From June 9 to June 16, Steam hosted the Next Fest demo festival. The founder of GameDiscoverCo, Simon Carless, compiled a list of the top games that gained the most wish list additions during the event.

Last fall, MY.GAMES launched a mobile publishing division named MGVC Publishing. One of its first projects was Fable Town — a Merge-3 genre game from the studio Reef Games. In a recent report, the company shared the game’s successes.

Sensor Tower continues to expand its portfolio. It has announced the acquisition of Playliner — a mobile analytics service with a focus on LiveOps.

The Chinese giant Tencent is not planning to buy Nexon. The company informed Reuters that the rumors about their intent to strike a deal are not true.

Microsoft Corporation is preparing to further reduce its workforce, according to Bloomberg sources. They report that in early July, the company plans to announce the layoff of several thousand employees.

Recently, studios Aggro Crab and Landfall—creators of Another Crab’s Treasure and Content Warning—released a cooperative game called PEAK on Steam, where players must conquer mountains. The new release had a successful launch, selling 100,000 copies on its first day.

The evolution of Shift Up mirrors the paths taken by many Asian gaming companies. Starting from mobile development, the company expanded to other platforms, transitioning from local hits to producing AAA products for a global audience.

During his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2025, the CEO of the Internet Development Institute (IRI), Alexey Goreslavsky, disclosed the amount that his organization will allocate to game developers in 2025-2027. It will be 3.4 billion rubles.

On June 18, the price of Nintendo shares reached 13,260 yen ($91.55) each. This is a record.

The game development company “Lesta Games” is no longer officially owned by Malik Khatazhayev. As noticed by journalist Dmitry Filonov from The Edinorog in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), since June 11, the developer of “World of Tanks” and “World of Warships” has been under the control of the Federal Agency for State Property Management.

“Yandex” has released an update for AppMetrica. It added another report to the analytics platform — “Conversion.” This report displays data on both the initial and repeat user acquisition in apps.

Last fall, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that its gaming division would focus on four franchises: Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC, and Game of Thrones. In line with this decision, the company has now updated the structure of Warner Bros. Games.

During the week from June 10 to June 17, Counter-Strike 2 continued to lead the overall top-grossing product chart on Steam. Meanwhile, in the chart exclusively for paid projects, Stellar Blade claimed the top spot, displacing Dune: Awakening.

On June 17, Cygames released the free-to-play card game Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond, a sequel to the popular card game Shadowverse CCG. Although it has already become the 15th most played new release in 2025 on Steam, gamers are dissatisfied with the project.

Last week, Bloomberg reported that Tencent is allegedly in talks to acquire the Korean holding company Nexon. According to the Korea Game Society, if the deal goes through, it will harm the development of South Korea.

In the past two months, the Singaporean fund 3D Investment Partners has been actively acquiring shares of Square Enix. Recently, it increased its stake in the Japanese company to 10.01%, making it the second-largest shareholder.

The Chinese company miHoYo has initiated another legal proceeding. It has filed a complaint in the California district court against a streamer who prematurely showcased the new character from Honkai: Star Rail.

The studio GFA Games has boasted new achievements for the upcoming MMO shooter PIONER. They announced that the game has been wishlist-added by 300,000 Steam users.

In 2023, a group of former King employees launched their own studio, Studio 555. The team recently successfully closed a seed funding round amounting to 4 million euros.