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Итоги 2025 January 22

“Publishers are on the rise, and the competition in Steam is very noticeable,” Dmitry Muratov from Skystone Games on the outcomes of 2025

We continue to wrap up 2025 with gaming teams. Next up is an interview with Dmitry Muratov, head of publishing at Skystone Games.

News January 22

The market value of Ubisoft has plummeted by one third—it is now 73 times less than that of Electronic Arts

News about Ubisoft’s reorganization, as well as the cancellation or postponement of several games, dealt a heavy blow to the company. On the morning of January 22, its shares dropped by 33% to €4.43 per share.

News January 22

It seems Starbreeze has been hit by a wave of layoffs

The company Starbreeze, known for the PAYDAY franchise, has laid off part of its staff. This news was shared by its former employees on LinkedIn.

News January 22

Ubisoft is undergoing a new phase of reorganization, which has resulted in the cancellation of six games and layoffs

Ubisoft has announced the continuation of a large-scale restructuring of its business. As part of this, the company has decided to divide into five “creative houses” — not without some casualties.

Premium Analytics January 21

Steam Report for 2025: 20,000 Releases, Growth in AI-Content Games, Top Tags, Chart Leaders and Main Trends

Looking back at 2025, we couldn’t help but examine the state of Steam as a gaming platform. In today’s comprehensive report — records, median revenue of new releases, the most popular tags and engines, as well as chart leaders and other data. All traditionally accompanied by graphs and commentary.

News January 21

In 2025, the revenue of the mobile gaming market increased, but only slightly — analytics

The analytics company Sensor Tower released a comprehensive report detailing the state of the mobile app market in 2025. We have highlighted the key findings related to games.

News January 21

The creators of Palworld on their publishing: it’s more of an altruistic endeavor rather than an ambitious business project

A year ago, the studio Pocketpair, known for the sensational game Palworld, decided to try its hand in the publishing niche. In an interview with The Game Business portal, the head of Pocketpair Publishing, John Buckley, mentioned that his team approaches game publishing with a significant amount of altruism.

Итоги 2025 January 21

“Feature in RuStore for a mobile project and a new publisher for PC game,” Yuri Bogdanov from TryHard Games on the results of 2025

We continue to wrap up 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Yuri Bogdanov, co-founder of TryHard Games studio.

Итоги 2025 January 21

“After much struggle, we released our role-playing battler,” said Sergey Belyaev from INFUSION GAMES about the results of 2025

We continue summarizing the achievements of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Next up is an interview with Sergey Belyaev, co-founder of INFUSION GAMES.

Итоги 2025 January 21

“Legal support has become much more strategic,” says Alexandra Kurdyumova of Futura Digital about the main highlights of 2025.

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Alexandra Kurdyumova, a senior partner and co-founder of Futura Digital.

News January 21

Sales of Quarantine Zone: The Last Check exceeded 500,000 copies in a week

The overall audience for the zombie-checkpoint simulator should be even larger: the statistics do not account for the copies distributed through the PC Game Pass subscription.

News January 21

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 set a world record for the number of “Game of the Year” awards received

As of today, it has received 436 statuettes in this category.

News January 21

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon sold over a million copies

The game reached this sales milestone just under three years after its launch: it debuted in early access in March 2023 and was officially released in May 2025.

News January 20

Divinity: Original Sin 2 saw its best monthly sales since 2017 following the announcement of the next game

This was reported on the social network X by the CEO of Larian Studios, Swen Vincke.

Итоги 2025 January 20

“The main issue with AI is the players’ rejection of generated content,” Sergey Efremov from Astrum Entertainment on the outcomes of 2025

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Sergey Efremov, the Chief Operating Officer of Astrum Entertainment.

News January 20

“They did absolutely nothing” — gaming companies criticized the UK authorities for weak support of the industry

The UK National Video Game Council, which includes representatives from various gaming companies, is dissatisfied with the level of government support in the UK. In their opinion, the government pays very little attention to the game development industry.

Итоги 2025 January 20

“Studios have become more pragmatic. Many have a clearer understanding of what they need from a publisher,” Anton Stasenko and Denis Levchik from Zavod Games on the outcomes of 2025

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with game teams. This time, we spoke with the top managers of the publishing company Zavod Games — CEO Anton Stasenko and Business Development Director Denis Levchik.

Итоги 2025 January 20

“Performed rebranding, formulated a new meta-goal, and celebrated the tenth anniversary of Seekers Notes,” Darya Pogrebnyak from Mytona on the results of 2025.

We continue summarizing the outcomes of 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Daria Pogrebnyak, Business Development Manager at Mytona.

Conferences January 20

WN Abu Dhabi ’26 is now accepting applications for the game exhibition and indie pitch

In three weeks, on February 11-12, a business event for game developers and publishers, WN Abu Dhabi’26, will take place in Abu Dhabi. On the first day of the event, besides other activities, there will be a game showcase and an indie pitch—a presentation with project reviews by experts. Applications are currently being accepted.

Total game downloads for SayGames have exceeded 8 billion

“Publishers are on the rise, and the competition in Steam is very noticeable,” Dmitry Muratov from Skystone Games on the outcomes of 2025

The market value of Ubisoft has plummeted by one third—it is now 73 times less than that of Electronic Arts

It seems Starbreeze has been hit by a wave of layoffs

Ubisoft is undergoing a new phase of reorganization, which has resulted in the cancellation of six games and layoffs

Steam Report for 2025: 20,000 Releases, Growth in AI-Content Games, Top Tags, Chart Leaders and Main Trends

In 2025, the revenue of the mobile gaming market increased, but only slightly — analytics

The creators of Palworld on their publishing: it’s more of an altruistic endeavor rather than an ambitious business project

“Feature in RuStore for a mobile project and a new publisher for PC game,” Yuri Bogdanov from TryHard Games on the results of 2025

“After much struggle, we released our role-playing battler,” said Sergey Belyaev from INFUSION GAMES about the results of 2025

“Legal support has become much more strategic,” says Alexandra Kurdyumova of Futura Digital about the main highlights of 2025.

Sales of Quarantine Zone: The Last Check exceeded 500,000 copies in a week

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 set a world record for the number of “Game of the Year” awards received

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon sold over a million copies

Divinity: Original Sin 2 saw its best monthly sales since 2017 following the announcement of the next game

“The main issue with AI is the players’ rejection of generated content,” Sergey Efremov from Astrum Entertainment on the outcomes of 2025

“They did absolutely nothing” — gaming companies criticized the UK authorities for weak support of the industry

“Studios have become more pragmatic. Many have a clearer understanding of what they need from a publisher,” Anton Stasenko and Denis Levchik from Zavod Games on the outcomes of 2025

“Performed rebranding, formulated a new meta-goal, and celebrated the tenth anniversary of Seekers Notes,” Darya Pogrebnyak from Mytona on the results of 2025.

WN Abu Dhabi ’26 is now accepting applications for the game exhibition and indie pitch