The future of the open-source engine is looking brighter.

Founded back in 2024, it has only recently stepped out of the shadows.

A representative from one of the digital stores announced this.

In the week from July 28 to August 5, four newcomers made it to the top 10 paid games on Steam. Some of them are quite unexpected.

The launch of the new isometric RPG from Grimlore Games and THQ Nordic in early access was highly successful. In less than three days, it was purchased over 300,000 times.

The details of the deal have not been disclosed — neither the amount nor the conditions are known.

Employees of the Raven studio, a subsidiary of Microsoft, have voted to ratify a contract between their union and Microsoft itself.

The publisher is called Lyrical Games.

Gabe Newell, the President and co-founder of Valve Corporation, gave an extensive interview to an unknown blogger from the CIS region. This was not only the blogger’s first interview but also their first recorded video.

In Poland, the scandal continues to smolder around the game codenamed Project 8, whose development was halted back in December 2024. Investors and journalists are demanding that 11 bit studios’ management reveal the reasons for its closure. The matter may reach the country’s financial oversight agencies.

In the Deep Dive podcast on the YouTube channel of Nightdive Games, John Romero shared insights about the working conditions at id Software in the early ’90s.

The new part of Battlefield, set to release on October 10, will feature a tool for game modification—Portal. Its editor is essentially a modified version of Godot.

The bus repair simulator by Cyprus-based Polden Publishing managed to recoup its development costs within the first two days of sales.

Here’s a brief overview of the main topics over the weekend: the THQ Nordic presentation, the million sales of A Game About Digging A Hole, and the price increase of old Switch models in the US.

A dedicated landing page has been launched on the WN Hub platform for Russia’s first business publication about the video game industry — the “Gaming Industry” Almanac. The inaugural issue was prepared with the participation of the BlackHub Games team.

At the end of July, Sony filed a lawsuit against Tencent, accusing the Chinese company of copyright infringement. We have reconstructed the timeline of events and thoroughly examined the essence of the claims. To navigate the legal intricacies, we were assisted by specialists from Denuo and REVERA.

The game’s achievement was announced by Atlus on social media.

The Turkish mobile publisher and developer Good Job Games has received investments for the second time in six months. The company has now announced that it has raised $60 million in a Series A funding round.

The first half of 2025 was the most profitable period for cooperative mode games on Steam, according to analysts from Alinea Analytics. These projects earned a total of $4.1 billion during this time—an 11% increase compared to the previous year.