The activities of the GSC Game World studio are no longer welcome on the territory of Russia, as decided by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation.

Layoffs are planned as part of a restructuring process that will commence shortly.

Now, a group of independent experts will monitor the work of the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVGI).

The website launch of Xsolla Web Shop has taken place. This platform enables the design and launch of a web shop for any free-to-play mobile game.

This is what the dismissed leaders of Unknown Worlds claim.

The company shared its opinion in a report for the British regulator.

The median salary is lower—$129,000.

Meanwhile, the proportion of such games on Steam has increased to 8%. Now there are 10,258 of them.

Previously, the instructions were only accessible to corporate-approved teams—and only after signing a non-disclosure agreement.

Bungie resolved a dispute with a writer over plagiarism, Escape from Tarkov was released on Steam with “mostly negative” reviews, and over 2 million people played the global edition of Where Winds Meet in a single day — here’s a rundown of the major events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

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The year 2025 has already become the best year in Steam’s history in terms of game revenue, claims the analytical company Alinea Analytics.

The South Korean company KRAFTON has initiated a voluntary resignation program, as reported by Business Korea. It has also temporarily halted the hiring of staff for teams that are not involved in developing original IP and artificial intelligence technologies.

For the third time this year, Crystal Dynamics studio has announced layoffs. This time, they have parted ways with 30 employees.

On the evening of November 13, Ubisoft was supposed to release its report for the first half of the current fiscal year but changed its mind at the last moment. The release was postponed just 15 minutes before the scheduled publication time.

The parade of financial reports continues. Next in line is the Tencent report for the third quarter of 2025, ending on September 30.

Now it belongs to the Chinese company SUD, which is developing a cloud platform for app gamification.

Embracer Group reported for June-September 2025. This is likely the last or one of the last financial reports before the final division of the holding into three public companies.

The interactive animated series Dispatch from Telltale veterans is selling much faster than its creators anticipated. Co-founders of AdHoc Studio, Nick Herman and Michael Choung, discussed this in an interview with the portal GamesIndustry.