The Tagansky Court of Moscow continues to issue fines to game developers and publishers. Now, Epic Games has joined the long list of penalized companies.

Hermen Hulst allegedly announced this at a meeting with employees on May 18th, writes Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier.

Such an amount was mentioned by Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick in an interview with podcaster David Senra.

The Sunday Times newspaper has compiled its annual list of the wealthiest residents of the United Kingdom. For the second year in a row, brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, founders of Playrix, have secured the 10th place on this list.

Two American gamers have decided to sue Sony’s gaming division. The plaintiffs claimed that the company received a “significant unforeseen revenue” due to tariffs imposed in 2025 by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Konami has decided to completely exit Russia and Belarus, Xbox has undergone a minor rebranding, and Terraria’s sales have surpassed 70 million copies—here’s a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

It has been reported about layoffs in the Cyprus-Georgian game studio Gameteq, whose core team was formed from employees of the Krasnodar office of Plarium in 2022.

The majority of the members of the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee voted in favor of it.

The developers from Unknown Worlds had barely announced that Subnautica 2 sold 1 million copies when their parent company, KRAFTON, delivered the news. They shared that the game hit the milestone of 2 million copies sold in just 12 hours from its release.

Reports have been confirmed that the Tagansky District Court of Moscow is preparing to fine Embracer Group for violating Russian law. The lawsuit against the Swedish holding was reported by the newspaper “Kommersant” last week.

A month ago, Warhorse Studios announced a charity initiative. They promised to donate part of the proceeds from the sales of the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance during the Steam Medieval Fest to the restoration of the Czech Pernštejn Castle. Warhorse Studios kept their promise.

The game was met with a very warm reception.

Yesterday, on May 14, the pirate survival game Windrose by Kraken Express turned exactly one month old. According to the developers, over 2 million people have purchased it in that time.

The German studio Wooga, a subsidiary of Playtika, continues to reduce its workforce.

In Nexon’s quarterly report, the company highlighted the success of ARC Raiders.

The first three months of 2026 were exceptionally successful for Nexon. In its latest financial report, the company boasted about achieving the highest revenue in the history of all its first quarters.

Epic Games has released a preview version of the Unreal Engine 5.8, allowing developers to test out the tool’s new features in advance.

TT Games studio announced this achievement on the game’s event feed in the Valve store.

Night Street Games now has only 13 employees left.