A new report on the Polish gaming market has shown that there are many successful studios in the country besides CD Projekt RED. Total revenue in the sector for 2019 amounted to €479 million and increased by 32%. We chose the main thing from the 144-page report.

Last year, there was neither a COVID-19 pandemic nor global self-isolation. About how the gaming market developed Europe before the world quarantine, told in the annual report European Interactive Software Federation (ISFE). Spoiler: The market itself grew by 3%, and the best—selling game turned out to be FIFA 20.

The HR Awards Game Show will be held in September. This is a competition for HR projects in the gaming industry. Applications are being accepted for it now.

Wanted: concept artist at Melsoft Games, C++ developer at SunStrike Studios and mobile marketer at Alawar.

While most publishers have not yet decided whether to raise the price tag of games on the next-generation console or not, Activision has begun to act. The company announced Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and confirmed that the game will be sold for $70.

Nacon rejected the claims of Frogwares, which accused the publisher of non-payment of royalties of € 1 million. Now the French publisher intends to sue the Ukrainian developers, because their actions “discredit” the company.This week, the developers of The Sinking City published an open letter detailing the conflict with the publisher Nacon.

The transition to iOS 14 may be even tougher. Facebook has decided not to take half measures as part of Apple’s new IDFA policy. The social network will no longer collect IDFA, it also puts the future of the Facebook Audience Network in question.

Employees of the security company Snyk accused the Chinese Mintegral of spying on users and advertising fraud. The suspicious SDK was used in 1,200 applications on Apple devices, which were downloaded up to 300 million times every month.

The struggle between Epic and Apple has increasingly serious consequences. Users of the “apple” platform will not only not get a new season of Fortnite, but will also lose the opportunity to crossplay with players on PC and consoles.