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News October 9, 2025

Console sales in the US are actively growing—thanks to the Nintendo Switch 2 and rising prices

In August 2025, Americans spent $312 million on purchasing consoles, reports Circana analyst Mat Piscatella. This is a 32% increase compared to the previous year.

News October 9, 2025

The Institute for Internet Development (IRI) allocated 73.6 million rubles to seven indie developers—winners of the game prototype competition announced

The Institute for Internet Development (IID) has concluded a prototype game competition among indie developers. A total of 149 projects competed for the title of winner, but only seven made it to the finals.

Premium Industry October 8, 2025

“Incorrect” Games on Steam: How to Realize in Time That a Project Doesn’t Fit the Market and Isn’t Needed by the Audience

Predicting the success of a particular game can be challenging, but it’s often possible to foresee a lack of potential. Today, we’ll discuss the types of failed indie games and the mistakes developers make, supported by examples and data on the highest-grossing and “overcrowded” sub-genres on Steam.

News October 8, 2025

Sales of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have exceeded 5 million copies

The developers from Sandfall Interactive announced surpassing a new sales milestone on social media.

News October 8, 2025

The EU’s fight against dark patterns in games could “kill” European game development, according to the head of Supercell

Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen wrote a public letter criticizing the EU authorities. He is dissatisfied with the proposals to regulate the digital space, which also affect games.

News October 8, 2025

A third of American gamers purchase games less than once a year, according to research

Gamers in the United States do not purchase games as frequently as might be expected, according to research by Circana. Analyst Mat Piscatella shared a segment of the report on Bluesky.

Investor/publisher wanted October 8, 2025

The creators of the side-scroller game set in a dieselpunk world, Kanun 1919, are looking for an investor willing to invest 15 million rubles in the project

We continue our column “Developer/Publisher Wanted,” where indie teams share about themselves and their projects. Next up is Noxtell Games, a studio developing Kanun 1919 (the game has a demo on Steam), a stylish and grim dieselpunk adventure.

News October 8, 2025

Epic Games has sued two Fortnite island creators for fraudulently earning tens of thousands of dollars

Several years ago, Epic Games started to share revenue with users who create their own games within Fortnite. According to the company, this opportunity attracted not only legitimate developers but also scammers. Recently, they have filed a lawsuit against two such offenders.

News October 8, 2025

30 years ago, Sony almost acquired Bullfrog Productions and the FIFA license

Former managers of Sony’s gaming division gave an interview to the portal The Game Business, where they shared memories of working at the company in the 1990s. Among other things, they spoke about two deals that fell through.

News October 7, 2025

Megabonk and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 have entered the top 10 on the Steam sales chart

Last week, the fall sale took place on Steam, resulting in a fresh chart where new releases stand alongside old hits. Here, we discuss the most notable changes in the rankings.

News October 7, 2025

Study: Two-thirds of mobile developers are concerned about the Apple and Google duopoly in the app store market

Analysts from Atomik Research studied the situation in the mobile app store market. They surveyed over 300 senior-level employees from major American and British companies developing mobile games.

News October 7, 2025

The audience of skate. exceeded 15 million people

The skateboarding simulator reached this milestone in less than a month, as reported by Full Circle and Electronic Arts. The game entered early access on September 16, 2025.

News October 7, 2025

Media: FTC has launched an investigation into AppLovin over its user data collection practices

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to investigate the activities of AppLovin, Bloomberg sources report. It is claimed that the regulator took notice of the company after short sellers accused it of fraud.

News October 7, 2025

The studio behind the rhythm shooter Metal: Hellsinger is set to close

The founder of The Outsiders, David Goldfarb, announced that the studio will soon cease to exist. It has fallen victim to the restructuring of its parent company, Funcom.

News October 6, 2025

Niko Partners: Over the next five years, the revenue of the Southeast Asian gaming market will grow by more than a billion dollars

Recently, the analytical company Niko Partners published a report on the Southeast Asian gaming market*. We have highlighted the main findings.

News October 6, 2025

81% of all funds raised on Kickstarter went to games with a budget of no more than half a million dollars — analysis

Dmitry Filatov, head of the Narwhal game accelerator, analyzed all video game crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. He shared his observations on the Telegram channel DogDog.

News October 6, 2025

Nintendo has denied rumors about lobbying for restrictions on generative AI in Japan

Recently, Japanese House of Representatives member Satoshi Asano claimed that Nintendo is trying to persuade the country’s authorities to introduce restrictions related to the use of generative artificial intelligence. According to the company itself, this is untrue.

News October 6, 2025

Weekend Highlights (October 4-5)

A critical vulnerability was found in the Unity engine, Bloomberg learned that Microsoft lost over 300 million dollars due to adding Call of Duty to Game Pass, and CloverPit sales exceeded 500,000 copies. Here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

News October 3, 2025

Adjust: downloads of mobile adventure games in Turkey increased by 89% in the first half of 2025

Adjust recently released a report on the state of the mobile app market in Turkey for the first half of 2025. We’ve selected the main findings related to gaming.

Premium Analytics October 3, 2025

September’s main games in numbers: the highest-grossing and best-selling releases of the month on Steam and consoles

At the beginning of the month, we traditionally share data on the most successful releases from the past 30 days. Today’s article includes a wealth of numbers and charts related to revenue, sales, and other metrics of September’s new releases, featuring titles from major studios, indie hits, and Japanese RPGs.