Another game publisher has emerged in Russia, called Zavod Games. It was founded by Vasily Maguryan, previously the head of VK Play, along with Dmitry Gachko, the founder of ITG Corporation.

Last week marked the conclusion of the first sprint of the Web Shop Arena contest, where participating teams are incrementally integrating Xsolla’s web shop solution into their games. The winner will receive $50,000.

The indie horror game CloverPit, centered around a slot machine, continues to sell exceptionally well. Its creators announced that the game has surpassed 750,000 sales.

The popularity of Delta Force — the game’s daily active user base recently exceeded 30 million people — has prompted Tencent to alter its strategy. In an interview with Bloomberg, Leo Yao, managing director of Timi J3 Studio, the developer of the game, shared that the holding company now plans to focus more on creating its own PC shooters.

In the fall of 2023, NetEase launched the studio Fantastic Pixel Castle, appointing veteran Riot Games producer Greg Street to lead it. After two years, the company decided to terminate this relationship.

Battlefield 6 has entered the top 15 most popular games in Steam’s history, MindsEye developers accused Build A Rocket Boy management of organizing crunches, and Josh Sawyer stated that classic RPGs have nearly stopped being made due to retailers — here’s a recap of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

The main topic in the gaming industry this week is the upcoming Digital Fairness Act (DFA) in the EU. We delved into its key provisions and gathered developers’ reactions. Aiding us in understanding the legal intricacies was Alina Davletshina, Head of the Digital Practice at Futura Digital.

The Finnish company Remedy Entertainment informed investors that it no longer expects to achieve an operating profit by the end of 2025. Instead, it now anticipates losses.

On October 9th, Unfrozen studio and publisher Hooded Horse released a demo version of the next installment of “Heroes of Might and Magic” on Steam. According to SteamDB data, a significant number of players decided to try it out.

The announcement of the sale of Electronic Arts (EA) to a group of investors became the largest event in the gaming investment market in the third quarter of 2025. As a result, the total quarterly transaction value surged, surpassing the totals for the entire previous year.

The Russian authorities are developing a national standard which will lay out the criteria for classifying video games. This was announced by Anastasia Kavrusova, a representative of Rosstandart, during a round table discussion in the State Duma.

The editorial team at App2Top posed the most pressing questions regarding publishing to representatives from Skystone Games, Indie GO Fund, HeroCraft, and Polden Publishing.

A couple of years ago, many developers and analysts called the metaverse and NFTs the future of the gaming industry, and even earlier, expected an explosive growth in VR. However, the promised revolution did not occur. Former CEO of Nexon, Owen Mahoney, wrote an article on his blog urging companies not to get carried away with trendy ideas but to focus primarily on the players.

Heart Machine studio has announced a new wave of layoffs. The reason cited is “circumstances beyond control” and, as a result, the decision to cease development on the action-roguelike Hyper Light Breaker.

A new game studio, Sackbird Studios, has emerged in the United States. It was founded by former developers of The Elder Scrolls Online and the canceled MMORPG codenamed Project Blackbird.

In August 2025, Americans spent $312 million on purchasing consoles, reports Circana analyst Mat Piscatella. This is a 32% increase compared to the previous year.

The Institute for Internet Development (IID) has concluded a prototype game competition among indie developers. A total of 149 projects competed for the title of winner, but only seven made it to the finals.

Predicting the success of a particular game can be challenging, but it’s often possible to foresee a lack of potential. Today, we’ll discuss the types of failed indie games and the mistakes developers make, supported by examples and data on the highest-grossing and “overcrowded” sub-genres on Steam.

The developers from Sandfall Interactive announced surpassing a new sales milestone on social media.