The renowned investor Warren Buffett believes that U.S. residents are currently more involved in gambling than ever before. He expressed this view in an interview with CNBC.

The company Unity announced the release of the beta version of Unity AI — an AI-based toolset integrated into the editor, which allows for faster game development.

Recently, a number of former developers of the card game Marvel Snap posted on social networks about layoffs at Second Dinner. Their messages were soon confirmed by the studio’s management.

In mid-April, we held a meetup on the topic of survival for Russian-speaking indie teams in the current environment. We spoke with representatives of notable studios about how long the road to success takes, why games don’t need a plot, and where to find funding for development.

XO Market has successfully closed its seed funding round, raising $6 million from investors to develop the platform where users can create their own prediction markets.

Tencent now owns 24% of Game Science shares.

Promo artist for “Smuta,” Dmitry Solyanik-Krasa, has filed a lawsuit against Cyberia Nova. He claims that he worked at the studio for over two years, but the labor process had violations.

A major deal might occur in the USA. The gaming retailer GameStop has proposed to acquire the company eBay.

The game Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era recouped its development costs in just one day, Sony has agreed to pay $7.8 million for a monopoly on PlayStation, and analysts have found that exclusives remain the main reason for purchasing consoles — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

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Nutaku, a company specializing in games with pornographic content, has launched the Steam SFW Initiative. This is a program for publishing and scaling mid-core titles for all ages.

The company Pearl Abyss will no longer own CCP Games. It has announced that it is selling the studio back to its management.

It took Vampire Crawlers just a week to reach an audience of a million.

Joining the parade of financial reports is the Swedish company Paradox Interactive. It summarized the results of the first quarter of 2026, which ended on March 31.

Skybound Games hinted that it is exiting the global publishing business during an interview with The Game Business.

In South Korea, the legal proceedings between Nexon and Ironmace, the studio behind the hardcore fantasy action game Dark and Darker, have finally concluded.

Hacksaw Gaming, a company specializing in slots, scratch cards, and instant win games, released its first-quarter report for 2026. The start of the year was successful for the company.

The announcement about a new milestone for the mobile PvP strategy game was made by the studio Top App Games, which is part of the Vladimir Nikolsky’s holding company, Utmost Games.

Microsoft Corporation reported its earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, which spanned from January to March. The company announced that its gaming division continues to experience a decline in revenue.