The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered briefly topped the Steam sales chart. By the end of the last week, Counter-Strike 2 returned to the top spot overall. The leader among paid games was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

The company NCSOFT has decided to support emptyvessel — a studio founded last year by veterans of id Software, Naughty Dog, Activision Blizzard, and several other prestigious teams. Recently, NCSOFT became its strategic investor.

It took 12 days for the French JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to exceed 2 million copies sold. This was announced by the studio Sandfall Interactive on the game’s official X account.

The Swedish gaming holding Stillfront Group may become slightly smaller. It has launched a strategic review of its assets, which might result in the divestment of some studios.

Three years ago, the studio Jump Over The Age and publisher Fellow Traveller released the first part of the science fiction role-playing game Citizen Sleeper. In honor of this anniversary, the company proudly announced that over 2 million players worldwide have explored the series since its launch.

The studio Too Kyo Games, founded by the creators of Danganronpa, continues to hover on the brink of bankruptcy. They hoped to improve their financial situation with the April release of the tactics game The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-, but the gamble on the game has yet to pay off.

The Oblivion Remaster has pushed Kingdom Come: Deliverance II down to the third spot in the US top-grossing games list for 2025. This was reported by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella.

The latest episode of the monthly deconstruction show “What’s Up with the Game?” aired on April 25. This time, industry experts shared their impressions of the sequel “Rus vs. Lizards” and discussed the potential future of this series.

The developers of Genshin Impact are very proactive in defending their rights. Based on public data, Chinese journalists have calculated that since 2016, miHoYo has been involved in legal proceedings 839 times, and in 606 of those cases, they filed the lawsuit themselves.

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVGI) has attempted to compile various crucial pieces of information in one place, which gaming companies need to operate in the Russian market. They have launched a special project called RGDBook (Russian GameDev Book) or “The Developer’s Red Book.”

Great news for all iOS developers. Now they can earn more from the United States market.

Castle Duels is a mobile card strategy game that was globally released by MY.GAMES last fall. Recently, the company announced that since March, the game’s monthly revenue has exceeded one million dollars.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered became the best-selling new release on Steam in April, reports Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo. According to the analyst’s estimates, by the end of the month, the remaster had earned more than all the other games in the top 10 combined.

The owner of Lesta Games commented on the seizure of the company’s assets, Take-Two’s value dropped by nearly $3 billion after the delay of GTA VI, MONOPOLY GO! generated over $5 billion in revenue, and the creators of Royal Match and Royal Kingdom received substantial investments — here’s a rundown of the key events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

One of the most significant revolutions in video game development over the past decade unfolded without much fanfare. While two years ago, generative AI could still be considered a toy, today it is a working standard in the industry.

Starting June 2025, the Epic Games Store will change its payment policy. From now on, the store will not take a share from sales if they are less than one million dollars.

A significant development has occurred in the longstanding legal battle between Apple and Epic Games. An American court has issued a ruling that mandates Apple to immediately stop charging commissions on payments made outside its app store.

Microsoft Corporation announced a new pricing policy. According to it, global prices for all latest-generation Xbox consoles increased starting May 1. Additionally, prices for some games developed by Microsoft gaming studios will rise as the Christmas season approaches.

The owner of “Lesta Games,” Malik Khatazhaev, made an official statement in connection with the accusations of extremism and the demand to seize his group of companies.