Microsoft has announced its plans for Russia. The IT corporation stops “all new sales” in the country. This applies to both its products and services.

Omdia analysts spoke about the situation in the cloud gaming market. According to their data, in 2021 its turnover immediately tripled to $3.7 billion. Not least thanks to the official appearance of Xbox Cloud Gaming on consoles.

Sensor Tower has published a large report on the monetization of mobile games by the end of 2021. According to analysts, one of the most effective models was the seasonal pass. There is also an increase in NFT titles in the world, although this market segment is just beginning to develop.There is a season pass in half of the highest-grossing mobile games in the world.

A number of human rights organizations have expressed concern about the purchase of Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft plans to make. They demanded that the US Federal Trade Commission carefully study the deal in order to prevent possible consequences for the market. One of the reasons is the direct threat of competition.This is stated in an open letter published on March 1.

Another company decided to leave Russia. Now Autodesk, the developer of 3ds Max and Maya, has announced a temporary shutdown.

Google has decided to suspend the sale of contextual advertising in Russia. The ban will affect all the company’s services, including search, YouTube and partner networks.This was reported on March 4 by Reuters with reference to the official statement of Google.