Alexander Agapitov, CEO and founder of Xsolla, held a press conference related to the dismissal of 150 employees. He explained the layoffs by the fact that the company stopped showing 40% growth.

Sony has prepared a report for the first fiscal quarter of 2021. In April-June, the company’s gaming direction earned over $5.5 billion. This was achieved largely thanks to the PlayStation 5 — the console stopped being sold at a loss.

Against the background of changes in tax policy in some countries, Apple has revised pricing in the App Store. Apps will become cheaper in the UK and South Africa. And in Georgia, on the contrary, they will cost more.Apple announced this to developers on August 3.

The media controlled by the Chinese authorities have softened criticism of video games. They no longer call them an “electronic drug”, but still urge society to fight gambling addiction. Against this background, Tencent shares managed to recoup almost half of yesterday’s fall.

Activision Blizzard is facing a class action lawsuit from investors who have suffered losses due to falling shares amid the harassment scandal. Bobby Kotick, meanwhile, assured that the company will soon change and become an example for the entire industry. And the employees talked about how the HR department systematically hushed up the problems.

A letter from the founder and CEO of Xsolla Alexander Agapitov to employees leaked to social networks. In it, he abruptly announced the dismissal of a large number of employees. As can be understood from the letter, the company monitored their activity and made a decision to dismiss them based on the collected data.

Activision Blizzard shared the results of the second quarter of 2021 (ended June 30). Although the company’s overall revenue grew, its only division that earned more than a year ago was King. Also in the report there was a place for measures that the publisher is going to take because of the current scandal.