On May 25, VK announced the launch of the beta version of RuStore, the domestic equivalent of Google Play. According to Izvestia, with reference to the company’s press service, 500 thousand people have downloaded the store since then.

Contrary to the pessimistic forecasts of a number of analysts, the Chinese authorities continue to issue licenses for the release of games in the country. The National Press and Publications Administration (NPPA) has published a fresh list of approved projects — the third after the “freeze”.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has risen in price. The company specializing in NFT attracted new investments, after which its capitalization grew to $ 5.9 billion.

Last year, Chinese authorities banned young gamers from spending more than three hours a week playing online games. But recently, rumors have appeared in local social networks that during the summer holidays, at least Tencent will remove the restriction in its projects and allow you to play for an hour every day. However, the giant hastened to refute this information.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Nexters has announced corporate changes. The company will no longer work directly in Russia. She also expanded the relocation program.

By the end of June App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

Supermassive Games is now wholly owned by Nordisk Games, the gaming division of the Danish film company Nordisk Film. It is unknown how much the takeover cost, and the terms of the deal are not reported.

For the ironSource marketing company, the week did not start very smoothly. According to the portal Seeking Alpha, on Monday the price of its shares fell immediately by 8.2% to $ 2.29 apiece.

British indie studio XR Games has closed a new round of funding. Praetura Ventures, Maven Capital Partners and ACT Capital Partners have invested in it.

Finnish studio Kitka Games successfully uses the fact that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is not available in mobile stores. Shortly after the transfer of the sensational royal battle to the fritupley model, downloads of the Stumble Guys game copying it rapidly went up.

The hacker group ALPHV (also known as BlackCat) managed to infiltrate the internal network of Bandai Namco. The hacking was reported by the organization vx-underground, specializing in malware.

Consulting firm Deloitte together with GameIS has released a report on the Israeli gaming industry. According to company estimates, its revenue grows by an average of 54% annually. At the same time, there are still no AAA studios in the country.

Creating an action adventure game A Way Out was a serious challenge for Josef Fares. As the game designer recalls in a podcast for Sveriges Radio, he could have been on the street if the game had failed.

VK has announced a new educational initiative. Together with the teachers of RTU MIREA, she developed a bachelor’s program in which students will be taught how to make games.

The eCPM indicator (effective price per thousand impressions) in mobile games and applications in Russia is growing steadily again after a sharp drop in early spring. This conclusion can be reached from the latest Appodeal report.

At the beginning of the month, Ubisoft announced that on September 1 it would shut down the servers of 15 more titles. The company indicated that users will still be able to play them, but will lose online features and, in some cases, the ability to download DLC. But the other day, gamers noticed that some games from the list had a warning on Steam — from September they will no longer be available.

The TASS agency noticed that games for PC and PlayStation consoles appeared on online platforms, the release of which in Russia was officially canceled amid sanctions. For example, Gran Turismo 7 and Ghostwire: Tokyo.

Shanghai continues to be seriously interested in the metaverse. The city authorities announced that they are going to create a fund for ¥ 10 billion ($ 1.49 billion), the money from which will go to the development of the metaverse direction. They hope that thanks to the financing, Shanghai companies will launch at least 100 “benchmark-level products and services” by 2025.

According to GameLook, the South Korean “daughters” of Tencent and miHoYo have decided to officially join the local gaming association. If their applications are approved, the companies will become one of the few foreign members.