The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), a sovereign wealth fund from the UAE, is preparing to finalize a major video game deal, according to sources from Insider Gaming. They claim that the fund has decided to invest approximately $100 million in the development of a third-person action game set in the “Lord of the Rings” universe.

It has been confirmed that Electronic Arts (EA) will be leaving the stock market. The company will soon return to being private. App2Top discussed why EA might have made this decision with market experts Dmitri Burkovsky, Roman Safiulin, and Nikolai Shubin.

On October 16, at the Moscow conference “Game Industry”, a large-scale game exhibition will take place, alongside a presentation with project reviews — the indie pitch. Organizers are currently accepting applications from developers.

Electronic Arts (EA) has confirmed rumors about the decision to go private. The company has indeed reached an agreement with a group of investors for its buyout — under the terms of the deal, the company’s valuation will be 55 billion dollars.

Konami announced that sales of Silent Hill f surpassed one million copies. The game reached this milestone on September 26th — the day after its release.

Frederik Schreiber, CEO of Slipgate Ironworks and lead developer of Tempest Rising, participated in The Hot Seat podcast. During the conversation, he touched on the topic of releasing games in early access.

Media outlets have reported on EA’s plans to become a private company again, Brazil decided to ban the sale of loot boxes in games to minors, and Hades II’s peak online players on Steam exceeded 112,000 people—here’s a recap of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

Recently, the second part of the iconic WWII RTS “Blitzkrieg 2” turned 20 years old, having been released on September 23, 2005. On this occasion, the founder of Nival, Sergey Orlovsky, announced that the game’s source code is now available on GitHub.

On September 25, the full release of Hades II took place. We analyzed the game’s launch in detail from the perspectives of revenue, online performance, and other metrics, comparing them with the first installment and titles in similar genres.

Complaints have appeared on the itch.io forum, Reddit, and social media. Additionally, some developers reported payout issues in a discussion with the Rascal portal.

The studio Splash Damage is no longer owned by the Chinese giant Tencent. It has been bought out by private investors.

December 31, 2025, will mark Doug Bowser’s final working day at Nintendo of America. The top executive announced his decision to leave the company.

This information was reported by Hideaki Nishino, Head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, at the Tokyo Game Show 2025.

The second half of the month is the traditional time for the deconstruction show “What’s with the Game?,” where industry experts dissect new releases in terms of design, narrative, and other aspects. The latest episode focused on Mafia: The Old Country.

Last week, the Saint Petersburg studio Baba Yaga Games unveiled a new game — a fairy-tale adventure called “The Devil’s Service,” about a demon carrying out tasks for Peter the Great. According to deputy Anton Gorelkin, the imagery used in the project sparked outrage among some citizens.

The Google Corporation is not giving up in its efforts to come out on top in its confrontation with Epic Games. Now, it has decided to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court.

The CEO of Jagex, the developer behind the iconic MMORPG RuneScape, Jon Bellamy, gave an interview to the portal The Game Business. During the conversation, he touched on the topic of AA games and their commercial potential.

Less than a day remains until the full release of Hades II. In anticipation of this, analysts from Alinea Analytics decided to discuss the achievements of the game during its time in early access.

The Playgama platform has published statistics on the use of engines in web games, broken down by top genres. The sample includes games released in 2024 and 2025.