The studio IO Interactive shared two pieces of news: one good and one bad. The good news is that the developers will indeed continue to work on the game codenamed Project Fantasy. The bad news is that it will not be without sacrifices.

As a result, the game ranked 593rd among the most anticipated projects on the platform.

A wave of layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division might have nearly bypassed Blizzard Entertainment. This is reported by journalist Jez Corden from Windows Central.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the latest episode is Vladimir Berezhnoi, a product owner at CarX Technologies.

Until this point, the team was known as Niantic Games.

A month ago, the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI) prepared a document with a strategy to strengthen the Russian game development sector for the next ten years. The Ministry of Digital Development of Russia recently reviewed it.

Recently, a roundtable discussion was held in the European Parliament about combating unlicensed gambling activities. During the event, estimates of the illicit online gambling market’s size were presented.

In the announcement of a massive Xbox restructure, Microsoft didn’t specify the names of the particular studios where layoffs will occur. However, some information has leaked to the media.

Yesterday, July 6, Microsoft officially confirmed rumors about restructuring its gaming division. Head of Xbox, Asha Sharma, published a letter to employees detailing what lies ahead for the team.

Every week, we upload interviews with gaming experts on various aspects of their work to YouTube. We also publish a separate text-based blitz interview with our speakers, but it is “locked.” The companion material to today’s video interview with Vladimir Berezhny, a product owner at CarX Technologies, is this conversation in which he shares his overall vision of what is currently happening in the racing game market and in the niche of their development.

The companies Meridian Play and Jinke have analyzed the mini-game market situation in China. They gathered data on the revenue and audience of such projects and identified the main hits.

This number was mentioned by publishing house co-owner Yaroslav Shalashov in his Telegram channel.

Two months ago, the Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa offered some employees the option to voluntarily resign in exchange for generous compensation packages. It turned out that quite a few specialists agreed to these terms.

This conclusion was reached by the analytical company Sensor Tower.

The Brazilian iGaming market is rapidly growing. In the first five months of 2026, its revenue reached 5.89 billion reais (1.18 billion dollars), which is an 85.88% increase compared to the same period in 2025.

Google Corporation has decided to support African indie studios wishing to release games on Google Play. To this end, it has launched a special fund — Indie Games Fund Africa.

Epic Games has settled a dispute with an insider over Fortnite leaks, layoffs have occurred at Red Rover Interactive, and sales of Meccha Chameleon have reached 15 million copies—here are the main events in the gaming industry from last weekend.

The Hurun Research Institute published its annual ranking of the world’s most valuable private companies. The top of the list was dominated by AI firms, but there was also a spot for miHoYo — the studio behind Genshin Impact.

A game created in just a few months by two Japanese developers has become one of the major hits of the first half of the year. Today, we will take an in-depth look at the reasons behind the success of Meccha Chameleon and analyze its position both among “friend-lopes” and in the overall market.