Late last week, the Brazilian authorities temporarily banned online betting in the country. According to the Bet Legal platform, the ban immediately led to a surge in illegal betting sites — 428 such sites were launched between September 25 and 27.

Evgeny Grishakov, the founder of the Garden of Dreams studio, revealed the revenue of the Steam version of Meltopia — an adventure game about searching for the remains of a mammoth. He also clearly explained what percentage of the game’s gross revenue would ultimately go to the developers and where the rest of it goes.

Enad Global 7, the parent company of the developers, announced that Cold Iron Studios has been hit by a wave of layoffs.

Russian entrepreneurs have become increasingly active in opening game publishing companies, writes “Kommersant” citing data from the Rusprofile service. From January to August 2026, 121 publishers were registered in Russia, in the form of full-fledged companies and individual entrepreneurs.

At the end of August, the analytics company Newzoo, in collaboration with Google, published a comprehensive report dedicated to HTML5 games. Below are some findings from the report.

The founder of the analytics service GameDiscoverCo, Simon Carless, attempted to determine which genres are popular among Steam Deck owners. To do this, he studied user reviews on Steam.

On September 25, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, signed a temporary decree banning online betting in the country. The restrictions apply to both sports betting and online casinos.

The Polish company Bloober Team released its financial report for January-June 2026. The document turned out to be mixed.

Insiders discussed the budget for Physint, the head of Microsoft gave a positive assessment of the XBOX restructuring, and Wardogs sales exceeded 3 million copies — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Paradox Interactive is stepping away from mobile. The company has agreed to sell Playrion, a French team specializing in mobile airplane games.

A week ago, employees of King’s Swedish offices threatened to strike if the management didn’t agree to sign what’s known as a collective agreement—a document that regulates many work-related nuances in the company. The threat proved to be effective.

To mark the release of Control Resonant, we decided to take a closer look at how the project fits into Remedy’s transition to self-publishing games. We will discuss the metrics of the new release, compare its financial model with previous titles, and analyze how the ROI for the Finnish studio changes under various conditions.

The “Yandex Games” platform is trying to strengthen its position in the service market for replenishing Steam accounts. To achieve this, it has temporarily introduced a negative commission when transferring money through the platform to the gaming store.

The GamesIndustry portal noted in the UK Companies Registry that Build A Rocket Boy has been appointed with an external administrator, who is now managing the studio’s affairs. Such specialists are typically assigned in cases of bankruptcy.

This was reported by journalist Christopher Dring from The Game Business.

After leaving XBOX, the studio Undead Labs could have become a subsidiary of Splash Damage, according to sources from The Game Business. Their information is also confirmed by sources from Kotaku.

The American company Topdog has completed a seed funding round amounting to $2.5 million. This round was led by Boston Seed Capital, with participation from Raine Group, Bullpen Capital, Versus Ventures, and several other investors.

The company Epic Games may soon face a new lawsuit. It has come under scrutiny from the Dutch consumer protection group Stichting Massaschade & Consument, which has filed a complaint against it.

The studio Lazy Bear Games and publisher tinyBuild shared the initial success of Graveyard Keeper 2. They announced that just two days after its release, the cemetery keeper simulator’s sales across all platforms reached nearly half a million.