CD Projekt co-head Michał Nowakowski, following the news about BioWare’s closure, stated that the Canadian studio played a significant role in the history of the Polish company and helped bring the first The Witcher to market.

Yandex Games announced a reduction in the commission for replenishing Steam wallets to 2%. Users won’t need to sign up for a paid subscription or meet additional conditions. Let’s analyze how competitive this offer is in the Russian market.

Electronic Arts has shared new details about the restructuring of its gaming divisions. The company announced that it has begun preparations to revive the Fight Night series, is developing an open-world American football game, and has revised its development plans for The Sims and skate.

The Norwegian government has clarified its plans to restrict children’s access to social media. The proposed law will now cover not only traditional social networks but also gaming platforms, including Roblox.

The American company Hasbro, which owns the rights to the Monopoly brand, reported earnings from the mobile game Monopoly Go. From January to September 2026, the game generated $127 million for the company—almost the same as the previous year.

Electronic Arts announced a large-scale restructuring of its gaming divisions. One of the main outcomes will be the closure of BioWare, a studio known for the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series. The company has also decided to discontinue the development of the new Mass Effect.

The Polish studio One More Level, known for the Ghostrunner series, announced the profitability of its new action game, Valor Mortis. According to preliminary data, in the first week of sales, the game earned enough to cover the expenses outlined in the publishing agreement.

Mobile game developers have encountered increased review times for applications in the App Store. Previously, Apple typically approved new projects and updates within 24-48 hours, but now the process sometimes stretches to several weeks. This information comes from Mobilegamer.biz, citing representatives from small and medium-sized game studios.

The French studio DON’T NOD, known for Life is Strange and Vampyr, is striving to avoid bankruptcy. The company announced that on October 19, a Paris court approved its petition to initiate a judicial protection process (sauvegarde), which will temporarily freeze payments on old debts and provide time to seek funding.

The European rating organization PEGI has begun revising the age ratings of previously released digital games that contain loot boxes and other mechanics involving the purchase of random items. Now, such projects will receive a PEGI 16 rating, even if they were previously marked PEGI 3, PEGI 7, or PEGI 12.

From November 2022 to October 2026, salaries in the gaming industry have decreased on average by 13%. This conclusion was reached by Amir Satvat, a partner at the venture fund 1Up Ventures.

Steam users are displeased with the large number of games featuring AI content at the October Steam Next Fest. Some have called on Valve to add a filter to the platform that would allow these projects to be hidden from recommendations.

Supercell has completed the full acquisition of the Finnish company Metacore, gaining 100% of the developer behind Merge Mansion. The parties officially announced the closure of the deal on October 19.

Analysts from the GameDiscoverCo service continue to survey Steam users. This time they decided to find out on which devices gamers usually play — not just titles from their Steam library, but video games in general.

TinyBuild’s achievements were boasted about on the social network X by the company’s CEO, Alex Nichiporchik.

The Department for Combating Illicit Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported this on its Telegram channel.

Recently, investors have been generously investing in Turkish mobile studios.

The German studio Fishlabs announced on LinkedIn that it has been forced to part ways with some of its employees.