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 “Gaming Industry” brand will take place in the capital. 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 It was recently revealed that the company behind the engine had indeed withdrawn it from sale in China.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.

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.

Millions of people around the world play PlayWay games, often unaware that this company is behind the latest mechanic simulator, border guard simulator, or any other profession-based game. Today, we will delve into the unique structure of PlayWay to understand why ideas are more important than budgets and how the company manages dozens of studios.

The company SMBC Consumer Finance surveyed a thousand Japanese people aged 20-29 about their spending in various areas. It turned out that Japanese youth actively make in-game purchases and sometimes spend much more money than advisable.

SayGames has revealed the total revenue from the idle arcade games it has published. The company announced that as of today, such games have collectively generated $300 million.

Indie publisher Devolver Digital summarized the achievements of the past year. The company reported revenue growth, disclosed the earnings of Cult of the Lamb and some other games, and shared its future plans.

During the week of April 8 to 15, the leaders in the chart of top-grossing products on Steam were once again Counter-Strike 2 and Schedule I. However, almost the entire rest of the top ten experienced changes.

TinyBuild reported its financial results for 2024. Below are the key points from the financial report.

The “Lesta Games” group of companies has shared new achievements of Tanks Blitz. They announced that users have downloaded the game over one million times from RuStore.

The popularity of Delta Force continues to gain momentum. Team Jade announced that the daily active users (DAU) of the free-to-play shooter now reach 12 million people.

The Finnish indie studio Makea Games has ceased to exist after three years of operation. It decided to close its doors due to the low popularity of its debut game, Supermoves: World of Parkour.

On the evening of April 14th, 4A Games studio and publisher Deep Silver launched a free distribution of Metro 2033 Redux on Steam, GOG, and Xbox in honor of the series’ 15th anniversary. As a result, the shooter’s online play reached a new record, at least on Steam.