We continue to share video recordings from the St. Petersburg session of the “Game Industry” conference, which took place in July. Today, we feature a presentation by Marina Lopatina, the Business Development Director of the recruitment agency WN Talents. She spoke on the topic “The Russian and International Job Markets: Similarities, Differences, Prospects.”

On Thursday, a conference dedicated to web game development will be held in the capital of Russia. It’s called GP Conf 2025.

The Ministry of Finance of Mexico has proposed introducing a special 8% tax on games with “violent” content in the country. The idea is outlined in Mexico’s 2026 budget program.

The team behind the Russian engine, Nau Engine, has decided to close its legal entity, as indicated by data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL). The newspaper “Kommersant” took notice of this development.

We spoke with Yaroslav Kravtsov, who has been developing games on Roblox for over five years, about the features of the platform.

Roskomnadzor has added itch.io to the list of sites blocked in Russia, the creative director of Hell is Us called the surprise release of Hollow Knight: Silksong “a somewhat heartless decision,” and the peak concurrent users for Borderlands 4 on Steam exceeded 304,000 people. Here’s a rundown of the key events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

The British publisher Frontier Developments shared with investors in a presentation how much revenue some of its games have generated and their sales figures as of August 31, 2025.

Borderlands is one of the key franchises of Take-Two, which now fully owns Gearbox studio. Today, we will thoroughly analyze the launch of the fourth installment of the series, adding the necessary context, and examine the significance of the new game for Take-Two’s business.

Sensor Tower released a report dedicated to the Japanese mobile gaming market. Here are the findings.

Françoise Cadol, who voiced Lara Croft in the French localization of the original Tomb Raider games, has filed a legal complaint against Aspyr Media. She claims that the company used artificial intelligence to recreate her voice in Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.

On the evening of September 11th, the release of Borderlands 4 took place. According to SteamDB, shortly after its launch, the looter-shooter managed to attract 207,479 concurrent players on Steam, marking the best result in the series.

Microsoft Corporation announced changes in the Microsoft Store. The store will no longer charge a registration fee from individual developers.

For the past few years, there has been a trend in Russian game development towards creating games based on Slavic mythology, including Russian fairy tales and epics. We discussed the specifics of working with this theme with representatives from Morteshka, 1C Game Studios, Far Far Games, Game Art Pioneers, Divovision Games, and Watt Studio.

AppQuantum has announced the launch of AppQuantum VC—its own strategic investment fund focusing on mobile games.

A conflict has erupted between the Polish studio Byterunners and the publisher Movie Games, potentially escalating into a legal battle. The developers of the Drug Dealer Simulator duology have claimed that the publisher is violating their rights and not paying sufficient royalties.

Ubisoft has experienced some minor layoffs. In a statement to the media, the company shared that it parted ways with nine employees as a result of restructuring, driven by the creation of a new subsidiary organization in collaboration with Tencent.

Stephane Beley, Managing Director of the Ivory Tower studio, announced this.

The crisis in modern AAA game development is evident to most developers, with its epicenter concentrated in the USA. What causes it and what consequences does it have for the industry? This is what our extensive feature today explores.

We continue to share video recordings from the St. Petersburg session of the “Game Industry” Conference (GIC), which took place in July. Today, we feature a presentation by Artemiy Bolshakov, the CEO of the game development company DISTORTION. He delivered a lecture on “Investments in Game Projects: How to Speak the Same Language as an Investor.”