Continuing our column “Developer/Publisher Wanted,” where indie teams share about themselves and their projects. This time, we feature KORO GAMES again. In addition to developing the puzzle game Greeded, which we have already covered, they are working on the noir puzzle game Death Sketchbook.

For over two years now, reaching an agreement with Steam has been unsuccessful.

This is specifically about the number of people who have played Warhammer: Vermintide 2, not the number of copies sold.

Everything supposedly happens without warnings or evidence.

Column by Dmitry Aborilov, Head of Core Game Design at Nekki. The central question of the article, which the author answers: how to make a game truly engaging.

The exact size of the deal is not disclosed.

In the summer, “Rostelecom” announced the launch of its own gaming service— “Rostelecom Games.” Although it was anticipated that the new platform would compete with VK Play, the company itself does not see this as necessary.

It has been reported that Planner5D, known for its eponymous room planning application, outstripped all other companies in the country in terms of average salary.

The developer and publisher of the Hero Wars series has reported on the third quarter of 2025, which ended on September 30. We share key figures from the document.

Last Friday marked the fifth episode of the show Web Shop Arena. To recap, in this show, mobile game developers compete for a prize pool of $85,000 (the winner, who takes first place, will receive $50,000).

80% of all expenses are generated by gamers from Moscow.

The amount has not been disclosed.

Sony games on Steam have generated $1.5 billion, the Xbox 360 turned 20, and Resident Evil Requiem garnered 3 million wishlists—here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Usually, we do not analyze individual deals, but the upcoming buyout of Electronic Arts is a unique case in the gaming industry. Therefore, we delved into the documents and created a comprehensive guide explaining the main nuances, including some that are not immediately obvious.

At the end of October, the cooperative multiplayer game Superball by the Chinese indie studio Pathea Games was released. The studio is best known for their life simulation hit, My Time at Portia. The project took a long time to reach a full release and is still experiencing difficulties. We spoke with Yao Liu, one of the key developers of Superball, about the project’s journey and the hopes of its developers.

The space survival game, The Alters, became the highest-grossing game for 11 bit studios from January to September 2025. This information is provided in the company’s presentation for investors.

Ubisoft released its semi-annual financial report after a one-week delay. The company did not announce any new deals: the document was published later due to an accounting error.

Street Fighter 6 took two and a half years to reach this level of sales: the fighting game was released on June 2, 2023.

Now the source code for Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III is officially available on GitHub under the MIT license.