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News May 20

The former game director of Returnal has opened his own studio — Cosmic Division

At the end of 2023, Harry Krueger, a veteran of Housemarque who contributed to Returnal, Nex Machina, and even worked on Saros, left the studio. It turned out that he did not leave game development altogether and recently founded his own team.
News May 20

GDEV earned nearly $100 million in the first quarter of 2026

The developer and publisher of the Hero Wars series shared their financial results for the first three months of 2026. This period was quite favorable for GDEV.
News May 20

Roblox will spend $3 billion to buy back some of its own shares

The company Roblox, owner of the eponymous gaming platform, has launched a stock buyback program for the first time in its history. Learn more.
iGaming May 20

In the US Senate, a proposal was made to ban online sports betting advertisements for minors

U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Richard Blumenthal have prepared a bill entitled the Gaming Advertisement to Minors Enforcement Act — also known as the GAME Act. The politicians aim to use it to ban online targeting of sports betting advertisements to individuals under the age of 18.
News May 20

Fellowship Entertainment will separate from Embracer Group in 2027, taking with it “The Lord of the Rings” and many other major IPs

In its financial report, Embracer Group discussed not only its finances but also the next phase of its transformation.
News May 20

Revenue has fallen again, while REANIMAL sales have exceeded 1 million copies — Embracer Group’s annual report

Swedish holding company Embracer Group reported results for the latest fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2026. We have selected the key figures from the document.
Video May 19

How does choosing a niche in game development affect the outcome? — Lecture by Mirra Games — KII Minsk 2026

We continue to publish video presentations from the “Game Industry” conference, which recently took place in Minsk, on a daily basis. Today, we have a presentation from Mirra Games. It was delivered by Serafima Okuneva, who is responsible for the development of new products at the company.
News May 19

Sales of Far Far West have surpassed one million copies

Far Far West is a cooperative shooter about robo-cowboys created by the French studio Evil Raptor. The game was released in early access on Steam less than a month ago, yet it has already achieved great results.
News May 19

Fortnite has returned to the App Store worldwide, except in Australia

Epic Games announced this landmark event in the news section of its website. The company noted that this result was achieved due to prolonged legal proceedings in the United States.
News May 19

Media: Over two years, the value of the Polish studio Mighty Koi dropped by 3,800 times

In 2024, the indie team from Poland, Mighty Koi, announced ambitious plans: they aimed to follow in the footsteps of CD PROJEKT and announced two games inspired by works of Polish authors — Thorgal and The Night Wanderer. However, two years later, the studio found itself in a dire financial situation.
News May 19

Almost three dozen game tags were removed from Steam, but new ones were added in their place

From time to time, Valve optimizes the user tagging system in Steam, removing obsolete tags or adding new ones. This time, the company decided to do both.
iGaming May 19

The volume of the unregulated online gambling market has closely approached 6 trillion dollars — study

In 2025, unlicensed online gambling generated $5.9 trillion worldwide, which is a 4% increase compared to 2024. These figures were shared by analysts at Gaming Compliance International (GCI).
News May 19

The creators of Fortnite are among the companies fined in Russia

The Tagansky Court of Moscow continues to issue fines to game developers and publishers. Now, Epic Games has joined the long list of penalized companies.
News May 19

Media: Head of PlayStation Studios confirmed Sony’s decision to stop releasing single-player games on PC

Hermen Hulst allegedly announced this at a meeting with employees on May 18th, writes Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier.
Video May 18

How to monetize mobile games?

We continue our series of YouTube interviews. This time, we discussed the fundamentals of monetization with Maxim Fomichev, a producer at Holiday Studios. We covered the very basics to, as they say, not forget.
News May 18

Strauss Zelnick: Changing the visual style of the first Borderlands cost $50 million

Such an amount was mentioned by Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick in an interview with podcaster David Senra.
News May 18

The Sunday Times: Over the year, the founders of Playrix became $2 billion richer

The Sunday Times newspaper has compiled its annual list of the wealthiest residents of the United Kingdom. For the second year in a row, brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, founders of Playrix, have secured the 10th place on this list.
iGaming May 18

Shares of Gambling.com Group plummeted by more than 50% amid weak earnings reports and significant layoffs

The company Gambling.com Group, which specializes in analytical services for online gambling, has experienced a sharp drop in its stock price. In just one day, the value of its shares fell by 53%, reports the portal next.io.
News May 18

Sony Interactive Entertainment is being sued due to tariffs in the United States

Two American gamers have decided to sue Sony’s gaming division. The plaintiffs claimed that the company received a “significant unforeseen revenue” due to tariffs imposed in 2025 by U.S. President Donald Trump.
News May 18

Weekend Highlights (May 16-17)

Konami has decided to completely exit Russia and Belarus, Xbox has undergone a minor rebranding, and Terraria’s sales have surpassed 70 million copies—here’s a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.
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