The state of the domestic gaming job market has become more complicated. It is now entirely an employer’s market. This market has potential, but currently, the number of its participants continues to decline, releasing more personnel for whom there are simply no available positions.

In less than a month, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will host WN Abu Dhabi’26, an event for game developers and publishers organized by WN Media Group. Attendees can expect two days of intensive networking — and a yacht cruise.

Recently, Xsolla announced a rebranding. The company has revamped its entire identity, including the logo, and adjusted its positioning—now aiming to become a “comprehensive ecosystem for game developers.”

Leikir Studio will cease to exist after 14 years in operation.

The parent company of publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing released a report for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, which ended on December 31, 2025.

The game surpassed the million mark in just under two years after its debut: it was released in Steam Early Access in April 2024.

It has been reported that as a result, 1,194 games have been removed from the PlayStation Store.

This is 3.3 times more than in 2024.

This is only on Steam. Wishlists of the game on console stores were not included in the statistics.

Such statistics were shared by the analytics company Sensor Tower.

It has become known about another studio affected by layoffs at Ubisoft. Ubisoft Abu Dhabi underwent reductions.

The year 2025 proved to be rich in quality games from teams with Russian roots. More than seven projects were released, each earning over a million dollars on Steam. According to our forecasts, 2026 will be even richer in releases. We have compiled a list of games developed in Russian that have already garnered over 200,000 wishlists.

Playtika announced a major wave of layoffs.

Allegedly, Embracer Group was behind the lawsuit against the deal, which in November 2022 was filed by the Swedish pension fund AP7.

Meta Corporation* will undergo a significant restructuring within its Reality Labs division, which deals with the metaverse and virtual reality technologies. Among those affected will be gaming teams.

In the new year, we continue to sum up the results of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is a column by Pavel Raikkonen, the CEO and founder of WN Media Group, reflecting on the outcomes.

Let’s continue wrapping up the year 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Igor Ilyukhin, the Chief Operating Officer of Far Far Games.

Layoffs will occur at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm studios.

They requested to be reinstated at work during the legal proceedings.