Borderlands is one of the key franchises of Take-Two, which now fully owns Gearbox studio. Today, we will thoroughly analyze the launch of the fourth installment of the series, adding the necessary context, and examine the significance of the new game for Take-Two’s business.

Sensor Tower released a report dedicated to the Japanese mobile gaming market. Here are the findings.

Françoise Cadol, who voiced Lara Croft in the French localization of the original Tomb Raider games, has filed a legal complaint against Aspyr Media. She claims that the company used artificial intelligence to recreate her voice in Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.

On the evening of September 11th, the release of Borderlands 4 took place. According to SteamDB, shortly after its launch, the looter-shooter managed to attract 207,479 concurrent players on Steam, marking the best result in the series.

Microsoft Corporation announced changes in the Microsoft Store. The store will no longer charge a registration fee from individual developers.

For the past few years, there has been a trend in Russian game development towards creating games based on Slavic mythology, including Russian fairy tales and epics. We discussed the specifics of working with this theme with representatives from Morteshka, 1C Game Studios, Far Far Games, Game Art Pioneers, Divovision Games, and Watt Studio.

AppQuantum has announced the launch of AppQuantum VC—its own strategic investment fund focusing on mobile games.

A conflict has erupted between the Polish studio Byterunners and the publisher Movie Games, potentially escalating into a legal battle. The developers of the Drug Dealer Simulator duology have claimed that the publisher is violating their rights and not paying sufficient royalties.

Ubisoft has experienced some minor layoffs. In a statement to the media, the company shared that it parted ways with nine employees as a result of restructuring, driven by the creation of a new subsidiary organization in collaboration with Tencent.

Stephane Beley, Managing Director of the Ivory Tower studio, announced this.

The crisis in modern AAA game development is evident to most developers, with its epicenter concentrated in the USA. What causes it and what consequences does it have for the industry? This is what our extensive feature today explores.

We continue to share video recordings from the St. Petersburg session of the “Game Industry” Conference (GIC), which took place in July. Today, we feature a presentation by Artemiy Bolshakov, the CEO of the game development company DISTORTION. He delivered a lecture on “Investments in Game Projects: How to Speak the Same Language as an Investor.”

We continue our column “Developer/Publisher Wanted,” where indie teams share their stories and projects. Up next is Children Play, which is creating the narrative horror-adventure “Children’s Temple.”

Analysts at Newzoo collected data on the average audience of games released from January 2021 to December 2024. Below are the main figures.

At the end of the week, the capital of Belarus will host the Unicon & Game Expo Minsk 2025 — a large-scale convention dedicated to video games, board games, comics, and series.

The release of Borderlands 4 is just around the corner, and in anticipation, the head of the analytics firm Alinea Analytics, Rickard Linder, has estimated the pre-orders of the title on Steam. According to him, more than half a million people have already purchased the game.

Yesterday, on September 9, 2025, marked the 30th anniversary of the release of the PlayStation 1 in the United States. To commemorate this occasion, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella named the Sony console games that have performed best in the American market in terms of revenue and units sold over the years.

We continue to share video presentations from the St. Petersburg session of the “Game Industry” (CIG) conference, which took place in July. Today’s highlight is the presentation by the editor of RuStore’s gaming department, Yevgeny Mirkin. He spoke on the topic, “Invisible Rakes: Developer Mistakes That Hinder Organic Growth in RuStore.”

The leader in the Steam top-grossing games chart for the week of September 2 to September 9 was unquestionably Hollow Knight: Silksong. It secured the number one spot both in the top for paid games only and in the overall ranking.