The analytics company Newzoo released an extensive report focused on the situation in the console and PC gaming market in 2024. Below is a brief overview of its key points.

On April 2nd, Donald Trump announced an increase in tariffs and the introduction of new duties on most of the US partners. The new wave of the trade war inevitably impacted gaming company stocks worldwide, especially in the Asian region. Our material discusses the stock market reaction, which can currently be described as cautious panic.

Annually, the Internet Development Institute (IDI) holds a national content competition, awarding funds to the winners for the creation of their projects. In 2024, it concealed the names of almost all the winning games. As it turned out, there was a good reason for this secrecy.

Last week, it became known that Polish publisher Movie Games, known for the Drug Dealer Simulator duology, is investigating the game Schedule I for plagiarism. In an official Discord channel, the company stated that it initially had no intention of launching an investigation.

Publisher Hooded Horse and studio Digital Sun have disclosed the current sales figures for Cataclismo—a real-time strategy game with Tower Defense elements. According to them, the game has sold over 250,000 copies.

Next Wednesday, April 16, the capital of Belarus will host a conference for video game developers and publishers — “Game Industry.” We provide detailed information about the upcoming event’s program.

The mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket continues to generate significant revenue for The Pokémon Company and DeNa. According to analytics service AppMagic, it has earned $598.8 million in the six months since its release.

Steam users have shown great interest in Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era. Unfrozen Studio proudly announced that more than half a million people have added the game to their wishlists.

The French company Twin Sails Interactive, which has published numerous video game adaptations of board games, has announced its separation from Asmodee Group. It will now operate independently.

On the morning of April 7, the stocks of major Japanese gaming companies dramatically declined, as noted by Kantan Games analyst Serkan Toto. In his opinion, the reason for the plunge was the tariffs imposed in the U.S. last week on imports from 185 countries.

Star Citizen’s fundraising has surpassed $800 million, tinyBuild sold Red Cerberus, Path of Exile 2’s online presence on Steam increased by 11.5 times after the release of a major update, — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Today, Ubisoft, once the largest gaming company in Europe by market capitalization, finds itself at a crossroads. To better understand the causes of the crisis, we provide a detailed chronology of events from recent years. In short, a single deal with Tencent is unlikely to resolve the accumulated issues.

The company Movie Games, which published the drug dealer simulator dilogy Drug Dealer Simulator, suspects the creators of the indie hit Schedule I of infringing on its copyrights. The company has decided to investigate the game for plagiarism.

Ubisoft shares have declined again. On the afternoon of April 4, their value dropped to 8.86 euros per share, marking the worst result in nearly 12 years.

By the end of March 2025, the meme slasher-action game “Rusy vs Lizards” was purchased over 725,000 times. This number was shared by the developers from the Bratans studio in an interview with streamer WELOVEGAMES.

Recently, media outlets reported that AppLovin is considering purchasing TikTok’s assets in the United States. The company has now officially confirmed this.

The South Korean company KRAFTON announced that sales of the life simulation game inZOI have surpassed the million mark. It took just a week to reach this milestone; the game was released in early access on Steam on March 28.

Next Thursday, on April 10th, an event dedicated to video game operations will be held in the capital of Serbia. In this article, we will briefly cover the talks that will be presented at the WN LiveOps Summit.

The analytics company Newzoo examined the release metrics for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. They collected data on the game’s revenue and audience for its debut month (February 2025). Below are some figures from the report.