Nintendo requested the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by American gamers in the spring. The lawsuit accused the company of attempting to “unjustly enrich” itself from additional tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2025.

The company Playtika is negotiating the sale of the studio behind Disney Solitaire, Dice Dreams, and Domino Dreams, claims Calcalist Tech. The potential buyer is Tencent.

Some game studios do manage to make a comeback from obscurity. It has been reported that the Canadian mobile group Alpha Dog Games, which ceased operations two years ago, is being revived.

It now amounts to $7 million.

Valve might be preparing to expand wishlist interaction options on Steam. This was reported by Simon Carless, the founder of the analytics service GameDiscoverCo.

The global gaming industry has been experiencing a significant crisis for several years. As the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (UKIE) revealed, a substantial portion of UK game development specialists have been affected by it.

It seems that Microsoft’s gaming division has significantly reduced its presence in Poland. This was reported by sources for Polish journalists Dawid Kosiński and Michał Pisarski.

The “Friendslop” game Dear Passengers continues to gain popularity.

Bethesda disclosed sales figures for Skyrim and several other games, layoffs occurred at ZA/UM amid the unsuccessful launch of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, and it was revealed that some XBOX studio heads “hate” Game Pass. We report on the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

In major South Korean gaming companies, the number of young employees is decreasing, reports the local magazine ChosunBiz.

Scopely has implemented structural changes within the team responsible for developing Stumble Guys — a party game similar to Fall Guys. The company announced this in a statement to the Game Developer portal.

The unions of communication workers in the United States and Canada are convinced that the recent layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division were conducted with numerous violations. They have filed a complaint against the corporation with labor inspections in both countries.

On June 30, 2026, PulluP Entertainment concluded the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The company shared its results in a fresh report.

The company Roblox continues to integrate artificial intelligence into its eponymous platform. It has announced a tool called Build, which is capable of generating game prototypes based on their descriptions.

Developing console and PC games with built-in advertising in mind from the start can significantly ease future efforts, claims Alexander Dao, Vice President of Advertising and Sponsorship at Electronic Arts (EA).

It took two days from the announcement for the cooperative airplane crew simulator to reach the milestone of one million wishlists.

The success of Hela: of Mice & Magic has been shared by Windup Games studio and the publisher Knights Peak, a part of MY.GAMES.

Analysts at Newzoo decided to examine how actively gamers are pre-ordering GTA VI. According to their estimates, the game has already achieved phenomenal box office success.

On July 14, the studio FLEXUS officially announced its new game—a co-op airplane crew simulator called Dear Passengers. The project swiftly rode a wave of popularity.