The veteran of Japanese game development and creator of the Zero Escape series, Kotaro Uchikoshi, has officially announced a studio called CRASH KEYS.

The Chinese giant Tencent made another investment, reports PocketGamer citing its sources. This time, the company supported Flow Games—a Turkish mobile game development studio.

The Argentine Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) calculated the amount of indirect taxes from authorized online betting and gambling platforms in the country for the period from January to September 2026. It amounted to 123.85 billion Argentine pesos ($81 million).

The company Funcom has announced another restructuring. The reason is their desire to focus on supporting and developing only two games — Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles.

Ubisoft has decided not to limit itself to the possible closure of RedLynx and layoffs at Ubisoft Singapore. It has been revealed that the company also plans to significantly reduce the workforce in its German studios.

Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai, in an interview with Nikkei X Trend, shared memories from his time as the head of PlayStation. He revealed that he had the courage to act independently and ignore the directives of top management.

The Croatian studio Gamepires, best known for the survival game SCUM, is also conducting layoffs. They announced this on social media.

Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier published an extensive article dedicated to the development of GTA VI and changes within Rockstar Games. For it, the reporter spoke with both managers and rank-and-file employees of the studio.

Ubisoft is continuing its restructuring. Now, the spotlight is on the RedLynx studio, known for creating the Trials racing series, and Ubisoft Singapore, which served as the lead developer for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Skull and Bones.

Google has announced significant changes to the Google Play app store. We’ve compiled the main announcements.

The Defold Foundation has announced the release of the new version of the open engine Defold — version 1.14.0. The main innovation is the addition of support for XBOX.

For some publishers, working with influencers has become a separate branch of marketing. But how do you choose the right blogger who will truly engage your audience with your game? We explore this with the Head of Marketing at ESDigital Games, Ilya Svanidze, and the lead influencer manager at Polden Publishing, Artem Akimkin.

In the first half of 2026, the gross gaming revenue (GGR) of Greece’s legal gambling market reached €1.56 billion. This is an 8% increase compared to the previous year, as reported by the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC).

The number includes both game buyers and Game Pass subscribers.

Microsoft continues to build new teams within XBOX. Following the launch of XP, it has announced the creation of XBOX LABS—a division dedicated to exploring current technologies for game development.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) wants the US government to include portable retro consoles with pre-installed pirated games in the Notorious Markets List. This is a list of suspicious platforms and markets used to combat counterfeit products.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. This episode’s guest is Dmitry Kachkov, founder of the game company Sobaka Studio.

At the end of September, the European Commission decided to focus on microtransactions and announced the launch of “coordinated actions” against several companies that do not comply with guidelines on in-game purchases. Now, as part of this same initiative, Italy’s antitrust regulator AGCM has reported the initiation of its investigation.

In the third quarter of 2026, game-related companies secured deals totaling $61.9 billion, as reported by Aream & Co. This is significantly higher than the same period in 2025, when the figure was just $5.7 billion.