The founder of Turbine Games Consulting, Matthew Emery, decided to examine which platform was easier to succeed on last year—PC or mobile. To do this, he compared the revenue of approximately 8,000 new releases in 2024.

The creators of Palworld consider the patents, which Nintendo and The Pokémon Company accused them of violating, to be invalid; the beta test of Rematch by the developers of Sifu attracted 133,000 concurrent players on Steam; and sales of Ale & Tale Tavern exceeded 600,000 copies—here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Last week, the studio Perelesoq published a study suggesting that Steam wishlists are becoming outdated, and strategies focused on collecting them are ineffective. Some members of the community criticized this work. Alexander Barabanov, lead designer at Sad Cat Studios, explained to the editors why one should approach Perelesoq’s conclusions with caution.

On April 17, the second season of the action RPG Last Epoch, titled Tombs of the Erased, began. Its launch led to a sharp increase in the game’s daily online activity: last evening, 150,198 users on Steam decided to play Last Epoch simultaneously.

Eric Beyhl, who worked for 11 years at the American branch of Arkane Studios, announced the launch of his studio. He named it Cire Games.

Recently, there was an announcement for DreadMoor, an adventure game about fishing in a post-apocalyptic world with nods to the indie hit Dredge. The App2Top editorial team spoke with Rostislav Fedorov, CEO and co-founder of the Russian studio Dream Dock Games, which is developing the game, to discuss the team, the project, Wishlist targets, and budgets.

Ubisoft has shared updated figures regarding the player base of two games from the Assassin’s Creed series — Origins and Odyssey. They officially announced that each game has surpassed 40 million players.

The analytics company Newzoo has named the top-grossing and most popular games on PC and consoles for March 2025.

Forbes published an April 2025 update of the richest residents in South Korea. Kim Hyung-tae (Kim Hyung-tae), the founder of Shift Up, known for the hit games Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke, made it to 46th place on the list.

In a week, on April 24, another event under the brand “Game Industry” will take place in the First Throne city. This time it’s about a meetup.

In February 2025, Chinese developers began reporting issues accessing Unity 6. It was recently revealed that the company behind the engine had indeed withdrawn it from sale in China.

KRAFTON, Nexon, and several other gaming companies from South Korea have undertaken business optimization, reports ChosunBiz. It is suggested that they have decided to focus more directly on games amid challenging market conditions.

PulluP Entertainment has also released its annual financial report. The parent company of the publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing disclosed the results for the period from April 2024 to March 2025.

The publisher Kitfox Games has announced that the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress has sold over a million copies. The game reached this milestone approximately two and a half years after its release on the platform: Dwarf Fortress was released in Valve’s store on December 6, 2022.

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.

Games by PlayWay are played by millions of people worldwide, often unaware that this very company is behind the latest mechanic simulator, border guard, or any other profession simulator. Today we’ll delve into the unique structure of PlayWay to understand why ideas trump budgets and how the company manages dozens of studios.