Spilled! — a relaxing game where the player controls a small boat and cleans up the world’s oceans from spilled oil and various debris. It was created by developer Lente, who dropped out of school two years ago and has been living on a similar boat since. According to her, the game’s release was successful.

Tripledot Studios is acquiring gaming studios from AppLovin, media sources report, Zenless Zone Zero did not meet miHoYo’s expectations, the head of Moon Studios stated that the studio might shut down due to review-bombing of No Rest for the Wicked, but later retracted his words. Here’s a rundown of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

In late spring, Limassol will host the second WN Media Group event in the Lounge format. This is an intimate event focused on networking and discussing current topics in the iGaming sector.

According to a study by the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF), nearly 87% of classic games released in the U.S. before 2010 are unavailable for purchase or review today. The older the platform, the worse the situation. For example, only 4.5% of titles from the Commodore 64 library are available on the market.

Our colleagues from dev.by continue to monitor how Belarus-rooted IT companies are faring in Lithuania. This time, they have determined the size of tax contributions for the first quarter of 2025.

A year and a half ago, developers from Starbreeze released the cooperative shooter PAYDAY 3. During this time, the publishing rights to the game belonged to PLAION, a subsidiary of Embracer Group. However, these rights are now returning to the creators of the title.

Another financial report was published by G5 Entertainment. The company summarized the results of the first quarter of 2025, which lasted from January to March.

We haven’t seen such a powerful debut from a budding studio that also exposes the accumulated problems of the industry in a long time. Today we will delve into the launch of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, discuss the team and funding behind Sandfall Interactive, and talk about the factors contributing to the game’s success.

Electronic Arts (EA) released its financial report for the fiscal year 2025, which ended on March 31. The company is pleased with the performance of Split Fiction and its sports games.

Studio Cubic Games announced that the pixel shooter released in 2013, Pixel Gun 3D, will receive a sequel. It is called Pixel Gun 2.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered briefly topped the Steam sales chart. By the end of the last week, Counter-Strike 2 returned to the top spot overall. The leader among paid games was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

The company NCSOFT has decided to support emptyvessel — a studio founded last year by veterans of id Software, Naughty Dog, Activision Blizzard, and several other prestigious teams. Recently, NCSOFT became its strategic investor.

It took 12 days for the French JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to exceed 2 million copies sold. This was announced by the studio Sandfall Interactive on the game’s official X account.

The Swedish gaming holding Stillfront Group may become slightly smaller. It has launched a strategic review of its assets, which might result in the divestment of some studios.

Three years ago, the studio Jump Over The Age and publisher Fellow Traveller released the first part of the science fiction role-playing game Citizen Sleeper. In honor of this anniversary, the company proudly announced that over 2 million players worldwide have explored the series since its launch.

The studio Too Kyo Games, founded by the creators of Danganronpa, continues to hover on the brink of bankruptcy. They hoped to improve their financial situation with the April release of the tactics game The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-, but the gamble on the game has yet to pay off.

The Oblivion Remaster has pushed Kingdom Come: Deliverance II down to the third spot in the US top-grossing games list for 2025. This was reported by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella.

The new episode of the monthly deconstruction show “What’s Up with the Game?” aired on April 30. This time, industry experts shared their impressions of the sequel “Rus vs. Lizards” and speculated on the possible future of the series.

The developers of Genshin Impact are very proactive in defending their rights. Based on public data, Chinese journalists have calculated that since 2016, miHoYo has been involved in legal proceedings 839 times, and in 606 of those cases, they filed the lawsuit themselves.