Last week, the capital of Belarus hosted the gaming developers and publishers conference “Gaming Industry”. We share what occurred there and, of course, provide its metrics.

As a guest on App2Top is the founder of Misterial Games, Sergey Alarsky, who has also assisted other teams as a consultant.

The Japanese holding KOEI Tecmo, whose portfolio includes popular game series such as Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, Dynasty Warriors, and many others, reported for the last fiscal year, covering the period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.

This is stated in the analytical company’s report summarizing the first three months of 2026.

The Banijay Group has officially become the majority owner of Tipico Group. It finalized the deal that was announced in October 2025.

In 2024, a group of former employees from Gearbox Publishing decided to establish their own publishing company — Cooldown Games. For nearly two years, it operated with indie status and has now become part of the Polish company People Can Fly.

Ubisoft’s game director for Assassin’s Creed Hexe has left, the wishlist count for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has officially surpassed 1.5 million, and sales of Road to Vostok have reached 250,000 copies. We’re covering the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Windrose is one of the main hits of 2026. Some veterans from Lesta are involved in its creation, but it is publicly presented as an ambitious project from an experienced team from Uzbekistan. We’ve prepared a detailed analysis of the game’s release metrics, compared them to other genre representatives, and gathered information about the developers.

Today, April 24th, marks the one-year anniversary of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. To celebrate the game’s birthday, its creators at Sandfall Interactive announced new sales data.

Atari has gained a new addition to its family.

Recently, there have been rumors that Sony might stop releasing games on PC. However, Shuhei Yoshida, who previously led Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, considers such an outcome unlikely.

The New Zealand Parliament has passed a bill regulating online casinos in its third and final reading. It is now set to be submitted for royal assent and could come into force as early as May.

Almost all major studios are already using artificial intelligence-based technologies in game development, asserts Jack Buser, Head of Gaming at Google Cloud. He stated this in an interview with MobileGamer.

The head of Microsoft’s gaming division, Asha Sharma, and the content director, Matt Booty, published a statement detailing plans for the future development of their team.

In 2022, Microsoft announced its intention to create its own mobile games store that would compete with the App Store and Google Play. Four years later, the store still hasn’t launched, but the corporation assures that the project is alive.

Nintendo has been sued by two American gamers. They claim that the company “unfairly enriched itself” through tariffs introduced last year by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Such information was shared by the company “M.Video” in a conversation with the newspaper “RBC”.

The bookmaker and owner of the crypto-casino BetHog has successfully closed a Series A funding round of $10 million. It also announced the launch of a new B2B venture, Sentient Studios, for online casinos.

At the beginning of the year, a bill was developed in Turkey, establishing a number of requirements for gaming platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store. After thorough consideration, the country’s parliament decided to approve it — but with some minor concessions.