Control Resonant brought in a whole new crowd, World of Warcraft: Forever just set a franchise record, Tripwire is opening its doors to smaller indies

Remedy Entertainment (the Finnish studio behind Alan Wake and Control) reported its Q3 results on Nov 3. Revenue jumped 226% to €39.6M, driven by Control Resonant, which launched Sept 24 and passed 1M copies by Oct 15. Close to 50% of its players were new to the series. It's also Remedy's first self-published game at this scale, and CEO Jean-Charles Gaudechon said reaching new players was a key goal.

Blizzard Entertainment launched World of Warcraft: Forever on Nov 4. It's a rebuilt take on the game's original era (level cap 60, a new race and over 1,000 quests), first shown at BlizzCon 2026. By Nov 7, Blizzard said it was the biggest launch in WoW history by peak concurrent players, with the most returning players ever. The why is simple: Forever was made to bring back players who'd left years ago.

On Nov 4, Tripwire Presents (the publishing arm of Tripwire Interactive, the Killing Floor studio) launched a program for small, self-published indie games. Publishing Director Bryan West said the goal is to give great indie games more visibility. The first five Steam titles include Mars Attracts and The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, and the teams get help with PR, creator outreach, pricing and sales timing.