Astrum Entertainment surveyed Russian gamers about their gaming preferences, consoles were not included in the exemption from new tariffs on electronics in the US, two published games by Owlcat Games were added to wishlists more than 100,000 times—here’s a roundup of the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

We rarely write about announcements. However, we couldn’t pass this one by for several reasons.

Panic has summed up two years of operations for its digital store, Catalog, which features titles for the portable Playdate console. The company boasted that since March 2023, it has paid developers selling their games there a total of $1,043,186.85.

Not long ago, an article appeared on the HowToMarketAGame portal, which claimed that wishlists supposedly “do not get old,” meaning their value and likelihood of turning into sales do not decrease over time. The perelesoq team decided to investigate this assertion by analyzing real data from five different games: Torn Away, CyberCorp, Elixir, Selfloss, and Tavern Manager Simulator (they also included data from Furnish Master).

After the presentation of the Nintendo Switch 2, the debate about rising game prices flared up again. Many latched onto the $80 price tag of Mario Kart World, forgetting to take a broader look at the situation. Major publishers are increasingly resorting to manipulations, disregarding the changing realities of the market. Possible solutions to the problem are explored in our material.

In November 2024, the Spanish studio Tequila Works announced that due to a crisis in the gaming industry, it was forced to begin bankruptcy proceedings. Nearly six months later, the team started auctioning off its intangible assets.

Minecraft has once again proven the fact that film adaptations lead to an increase in game audiences. This is reported by Christopher Dring from The Game Business, citing data from the analytics company Ampere Analysis.

Last night, April 10, Blue Prince was released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series — currently the highest-rated new release of 2025 on Metacritic, boasting a score of 92 out of 100. It was well received on Steam.

At the end of last year, the Russian indie team Orc Group announced The Scouring—a multiplayer real-time strategy game with action-RPG elements inspired by Warcraft. Since then, more than 100,000 Steam users have added the game to their wishlists.

The Library of Congress has decided for the second time in its history to include culturally significant video game music in its collection. This time, it has chosen the soundtrack from Minecraft.

The chances of Pocketpair’s CEO agreeing to sell the company are very slim, according to John Buckley, the communications director and head of publishing at Pocketpair. He shared this opinion in an interview with IGN.

A group of veterans from the Japanese gaming industry has announced the creation of Sirius Studio. One of the founders of this new team is Teruyuki Toriyama, a former producer of Bloodborne and the Demon’s Souls remake.

The mobile puzzle game Merge Mansion, where players are tasked with restoring an old mansion and uncovering family secrets, continues to generate significant revenue for its creators. The studio Metacore announced that the game has already earned over 600 million dollars.

On April 9, 2025, the publisher Kalypso Media and the studio Claymore Game Studios released Commandos: Origins — a new installment in the iconic series of tactical games. The project did not impress Steam users upon release.

Do No Harm is a Lovecraftian doctor simulator developed by the indie team Darts Games from Azerbaijan. The studio’s co-founder, Novruz Javadov, wrote a detailed post on Reddit discussing the game’s success, its development, and the challenges faced.

What could publishers do to better support indie developers? This was the question journalists from Inverse asked the winners of the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. According to one of the Playstack executives, publishers need to simplify the process of allocating funds for games.

Apple device owners greeted the iOS version of Resident Evil 3 with little enthusiasm. This is reported by the portal MobileGamer, which studied the data from analytical services.

On April 8, the adventure action game South of Midnight had its full release on PC and Xbox Series — prior to this, only owners of the premium edition could play it for five days. At least on Steam, the project from Compulsion Games did not capture much interest.

At the end of March, CarX Technologies announced CarX Drift Racing Online 2, and recently it got a page on Steam. App2Top spoke with Vladimir Berezhny, the project PM, about how long the game has been in development and how many wishlists the team plans to gather by release.