Today, the direct merger of Take-Two Interactive and Zynga began. Now the mobile company is considered part of the publisher of Grand Theft Auto.

The regulator plans to take up changing the rules regarding the publication of positive paid reviews online. He wants to tighten them up.

The startup is called BUD. It was launched in 2019 and is known primarily for the eponymous social sandbox with 3D avatars.

The figure was shared by the Chinese Gaming Industry Committee. How much less is not specified, but 43% of parents surveyed said that last year their children played “much less often” than in 2020.

At the end of April, Bloomberg reported that a number of investment companies had expressed interest in buying Ubisoft. Now there is information that the publisher listens to offers, but is in no hurry to conclude a deal.

This became known from the second volume of the book Ultimate History of Video Games, excerpts from which have recently appeared online.

Exactly a week has passed since the release of the Russian mobile marketplace NashStore. Against this background, the company “Digital Platforms” decided to share the first results of his work.

The increased control by the authorities and the consequences of the pandemic have seriously affected Chinese tech giants, including Tencent. According to a number of media reports, large-scale cuts have begun in the company.

GfK has published a fresh chart with games showing the best physical sales in the UK over the past week. This time it was led by Horizon Forbidden West, which increased sales by 94% after Sony released the first official bundle for the PS5.

The companies themselves did not disclose the size of the grant. Cyberia Limited noted only that “there are enough funds to develop an AA game.” But according to Kommersant’s sources, the Internet Development Institute (IRI) allocated 260 million rubles to developers.

Valve‘s portable PC has ceased to lead the Steam bestseller chart. Last week, the first place went to the vampire survival V Rising. The set for him — Founder’s Pack: Eldest Bloodline — also got into the rating, taking the fifth place.