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HR September 14, 2020

On September 15, the II award for gaming HR specialists “Game Dev HR Awards” will be held

The online event “Gamedev HR Awards 2020” will take place tomorrow at 12.00. It is dedicated to achievements in the field of personnel management in the gaming industry. The participants of the event will present and defend their implemented HR projects.

Money September 14, 2020

A studio with Russian roots Donut Lab has raised $ 1.6 million to develop the game

The American studio with Russian roots Donut Lab has raised $ 1.6 million for the game Kids vs Zombies. Zombie celebrities like Kojima and Trump will appear in the project, and the authors initially saw actor Danny Trejo as one of their characters in the game.

Games September 14, 2020

How Among Us managed to become a hit on Steam after two years of unsuccessful stay in the store

The indie game Among Us became a real phenomenon on Steam only two years after its release. At some point, the developers even wanted to close the project due to unprofitability, but changed their mind in time.Brief chronology

Industry September 14, 2020

App Annie: 20% of all the time that mobile gamers spent on games was on battle royals

App Annie studied the mobile market and stated: in the first half of 2020, gamers spent 20% of the time spent on games for royal battles. At the same time, mobile battle royals accounted for only 3% of downloads.

Industry September 14, 2020

Unity will appear on the stock exchange on September 18 and will attract $ 1.2 billion

New details of Unity Software‘s release on the New York Stock Exchange have become known. The initial public offering (IPO) will take place this Friday. The company plans to earn $ 1.2 billion on it, not $ 100 million, as previously reported.

Industry September 14, 2020

China has accused Subway Surfers and a number of other games of violating the cybersecurity law

The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China has published a list of games that violate local laws on privacy and cybersecurity. Among them are Subway Surfers, Plants vs. Zombies 2 and other popular projects.Analyst Daniel Ahmad drew attention to the news last weekend.

Money September 14, 2020

NVIDIA announced the purchase of ARM for $ 40 billion

NVIDIA is ready to acquire the developer and licensor of ARM processors for an industry record $40 billion. However, before that, the deal will have to be approved by regulators from several countries.Transaction Details

Industry September 14, 2020

The authors of TikTok refused to sell the application to Microsoft. Oracle will become a partner of the company

There will be no deal between TikTok and Microsoft. China’s ByteDance has decided to enter into a partnership agreement with Oracle. It is not yet known whether the White House will accept such a turn of events. But it’s worth considering that Oracle management employs people with close ties to the presidential administration.