At the end of the month, industry experts gathered once again for the deconstruction show “What’s the Game?”. This time, the focus was on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, which, despite numerous issues, is still recommended not only for playing but also for studying from a game design perspective.

In the past year, several bright and successful successors of the iconic Papers, Please have emerged. We spoke with representatives of Darts Games, Brigada Games, Trioskaz, and Solarsuit Games about the popularity of this new direction and the challenges faced during development.

It has become known that a merger between two game publishers is imminent: Taiwanese company Neon Doctrine will become part of Swedish Raw Fury.

Russians have started purchasing portable consoles much more frequently, claims the company “M.Video.” They shared their observations in a report dedicated to gaming console sales in the country for the first nine months of 2025.

Yan Yankelowitz, the Business Development Director of Overmobile, shared insights on launching and operating a free-to-play game on Telegram.

Microsoft reported to investors on its first financial quarter of 2026 (June-September 2025). Notably, the company shared mixed results from its gaming division.

The Google Corporation announced changes to the American version of the Google Play app store policy. The company was compelled to make these changes due to a court ruling in a legal dispute with Epic Games.

Despite a turbulent period, Paradox Interactive remains a leading publisher of strategy games. The key to the long-term success of the Swedish company is a unique strategy that enables most releases to be profitable and demonstrates a margin level of 40%.

Capcom also published its financial report, summarizing the half-year period from April to September 2025. The company revealed that it sold 23.85 million game copies in six months — with nearly all these copies being from older titles.

The developers of Alan Wake and Control reported their performance for the third quarter of 2025, which spanned from June 1 to September 30. The past three months turned out worse than Remedy Entertainment had anticipated.

New publication in the section “Investor/Publisher Wanted.” In it, the studio “Brezg” shares a story about its third game. It’s called “The Grey Cardinal” and is a political technologist manager.

Yesterday, October 28, Amazon officially announced plans to lay off 14,000 people. While the company has not publicly stated whether its gaming division will be affected, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier asserts that it will be — and significantly so.

Electronic Arts (EA) has released its quarterly report for the period ending September 30, 2025. This is one of its last reports — EA will no longer be required to publicly share financial data after it is acquired by a group of investors in 2026.

The rapidly developing IT sector in Uzbekistan has the potential to meet the global gaming industry’s demand for young and creative specialists. This is the perspective of Azamat Rakhmon-Zoda, head of the office for advanced projects at IT Park Uzbekistan. We share his insights on the country’s game development situation.

Here is an overview of the best-selling products on Steam for the week from October 21 to 28.

In 2023, the Saudi company Sandsoft announced its grand ambitions — it aimed to become, within five years, a major publisher capable of competing with giants like Tencent, Electronic Arts, and Activision Blizzard. However, it seems that their plan has failed.

Recently, Hasbro reported on its third quarter of 2025. The company announced that as a result, revenue from the Digital and Licensed Gaming segment increased by 21%, reaching $130.2 million.

The satirical evacuation shooter Escape from Duckov, featuring combat-ready ducks, continues to captivate the world. The developers from the Chinese studio Team Soda have announced that the game has been purchased by over 2 million people.

The Amazon Corporation is expected to announce a major round of layoffs today, according to sources from Reuters and Bloomberg. They report that up to 30,000 employees will lose their jobs.