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News January 28

PlayWay sold its stake in the studio behind Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter

She owned 44.95% of the shares in Iron Wolf Studio.
Results for 2025 January 28

“Mass mailings have ceased to be effective; targeted efforts yield much better results,” said Kirill Perevozchikov from White Label PR regarding the outcomes of 2025

In 2026, we continue to wrap up the results of the previous year, 2025, with top managers from the gaming industry and related fields. Up next is an interview with Kirill Perevozhchikov, the founder of White Label PR agency.
News January 28

A court in the United Kingdom recognized the theft of gold in RuneScape as a criminal offense

In-game currency can indeed be classified as property.
News January 28

Hooded Horse: indie developers with access to analytics sell their games better than 95% of indie publishers

The head of Hooded Horse, a publishing house best known for Manor Lords and the upcoming Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, Tim Bender, gave an interview to PC Gamer. During the conversation, he criticized the vast majority of indie publishers and essentially urged developers to self-publish their games.
News January 28

Sales of Absolum exceeded 500,000 copies

The beat-’em-up roguelike reached this sales level just over three months after its release: it debuted on October 9, 2025.
Results for 2025 January 27

“Closed the first seed round with a valuation of 15.5 million dollars,” — on the results of 2025

We continue to review the outcomes of 2025 with gaming teams and experts. Next up is an interview with Ivan Leshkevich, founder and CEO of EasyWin.
Results for 2025 January 27

“Our studio has almost doubled in size,” said Nikita Kharlamov and Diana Korkina from Top App Games about the results of 2025 year

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with gaming teams and experts. Next up is an interview with top managers from Top App Games: CMO Nikita Kharlamov and CBDO Diana Korkina.
Results for 2025 January 27

“Nikita Bokarev from ‘Yandex Games’ on the results of 2025: ‘A total of 24,000 games were published, and 29,000 were removed'”

Already in 2026, we continue to summarize the outcomes of 2025 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. This time, the editorial team spoke with Nikita Bokarev, Head of Business Development at Yandex Games.
News January 27

In the United Kingdom, a court will be held regarding the Steam monopoly case

The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London has decided to forward a lawsuit against Valve to court. The company is accused of “profiteering off British gamers” through Steam.
Results for 2025 January 27

“There is a noticeable trend toward jurisdictions that are deliberately investing in IT and the gaming industry,” said Natalya Tolkacheva and Irma Novikova from Prospectacy about the results of 2025

We continue to summarize the outgoing year alongside representatives from gaming and related companies. Up next is a conversation with Natalya Tolkacheva and Irma Novikova, representing the legal firm Prospectacy.
News January 27

Aristocrat sold part of Big Fish Games’ assets — they were acquired by different companies

She did this as part of a strategic review of the gaming portfolio: Aristocrat has recently been paying more attention to social casinos. Previously, for this reason, Aristocrat sold Plarium, known for RAID: Shadow Legends.
Results for 2025 January 27

“The survival horror genre is headed towards a boiling point,” Sergey Korolev from Misterial Games on the results of 2025

We continue to review the results of 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with the founder of Misterial Games, Sergey Korolyov.
News January 27

Capcom’s nine-month report: profit increased by 75%, and sales of Monster Hunter Wilds reached 11 million copies

Capcom released its financial report for April-December 2025, revealing that this period was quite successful for the company.
Conferences January 27

The program for WN Abu Dhabi ’26 has been published. Participants include Ubisoft, Epic Games, Google, Mundfish, and others

The upcoming WN Abu Dhabi’26 has a very packed schedule. This two-day event (February 11-12) will focus on networking and discussions on topics relevant to the gaming industry. We share the first details of the program.
News January 27

Ubisoft offered 200 employees in Paris the opportunity to resign

Ubisoft continues to reduce its workforce. This time, it plans to let go of about 18% of the staff at its Paris headquarters.
News January 27

Highguard launched on Steam with an online player count of 97,000 and overwhelmingly negative reviews

On the evening of January 26, Highguard — a free-to-play raid shooter by Wildlight Entertainment — was released on PC and consoles, causing controversy after its announcement at The Game Awards 2025. The game had a mixed reception upon its launch on Steam.
News January 26

39% of the new releases in the Microsoft Store in 2025 are low-quality games designed for quickly earning Gamerscore points

This was reported by the portal TrueAchievements, which analyzed all games released in 2025 in the Microsoft Store. Their statistics cover games for both Xbox consoles and PC.
News January 26

Analysts: Woolhaven is selling significantly better on Steam than other expansions for Cult of the Lamb

Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven is a major storyline DLC that has brought winter, new opponents, animal husbandry mechanics, and much more to the game. According to analysts from Alinea Analytics, it achieved better sales in its debut day on Steam than the last three add-ons combined over a week.
News January 26

In 2025, the number of DDoS attacks on gaming services in Russia increased by 310.3% — study

In total, there were more than 104,000.
News January 26

The main events of the weekend (January 24-25)

According to an insider, Ubisoft is expecting a mass exodus of employees, 46 U.S. congress members have urged the FTC to thoroughly review the sale of EA, and 5 million people have played Enshrouded — here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.
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