Great news for all iOS developers. Now they can earn more from the United States market.

Castle Duels is a mobile card strategy game that was globally released by MY.GAMES last fall. Recently, the company announced that since March, the game’s monthly revenue has exceeded one million dollars.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered became the best-selling new release on Steam in April, reports Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo. According to the analyst’s estimates, by the end of the month, the remaster had earned more than all the other games in the top 10 combined.

The owner of Lesta Games commented on the seizure of the company’s assets, Take-Two’s value dropped by nearly $3 billion after the delay of GTA VI, MONOPOLY GO! generated over $5 billion in revenue, and the creators of Royal Match and Royal Kingdom received substantial investments — here’s a rundown of the key events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

One of the most significant revolutions in video game development over the past decade unfolded without much fanfare. While two years ago, generative AI could still be considered a toy, today it is a working standard in the industry.

Starting June 2025, the Epic Games Store will change its payment policy. From now on, the store will not take a share from sales if they are less than one million dollars.

A significant development has occurred in the longstanding legal battle between Apple and Epic Games. An American court has issued a ruling that mandates Apple to immediately stop charging commissions on payments made outside its app store.

Microsoft Corporation announced a new pricing policy. According to it, global prices for all latest-generation Xbox consoles increased starting May 1. Additionally, prices for some games developed by Microsoft gaming studios will rise as the Christmas season approaches.

The owner of “Lesta Games,” Malik Khatazhaev, made an official statement in connection with the accusations of extremism and the demand to seize his group of companies.

Great news for vintage enthusiasts. On GitHub, the source code of the iconic World War II strategy game “Blitzkrieg” has been made available.

We continue our story about studios founded by former employees of Blizzard Entertainment. Since 2020, at least two dozen such companies have emerged, collectively raising over $200 million. They are all led by industry veterans, but most teams have not yet succeeded in releasing anything noteworthy.

The analytics service AppMagic has compiled a top-10 list of the largest mobile game publishers in terms of net IAP revenue in major Western markets* for the first quarter of 2025. As was the case last year, the list is topped by Scopely.

The gaming subscription market in the U.S. has nearly stopped growing, claims Circana analyst Mat Piscatella. This trend makes the expert skeptical about assertions that Game Pass and other similar services might eventually take over the gaming industry.

The Finnish company Remedy Entertainment has published its financial report for the first quarter of 2025, boasting strong revenue growth.

On the evening of April 29, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier reported on large-scale layoffs at Electronic Arts (EA). According to his information, the company has decided to cut between 300 and 400 employees.

The new leader in the Steam top-selling chart is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. The remaster of the iconic RPG from Bethesda Game Studios surpassed all other games in Valve’s store weekly revenue, including the free-to-play hit Counter-Strike 2.

The Moscow court has imposed administrative fines on Blizzard Entertainment and MY.GAMES. This was reported by TASS, citing a statement from the court’s press office.

The South Korean company KRAFTON has released a new financial report. It announced that the first three months of 2025 were the best in its history in terms of revenue.

Two weeks ago, Dream Games studio launched a “star-studded” advertising campaign for the mobile puzzle game Royal Kingdom, filming several commercials featuring celebrities. The MobileGamer portal attempted to determine how much the developers might have paid the celebrities.