The Swedish regulator Spelinspektionen has presented a report to the government outlining measures that operators without a Swedish license can implement to prevent users from Sweden from accessing their services. Among the proposals are geoblocking, stop messages, denial of access when geolocation cannot be determined, and measures against attempts to bypass technical restrictions.

March turned out to be perhaps the most eventful month of the first quarter of 2026. In our traditional column, we present plenty of data and graphics on revenue, sales, and other metrics of the main new releases, as well as information on interesting records and the most anticipated games of April.

The studio Unfrozen and publisher Hooded Horse have announced the release date for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.

The company UNIGINE has announced the release of a new version of its namesake engine — 2.21. It has been nine months since the previous release.

On March 17, Retro Rewind — Video Store Simulator was released on Steam, where players need to manage a video rental store from the early 1990s. It showed excellent sales, and in this regard, analyst Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo tried to identify the reasons behind the game’s popularity.

We discussed in detail how countries around the world are starting to tighten verification rules in games with Natalia Vozyan, who holds the position of VP of Legal & Operations at the company Xsolla.

The developers from Pearl Abyss shared the latest sales data on Crimson Desert via social media.

The creators of Stellar Blade have decided to expand. They announced the acquisition of Unbound — a studio founded several years ago by the renowned game designer Shinji Mikami.

Ubisoft continues to face repercussions from the shutdown of the racing action game The Crew. Recently, the company was sued by the organization UFC-Que Choisir, which defends consumer rights in France.

Eidos-Montréal isn’t the only game studio that announced layoffs at the end of March. Polyarc also decided to “downsize.”

One of the important stages of the sale of Electronic Arts (EA) nearly fell through recently, Bloomberg claims.

The corporation is allegedly just waiting for the right moment.

Additionally, the studio’s head, David Anfossi, is leaving. He has been with Eidos-Montréal since the team’s founding in 2007.

The company Xsolla will closely collaborate with the Cyprus Game Makers Association (CYGMA). The parties announced a strategic partnership.

Another Japanese gaming company will start paying its employees more. Konami has now announced a salary increase.

The German association GAME released a report dedicated to the state of the German gaming market last year. We have highlighted the main points from the document.

Credit for crossing the milestone should be given to the recent release of the game’s PC version, reports the analytics company Alinea Analytics.

Steam has updated its regional pricing system, the studio behind Wanderstop announced its imminent closure, and in Russia, lawmakers proposed introducing a self-imposed ban on video games. Here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

The stock market does not exist in a vacuum. Yet, from the outside, the reasons behind the stock price of a particular company can be unclear. However, this is not always the case. There are instances where a direct connection can be traced. These are the cases we decided to recall, while also clearly answering the question of whether there is a link between how a game is received and its publisher’s stock market value.