Analytical service data.ai published a report on the state of the mobile market in the first half of 2023. According to him, against the background of a significant increase in revenue from mobile applications, revenue from mobile games continues to fall.

Despite yesterday’s statement by the CMA about its readiness to suspend the conflict with Microsoft and discuss the terms of the deal to purchase Activision Blizzard, today the regulator issued a statement of a completely different nature.

The new practice will apply exclusively to those who work full-time in the company’s London office. Those who work in hybrid mode (either in the office or from home) will have a five-day period.

The Goods and Services Tax Council of India, which includes the country’s leading federal and state ministers, has approved an indirect 28% tax on online gaming, casinos and horse racing.

The Chinese launch of the cooperative shooter Valorant from Riot Games is scheduled for this Wednesday. Tencent is responsible for the local release, which plans to spend more than a billion yuan ($138 million) over the next three years to promote and develop the title as an esports discipline. She also calls Valorant “the most important game published this year.”

The US Video Game Manufacturers Association (Entertainment Software Association) has published an annual Essential Facts study dedicated to the American gaming audience. We share the figures from it.

Yesterday, a California court refused to impose an injunction on the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal, as required by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This decision had a positive impact on the value of the shares of the gaming company.