As part of the “Gaming Industry” conference, there was a presentation and evaluation of independent developers’ games — the Indie Pitch. Young teams showcased their games to experts from the Agency of Creative Industries (ACI) and the Indie GO Fund.

In 2024, 11 bit studios achieved the highest revenue in its history, according to the latest financial report from the Polish company. The record is largely attributed to Frostpunk 2.

In the Russian gaming industry, there’s an ongoing discussion about the situation surrounding the visual novel “Tiny Bunny” (Зайчик). One of the project’s composers, Dmitry Petyakin, wanted to increase the remuneration for his music and claimed that the music was being used improperly. Additionally, he started blocking the game’s streams on YouTube, raising concerns among other developers. In an article, lawyers from Semenov&Pevzner delve into how to determine if rights were transferred to the client…

On April 15, Jagex released RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam as an early access title. This cooperative survival game is set in the universe of the iconic MMORPG RuneScape. Judging by the initial numbers, the game has had a successful launch.

Millions of people around the world play PlayWay games, often unaware that this company is behind the latest mechanic simulator, border guard simulator, or any other profession-based game. Today, we will delve into the unique structure of PlayWay to understand why ideas are more important than budgets and how the company manages dozens of studios.

The company SMBC Consumer Finance surveyed a thousand Japanese people aged 20-29 about their spending in various areas. It turned out that Japanese youth actively make in-game purchases and sometimes spend much more money than advisable.

SayGames has revealed the total revenue from the idle arcade games it has published. The company announced that as of today, such games have collectively generated $300 million.

Indie publisher Devolver Digital summarized the achievements of the past year. The company reported revenue growth, disclosed the earnings of Cult of the Lamb and some other games, and shared its future plans.

During the week of April 8 to 15, the leaders in the chart of top-grossing products on Steam were once again Counter-Strike 2 and Schedule I. However, almost the entire rest of the top ten experienced changes.

TinyBuild reported its financial results for 2024. Below are the key points from the financial report.

The “Lesta Games” group of companies has shared new achievements of Tanks Blitz. They announced that users have downloaded the game over one million times from RuStore.

The popularity of Delta Force continues to gain momentum. Team Jade announced that the daily active users (DAU) of the free-to-play shooter now reach 12 million people.

The Finnish indie studio Makea Games has ceased to exist after three years of operation. It decided to close its doors due to the low popularity of its debut game, Supermoves: World of Parkour.

On the evening of April 14th, 4A Games studio and publisher Deep Silver launched a free distribution of Metro 2033 Redux on Steam, GOG, and Xbox in honor of the series’ 15th anniversary. As a result, the shooter’s online play reached a new record, at least on Steam.

Last Thursday, April 10, an event dedicated to the operation of video games took place in the capital of Serbia — the WN LiveOps Summit. Among its speakers were representatives from companies such as Nordeus, Playkot, Nexters, HeroCraft, and many others.

On the shelves of Russian bookstores, the third book by Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier has appeared — “Need More Gold” (originally titled Play Nice). His work is dedicated to the history of Blizzard Entertainment – from its founding by two programmers in February 1991 to the layoffs occurring in 2023. The book was published in Russian by the publisher “Bombora.” With their permission, we share a short amusing excerpt about how StarCraft evolved from a…

The consulting company Aream & Co. analyzed the gaming deals market from January to March 2025. In its report, it used data from InvestGame.

It seems that the Chinese authorities do not intend to freeze the issuance of licenses for publishing games from American companies in the country in response to the tariff increase in the US. However, sales of such games in China could still suffer due to a boycott by Chinese citizens offended by the trade war.

Astrum Entertainment surveyed Russian gamers about their gaming preferences, consoles were not included in the exemption from new tariffs on electronics in the US, two published games by Owlcat Games were added to wishlists more than 100,000 times—here’s a roundup of the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.