According to data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, in early July, LLC “Saber Interactive SGS” began the process of its closure. This was noted by the Telegram channel “Sad Cyberpunk.”

Eggy Party is a competitive game in the spirit of Fall Guys, featuring lively eggs as characters. In a conversation with the portal GameLook, the project’s producer, Kwan Cheng, shared that NetEase is actively encouraging players to add their own maps to Eggy Party, including through financial payments.

The user acquisition platform Gamelight has been recognized as one of the world’s best UA tools in the ROI Index 2025 report by Singular. It was nominated in 15 out of 21 categories. These nominations include being recognized as the best solution in terms of return on investment, scalability, and efficiency.

In 2021, a group of American gamers sued Sony due to the inability to purchase digital versions of games for its consoles anywhere other than the PlayStation Store. They claimed the company created a monopoly which led to price increases. Recently, Sony attempted to reach a settlement with the plaintiffs, but the court did not approve it.

The Arbitration Court of Yakutia issued a verdict on the lawsuit filed by the developers of The Day Before against the news site “Yakutia.info”, which wrote about the game’s issues. The court sided with the journalists and denied Fntastic studio’s complaint.

On July 10 in Saint Petersburg, a conference for developers, publishers, and marketers of video games was held — “Game Industry“. Here’s a brief overview of participants’ thoughts, what was featured, and of course, some metrics from the event.

The Deep Pixel Melancholy team has shared a detailed, step-by-step account of how they grew their wishlist numbers on Steam.

On August 19, the WN Connect Cologne ’25 will take place in Cologne—a business event for gaming industry professionals, timed to coincide with the start of Europe’s largest exhibition, Gamescom. In an informal setting, developers, publishers, and other game dev representatives will gather to discuss key trends and share experiences.

At the beginning of the year, two former Google Stadia engineers founded their studio—Glass Bead Games. They decided to develop games based on generative artificial intelligence technology and recently secured investments to support this endeavor.

Although MachineGames is a part of Microsoft, it is required to independently report to the Swedish regulator in accordance with the country’s legislation. Recently, the studio released its report for the year 2024.

Another team has left the Sumo Group. The studio The Chinese Room has announced its departure from the company.

Ubisoft stated that microtransactions make games more fun, the budget for Assassin’s Creed Shadows exceeded $100 million, and Rematch’s player base reached 5 million players—here’s a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

The sudden dismissal of the leaders of Unknown Worlds turned into one of the most talked-about scandals in the gaming industry in recent times. Here, we detail the conflict and the lawsuit against Krafton. To better understand the legal intricacies, we sought comments from experts at Futura Digital and Semenov&Pevzner.

We’re launching a new interview format — extensive personal stories. We begin with a conversation with Dmitry Morozov, who has been in the industry for over 25 years. He co-founded Panzar and worked on games like “Vangers,” “Perimeter,” “Dungeon Cleaners,” and “Fight Club.” Currently, he is the co-founder and creative director of the Cyprus-based studio Rightsoft Labs, which recently released the mobile battler Mech vs. Aliens. We talked to Dmitry about how funding for development…

Recently, FireFly Studios released Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition on PC—an updated version of the iconic strategy game with enhanced graphics and many other upgrades. In the first 48 hours, the game was purchased over 100,000 times.

In recent years, the staff of Sloclap Studio has grown significantly, reaching over 130 people after the release of Sifu. However, developers have now decided to slow down their growth rate, despite the success of their recently released soccer action game Rematch.

Director of Three Dots Games, Artem Perevoz, wrote an extensive (80 pages) open letter detailing the misconduct of the publisher Take Aim Games. According to him, the company failed to fulfill its obligations, delayed payments to developers for months, and ultimately appropriated the rights to the puzzle game The Muller-Powell Principle. The other party disagrees with the allegations — here’s the situation from both perspectives.

Ilya Ulyanov, the Director of Business Development at RuStore, discussed the increase in Chinese advertising expenses in a conversation with the newspaper “Kommersant.”

On July 16, the WN Academy platform hosted the monthly deconstruction show “What’s Up with the Game?” focused on the main survival hit of the season, Dune: Awakening. Experts analyzed the core mechanics and peculiarities of working with franchises, as well as provided an evaluation of the project’s budget.