Game developers should prioritize creativity over financial goals, according to Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the former head developer of The Witcher 3, and now responsible for the action RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker. He shared this opinion in an interview with Radio Times Gaming.

The first half of 2026 became the best financially for KRAFTON. The South Korean company reported this in a recent report.

Last week, the popular annual GMTK Game Jam took place. Traditionally, the organizers asked the participants which engines they used for creating their projects. It turned out that, for the first time, the most frequently chosen was Godot.

Residents of Australia have encountered an unusual restriction. They can no longer participate in gambling mini-games from GTA Online: blackjack, poker, roulette, and other activities offered at the in-game Diamond casino.

The company “M.Video” shared its observations on console sales in the Russian market for January-June 2026. We selected the main points from the report.

An American court has issued a final decision in the dispute between Papaya Gaming and FIRY (formerly known as Skillz). It ruled to collect compensation amounting to $719 million from Papaya Gaming for unfair competition.

Double Fine is not the only studio currently affected by layoffs. It has also been revealed that LightSpeed Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, is preparing for staff reductions.

Double Fine studio announced the layoff of 23 employees. It is estimated that this represents about a quarter of its staff.

The game analytics tool niche is expanding. Recently, the public version of itchDB was launched—a service that aggregates data on projects from the digital store itch.io.

There have been widespread layoffs in the gaming industry for several years. According to Tencent’s top manager Amir Satvat, who monitors the job market in game development, 2024 remains the most “bloody” year so far, but 2026 is not far behind.

In its quarterly report, Capcom also announced the sales figures of its two latest major releases — Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata.

The first quarter of the current fiscal year, lasting from April 1 to June 30, 2026, was highly successful for Capcom. In a recent report, the company announced growth in all key metrics.

The Polish publisher All in! Games aims to increase its financial value. The company does not rule out the possibility of engaging in mergers and acquisitions to achieve this.

The production of the new Fable has turned out to be more expensive than Playground Games and Microsoft initially anticipated. This is reported by Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, citing his sources.

This is three times more than a year ago.

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Mikhail Kadikov, the Design Director at Vivix Studios, author of three books and one game on level design, who also previously participated in the development of Might & Magic: Heroes VII and Hunt: Showdown.

In 2019, Germany launched a support program for gaming companies, initially in a pilot phase. Since then, it has become officially established in the country, with developers and publishers receiving millions of euros in subsidies from the authorities.

In Vietnam, as in China, there is a limit on the amount of time minors can spend on video games. Now, they are looking to make it even stricter.

On July 15, the Armenia-based Space Raccoon Game Studio and publisher Spaghetti Cat released a lumberjack simulator with the straightforward title A Game About Chopping Trees. Recently, this new release reached its first major sales milestone.