Last week, Sensor Tower announced the acquisition of the Video Game Insights platform to enhance its product with data on console and PC games. This raises the question: what are the consequences of consolidation in the gaming analytics sector? Today, we will take a close look at the objectives of Sensor Tower’s M&A strategy and the potential risks to the market.

For the week from March 18 to 25, the leader in the Steam sales chart among paid games was Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In the overall ranking, which also includes free-to-play titles, Counter-Strike 2 has been in the lead for the third consecutive week.

Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), is planning new gaming acquisitions and investments. After several significant deals in the mobile sector, it does not rule out that it might sign an M&A agreement with developers for “major” platforms.

Christopher Dring, who led the editorial team of one of the largest portals on the business side of the gaming industry, GamesIndustry, for over eight years, has launched his own media outlet. It is called The Game Business.

Steam users enthusiastically welcomed Schedule I, a drug business simulator developed by the Australian indie studio, Tyler’s Video Game Studio (TVGS). The game was released in early access on the night of March 25th and immediately made it into the top ten most popular new releases of 2025 on the platform.

By the end of 2024, it was announced that the upcoming Russian gaming console would be equipped with an “Elbrus” processor. It was initially assumed that one of the existing processor models would be chosen for the console, but it did not satisfy the requirements of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.