As of today, it has received 436 statuettes in this category.

The game reached this sales milestone just under three years after its launch: it debuted in early access in March 2023 and was officially released in May 2025.

This was reported on the social network X by the CEO of Larian Studios, Swen Vincke.

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Up next is an interview with Sergey Efremov, the Chief Operating Officer of Astrum Entertainment.

The UK National Video Game Council, which includes representatives from various gaming companies, is dissatisfied with the level of government support in the UK. In their opinion, the government pays very little attention to the game development industry.

We continue to summarize the results of 2025 with game teams. This time, we spoke with the top managers of the publishing company Zavod Games — CEO Anton Stasenko and Business Development Director Denis Levchik.

We continue to wrap up 2025 with gaming teams. Up next is an interview with Daria Pogrebniak, Business Development Manager at Mytona.

In three weeks, on February 11-12, a business event for game developers and publishers, WN Abu Dhabi’26, will take place in Abu Dhabi. On the first day of the event, besides other activities, there will be a game showcase and an indie pitch—a presentation with project reviews by experts. Applications are currently being accepted.

This initiative was put forward by the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Davankov, as well as deputies Sardan Avksentyev and Yaroslav Samylin.

Sales on consoles also increased, but the extent of this growth is not disclosed.

We continue to wrap up 2025 with game teams. Next up is an interview with Sergey Konstantinov, CEO of the studio D.Dream games.

The Italian antitrust regulator, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercat (AGCM), has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard. It suspects that the company may have violated consumer protection laws.

We continue, along with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and adjacent industries), to sum up the results of 2025. Next in line is an interview with Pavel Tokarev, the founder of the game localization company Inlingo.

We continue to sum up the results of 2025 with experts in gaming (or related to the gaming industry). This time, we spoke with the head of the Moscow Creative Industries Agency, Gulnara Agamova.

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVGI), the company “IFSI,” and the research center NAFI sought to understand the state of the gaming market in Russia. To do this, they surveyed 4,600 people from various parts of the country.

The former head of the Assassin’s Creed franchise has filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against Ubisoft, Steam has updated its requirements to disclose the use of AI in games, and ILL has garnered over a million wishlists — here are the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

The state of the domestic gaming job market has become more complicated. It is now entirely an employer’s market. This market has potential, but currently, the number of its participants continues to decline, releasing more personnel for whom there are simply no available positions.

In less than a month, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will host WN Abu Dhabi’26, an event for game developers and publishers organized by WN Media Group. Attendees can expect two days of intensive networking — and a yacht cruise.

Recently, Xsolla announced a rebranding. Its entire identity, including the logo, has been changed, and its positioning has been adjusted—now it aims to become a “vast ecosystem for game developers.”