satvat, who monitors the job market in game development, 2024 remains the most “bloody” year so far, but 2026 is not far behind.
News Today 13:24

8 million copies of Resident Evil Requiem and 2.5 million copies of Pragmata have been sold

In its quarterly report, Capcom also announced the sales figures of its two latest major releases — Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata.
News Today 13:23

Revenue Growth — and Other Successes in Capcom’s Quarterly Report

The first quarter of the current fiscal year, lasting from April 1 to June 30, 2026, was highly successful for Capcom. In a recent report, the company announced growth in all key metrics.
News Today 11:27

The publisher of Chernobylite and Ghostrunner is considering acquiring new studios

The Polish publisher All in! Games aims to increase its financial value. The company does not rule out the possibility of engaging in mergers and acquisitions to achieve this.
News Today 10:06

Media: Fable development has gone over the initial budget

The production of the new Fable has turned out to be more expensive than Playground Games and Microsoft initially anticipated. This is reported by Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, citing his sources.
News Today 09:20

In the first half of 2026, foreign publishers spent over 400 million rubles on advertising games in RuStore

This is three times more than a year ago.
News Today 09:03

How a Level Designer Plays Games — Interview with Mikhail Kadikov

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Mikhail Kadikov, the Design Director at Vivix Studios, author of three books and one game on level design, who also previously participated in the development of Might & Magic: Heroes VII and Hunt: Showdown.
News Yesterday

Over seven years, the German government has allocated over a quarter of a billion euros for game development

In 2019, Germany launched a support program for gaming companies, initially in a pilot phase. Since then, it has become officially established in the country, with developers and publishers receiving millions of euros in subsidies from the authorities.
News Yesterday

In Vietnam, a proposal has been made to tighten gaming restrictions for children

In Vietnam, as in China, there is a limit on the amount of time minors can spend on video games. Now, they are looking to make it even stricter.
News Yesterday

A Game About Chopping Trees has been purchased over 50,000 times

On July 15, the Armenia-based Space Raccoon Game Studio and publisher Spaghetti Cat released a lumberjack simulator with the straightforward title A Game About Chopping Trees. Recently, this new release reached its first major sales milestone.
iGaming Yesterday

Online gambling in Bangladesh can now result in a lengthy prison sentence

The Parliament of Bangladesh has approved a new law concerning gambling, including online gambling. It has introduced a series of severe penalties in the country.
News Yesterday

The gross revenue of Ludus: Merge Arena reached $66 million

The “net” income from the game is lower, but not by much.
News Yesterday

Weekend Highlights (July 25-26)

The publisher of Squirrel With A Gun and Maximum Football has laid off all its US employees, Rockstar Games co-founder commented on Sony’s decision to abandon physical discs, and Dinoblade sales exceeded 36,000 copies in one day—here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.
Premium Industry July 24

In 10 years, the share of digital sales for major publishers has more than doubled: the decline of retail in charts and data

Sony’s upcoming move away from discs has become one of the most talked-about events in the industry in recent months. We decided to take a look at the situation from a market data perspective to find out how the share of digital sales has changed among major publishers and what the current state of gaming retail is.
News July 24

KRAFTON invested in the gaming payment platform Neon

The company KRAFTON announced a new deal. It has invested in Neon—a platform focused on infrastructure for direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales in mobile games.
Conferences July 24

The next WN Conference will take place on September 17-18 in Limassol. We are sharing the first details

At the beginning of autumn, one of the largest cities in Cyprus will host a new session of the conference for developers and publishers organized by WN Media Group. Among its guests are expected representatives from Loot, Xsolla, Avow, OHM, ByteDance, GEM Capital, and many other companies.
News July 24

Five million people have played Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

It took exactly one year for the Chinese souls-like game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers to reach this milestone: its release took place on July 24, 2025, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series.
News July 24

In the first half of 2026, Chinese gaming companies entered into over 40 M&A deals

Gaming companies from China engaged in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at an impressive pace during the first six months of 2026. This conclusion was reached by Youxi Tuoluo, which analyzed activity in the local market.
News July 24

The European Commission has issued Google a multimillion-dollar fine for antitrust violations in Google Play

The corporation was accused of failing to comply with the Digital Market Act.
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