In March 2026, the position of CEO at Remedy Entertainment was taken by Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a veteran of Electronic Arts and CCP Games with 20 years of experience in game development. Recently, he gave an interview to The Game Business, where he shared his thoughts on the studio’s business.

The head of miHoYo, Liu Wei, spoke at a private event in Beijing dedicated to artificial intelligence. During the event, he announced plans for the Chinese studio to actively develop AI for game creation.

The upcoming spy action game by IO Interactive is reportedly not in high demand, claims Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad. According to him, 007 First Light has not significantly attracted gamers who did not grow up with James Bond stories.

In October 2025, GameMill Entertainment published the adventure game Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club about the adventures of the famous dog Snoopy from the Peanuts comics. Seven months after the game’s release, the publisher faced a lawsuit.

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs of Indonesia has blocked access to the prediction platform Polymarket within the country’s borders. The reason cited was a violation of gambling laws.

The indie studio Lo-Fi Games has also shared news regarding the sales of its game.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. This time, we discussed the issues of modern level design (and even more so, their causes) with Vasily Skobelev, who has worked on titles like Vector, Shadow Fight 2, Atomic Heart, War Robots: Frontiers, and “Gardariki.”

The creators of Paralives announced this achievement on social media almost immediately after the life simulator’s release.

On May 25, indie developer Alex Massé, along with his team, released Paralives in early access—a life simulation game reminiscent of The Sims. According to SteamDB data, tens of thousands of people decided to check out the game simultaneously.

Last week, the Chinese company NetEase published a report on the results of the first quarter of 2026. Among other things, it announced that its gaming division continues to increase revenue, albeit not at the fastest pace.

The head of the small Japanese indie studio Studio Interrupt, Thomas Grové, attempted to determine which engine is better: Godot or Unity. To do this, he built two versions of the same game and conducted a series of tests.

The Swedish Gambling Authority reported on the first three months of 2026. The agency calculated that during this period, the turnover of licensed gambling companies amounted to 6.68 billion Swedish kronor ($720 million). This is an increase of 0.8% compared to the previous year.

The crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen has reached an astronomical milestone.

Microsoft has agreed to pay an additional $250 million in its deal with Activision Blizzard, Nintendo has ramped up production of the Switch 2, and Unreal Engine 6 has been announced — we cover the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

Forza Horizon 6 predictably became one of the highest-grossing releases of 2026. Playground Games further cemented its status as arguably the only Microsoft studio consistently delivering hits. Today, we’ll delve not only into the launch of the new series installment but also examine the state of the genre as a whole.

The analytics company Sensor Tower published a comprehensive report on the mobile sector based on the first quarter of 2026. We have selected the main points related to games.

Menace is an iGaming group that includes an operator, media, and a game studio. Its founder, Dmitry Belyanin, has announced the sale of the operator section of the asset.

Recently, the business conference for game developers and publishers called “Game Industry” successfully unfolded in Minsk. Now it is gearing up for an event in Moscow, with just a month and a half remaining. Here are some initial details.

Indie publisher Devolver Digital has decided to take legal action against Erick Chatel, an artist and founder of the company ESC-Toy, which produces various merchandise. The company accused him of multiple years of copyright infringement.