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Conferences April 24, 2025

On May 29, the WN Growth Summit will take place in Limassol. It will focus on the most pressing issues: the transition of game development teams to Steam, various approaches to working with creatives, and the search for projects for seed investments

WN Media Group announced an event where gaming industry leaders will discuss the most pressing topics. Instead of the usual speakers and stage, there will be group work, practical workshops, and networking.

News April 24, 2025

Sales of Crusader Kings III have reached 4 million copies

Paradox Interactive announced that the strategy game Crusader Kings III has reached a new milestone. Over the four and a half years since its release, it has been purchased by 4 million people worldwide.

Conferences April 23, 2025

The “Gaming Industry” conference will be held on May 22 in Vladivostok. It will take place with the support of the Republic of Sakha Innovation Development Fund

At the close of spring, the fourth session of the business conference “Gaming Industry” will open its doors. This time, it will be held in one of the largest cities in the Russian Far East, expecting around 300 participants. Here are the initial details.

News April 23, 2025

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the best-selling game of March and the second best-selling game for the entire year in the United States

The leading bestseller game in the U.S. last month was Assassin’s Creed Shadows, reports Circana analyst Mat Piscatella in a recent report. Monster Hunter Wilds, which topped the chart in February, fell to the third position.

News April 23, 2025

The EU authorities have fined Apple 500 million euros due to its App Store policies

The European Commission has indeed recognized Apple as a violator of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and has fined the corporation. Rumors about the agency’s plans to do this emerged as early as last summer.

News April 23, 2025

Steam will introduce tags for games with accessibility features

Valve is preparing to add an optional section to game pages on Steam that will inform users about the availability of accessibility support in projects. For instance, whether there are features for adjusting text size or a voice assistant for the game menu.

News April 23, 2025

CI Games CEO: By the end of the week, patch 2.0 will bring 200,000 new players to Lords of the Fallen

The CEO of the Polish company CI Games, Marek Tymiński, is pleased with the results of a major update for Lords of the Fallen, which added seamless co-op support and a number of other improvements to the game. He mentioned that patch 2.0 significantly boosted the soulslike’s audience.

Premium Analytics April 23, 2025

The Triumph of Blue Prince: How the Most Arthouse Game of 2025 is Designed and Its Place in the Market

There is a cliché that “there’s something in this game for everyone.” Blue Prince, on the contrary, is not a game for everyone. In every sense, it’s an auteur piece that managed to break into the mainstream. We’ll explain how this game is structured, what its creator is famous for, and analyze its commercial performance and other metrics.

News April 23, 2025

Over 180,000 people simultaneously launched the Oblivion remaster on Steam

On the evening of April 22, Bethesda Game Studios and Virtuos released an updated version of the iconic The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This caused a huge stir: the Steam version of the remaster alone attracted 182,298 concurrent players at its peak.

News April 22, 2025

RuneScape: Dragonwilds has topped the chart for the highest-grossing paid games on Steam

Schedule I lost its leadership in the sales chart among paid games. During the week of April 15 to April 22, it was surpassed by Jagex’s new release—a cooperative survival game, RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

News April 22, 2025

Since January, the Lithuanian staff of Wargaming has decreased by 4%, while Lithuanian Moon Active’s workforce has dropped by 17.5%

IT companies with roots in Belarus continue to downsize their staff in Lithuanian offices, including game developers. This is reported by dev.by.

News April 22, 2025

Royal Kingdom earned over 50 million dollars in five months

Five months ago, on November 21, 2024, the Turkish studio Dream Games released the mobile puzzle game Royal Kingdom. Using data from the AppMagic service, we examined the results the game has achieved during this period.

News April 22, 2025

China has approved the release of nine more foreign games, including Hustle Castle and Path of Exile 2

The Chinese regulator has issued a new batch of licenses for game publishing in the Middle Kingdom. This time, the list of approved projects includes nine games from foreign developers.

News April 22, 2025

The Russian studio “Vintorog” has raised $250,000

A new deal in the Russian gaming market has come to light. The Moscow-based studio “Vintorog” has secured $250,000 in investments, which will be allocated to the development of an unannounced game.

Conferences April 21, 2025

The “Gaming Industry” conference held in Minsk gathered over 400 participants. Here are the highlights

On April 16, a conference for developers, publishers, and marketers of video games called “Gaming Industry” took place in Minsk. Here’s a quick recap of how it went, who attended, and, of course, we’ll share some final numbers and participant feedback.

News April 21, 2025

IRI launched a competition for indie developers. Winners will receive funding to create a game prototype

The Internet Development Institute (IDI) has announced a new initiative. They launched a competition specifically for indie developers to submit the best ideas for game prototypes.

News April 21, 2025

Hypercharge: Unboxed garnered 50,000 wishlists on the PlayStation Store in just two and a half weeks

In late March, the British indie studio Digital Cybercherries unveiled the PlayStation version of the shooter featuring toy soldiers, Hypercharge: Unboxed. The developers boasted that the announcement generated significant interest from the audience.

News April 21, 2025

The net IAP revenue for mo.co was less than 2 million dollars for the month

Last Friday, April 18, marked one month since the release of Supercell’s new game, mo.co. We analyzed data from analytics service AppMagic to examine the title’s performance.

News April 21, 2025

Analytics: In 2024, mobile games had a 39% higher chance of earning a million dollars compared to games on Steam

The founder of Turbine Games Consulting, Matthew Emery, decided to examine which platform was easier to succeed on last year—PC or mobile. To do this, he compared the revenue of approximately 8,000 new releases in 2024.

News April 21, 2025

Main Highlights of the Weekend (April 19-20)

The creators of Palworld consider the patents, which Nintendo and The Pokémon Company accused them of violating, to be invalid; the beta test of Rematch by the developers of Sifu attracted 133,000 concurrent players on Steam; and sales of Ale & Tale Tavern exceeded 600,000 copies—here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.