The indie publisher Devolver Digital ended the year 2025 on a positive note. In a recent financial report, the company boasted about revenue growth — with new releases showing particularly strong results.

New indie publishers continue to emerge in the market. Just a few days ago, the co-authors of Peak announced the launch of their publishing house, and now the creators of Slay the Princess from Black Tabby Games have shared similar news.

The budget for Marathon was comparable to the budgets of The Last of Us Part II, Horizon Forbidden West, and Concord.

GFA Games representatives did not respond to App2Top’s inquiry about the situation within the studio. However, they did provide comments to our colleagues at GoHa. According to them, there are delays in salary payments.

The studio ROCKFISH Games, known for the Everspace series of space shooters, has received a substantial grant from the German government.

The developers of Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era have decided to join forces with four other game studios. Together, they have formed a holding company called Nova Assembly, with the aim of confronting the crisis in the industry.

There’s a new indie success on Steam. This time, it’s the shooter with survival elements, Road to Vostok, which showed excellent initial results after launching in early access on April 7.

Gunzilla Games is a game development company that created the battle royale game Off the Grid with the collaboration of renowned film director Neill Blomkamp. Recently, several of its employees have reported that they have not been paid their salaries.

The company Nexon was dissatisfied with the sales of The First Berserker: Khazan — an action RPG developed by its subsidiary studio Neople. This is reported by the Korean publication Yonhap citing sources.

The developers from NetherRealm Studios disclosed this number on the official X account for the fighting game.

The developer of the shooter Pioner, GFA Games studio, is going through tough times. Anonymous sources told App2Top that there is a serious rift between the management and the development team. Moreover, some employees have been unpaid for several months.

The Swedish studio Landfall Games has officially announced the launch of a publishing label called Evil Landfall.

The games from Josef Fares’ team continue to sell well.

Analysts at Aream & Co. examined the gaming deals market in the first quarter of 2026, which spanned from January to March. To do this, they referred to data from InvestGame.

Mike Rose, the founder and head of the indie publishing company No More Robots, gave an interview to GamesRadar+. He expressed strong opinions about generative artificial intelligence in game development, comparing neural networks to Pandora’s box.

11 bit studios boasted about an achievement during the Frostpunk Franchise Fest.

The CEO of the Institute for Internet Development (IRI), Alexey Goreslavsky, discussed the topic of “import substitution” of video games in Russia at the RIGF 2026 forum. He is convinced that although it is a challenging task, it is entirely achievable — and can be accomplished in the coming years.

The leadership at Playtika aims to increase the company’s market value. To achieve this, it has established a special independent committee that will analyze all options for Playtika’s future operations.

The Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC) from Saudi Arabia has purchased another portion of Capcom shares, now controlling a 6.04% stake.