The success of Hela: of Mice & Magic has been shared by Windup Games studio and the publisher Knights Peak, a part of MY.GAMES.

Analysts at Newzoo decided to examine how actively gamers are pre-ordering GTA VI. According to their estimates, the game has already achieved phenomenal box office success.

On July 9, a business conference for developers and publishers, “The Gaming Industry”, took place in Moscow. Below are the main outcomes of the event.

On July 14, the studio FLEXUS officially announced its new game—a co-op airplane crew simulator called Dear Passengers. The project swiftly rode a wave of popularity.

The Russian app store, RuStore, will no longer be owned by VK. Its management team has decided to buy it out themselves.

This conclusion was reached by the analytics company Sensor Tower. The company calculated the revenue from in-app purchases (IAP) in games from Google Play and the App Store.

M&A deals continue in the iGaming market. Merkur Group has announced that it has agreed to acquire the American online gambling provider White Hat Studios.

As part of the restructuring at XBOX, the team at ZeniMax Online Studios lost about half of its employees. It has been reported that the list of affected personnel included several executives.

There’s a new development in the crisis involving the GFA Games studio. This time it’s positive: the Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the bankruptcy claim against its Russian legal entity, LLC “GFAGAMES”.

The launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has become one of the most successful in the franchise’s recent history. In the latest report, there are plenty of figures and charts about the game’s results, contextual comparisons with the franchise’s historical sales, as well as reflections on Ubisoft’s tendency towards vague terminology and distorted metrics.

Google Corporation has agreed to allow third-party app stores on Google Play. Initially, a court attempted to force them to do this, but Google actively resisted. However, after negotiations with Epic Games, they decided to make concessions.

The gaming industry is currently going through tough times: many studios are laying off employees, and some are even shutting down entirely. In this context, Arrowhead’s quality control manager, Dave Gallacher, voiced his sharp criticism against the leadership of certain companies.

As a result, the game rose to the 30th spot on the list of the most anticipated games on Steam, placing itself between Hell Let Loose: Vietnam and Tides of Annihilation.

Neural networks have become a standard tool for Japanese studios involved in the development of online games. Every team surveyed by the Japanese gaming association JOGA employs them in some capacity.

The CIRSA Group has acquired a controlling stake in the Paraguayan operator Slots del Sol. This acquisition allowed the company to enter the Paraguayan gambling market, ensuring its presence both in the land-based casino segment and in the iGaming sector.

While many XBOX subsidiary studios are actively parting with employees, King continues to operate with the same team. This is reported by the portal MobileGamer, citing sources.

The creator of Dead Space will no longer make games. He announced the end of his career in a video on LinkedIn.

The gaming platform Roblox continues to find itself at the center of legal disputes.

While the past few years have been marked by massive layoffs in the gaming industry, the Japanese holding company Koei Tecmo is actively growing and has no plans to slow down.