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News October 24, 2023

Media: Media Molecule will lay off 15-20% of employees

Media Molecule Studio is preparing for large-scale cuts, according to GLHF sources. She plans to lay off 15-20% of 135 employees.

News October 24, 2023

Microsoft CEO’s Annual Bonuses Are No Longer Tied to Game Pass Growth

The growth of the Game Pass audience has ceased to affect the amount of annual bonuses that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella receives. This happened against the background of weak Game Pass indicators: for two years in a row, subscription growth did not meet the expectations of the corporation.

News October 24, 2023

Simon Carless shared data on metrics of top free-play games on Steam

Unlike mobile, it is almost impossible to track the metrics of freeplay titles on a PC. Nevertheless, gaming expert Simon Carless tried to do it. He analyzed the Steam games released on the site over the past 12 months*.

News October 24, 2023

The police stopped the activities of the hacker group that hacked Capcom

Europol and Eurojust reported on the successful operation against the hacker group Ragnar Locker, which in November 2020 stole 1 TB of Capcom confidential data.

News October 24, 2023

Less than 1% of the service’s subscribers play Netflix games every day

On average, 2.2 million people launch games from the Netflix catalog every day, CNBC reports, citing data from the analytical company Apptopia. This is less than 1% of the 247.15 million subscribers of the service.

News October 24, 2023

Zynga wins patent dispute with IGT slot machine software developer

A court in Texas found that Zynga did not violate the patent rights of International Game Technology (IGT), which develops games and other software for slot machines. IGT claimed that Zynga illegally used one of its technologies in the Hit It Rich, Black Diamond Casino and Game of Thrones Slots Casino games.