The creators of Adopt Me closed access to their project on September 13. According to the developers, they did this “as part of the Roblox program to comply with the laws of the Netherlands and Belgium.” Let us remind you that loot boxes are prohibited in these countries.

Sensor Tower and Homa Games looked at how things are going with the so-called arcade idlers (arcade idle). This is a young subgenre of hyper-casual games in which low-poly little men collect resources.

Sensor Tower has published a detailed report on the situation with mobile games. We share facts from it.

The authors of the game did not tell how the audience was distributed across platforms.

Gaming giant Tencent has invested in the creators of the medieval slasher Mordhau. It is not disclosed on what terms the transaction took place and how much it cost the Chinese company.

Previously, only companies and sole proprietors could do this.

On September 15, Godot developers announced the launch of the beta test of the fourth version of the engine. A significant part of its functions in one form or another started working in the first alpha, but several innovations were also introduced.

The head of Xbox in an interview with CNBC called the video game industry a very competitive market. He pointed out that companies like Tencent and Sony are actively buying up studios, so if Microsoft wants to continue to be a major player, it needs to continue investing after the deal with Activision Blizzard.

It is unknown exactly how many people were left without work. But the network writes that “almost all” employees of Fanbyte, including editor-in-chief Danielle Riendeau, have been cut.