Mobile developers from Belarus have started receiving messages about deactivation of accounts in the App Store. The official reason is US sanctions against the subject. UPDATED: The next morning Apple started to unlock everything back, writes that error.

The time of large transactions continues. Public Investment Fund (PIF, aka Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund) has acquired stakes in two Japanese companies — Capcom and Nexon. In total, he spent more than $1 billion on their purchase.

Together with experts, we analyze whether Bungie really knows how to develop and operate games services, as well as how often transactions are made in the market, whose goal is to obtain expertise.

Bombora Publishing House has released the Russian book “Oculus. How to create the best VR company in the world and lose everything?“. First of all, this is the story of the rise and fall of the eccentric Palmer Luckey, the inventor of the Rift virtual reality helmet. But there is also a part about the sale of his company to Facebook Corporation. We talk about the volume and publish an excerpt from it.

In 2022, new gachi mechanics will become widespread in mobile games. For example, the function of previewing items.Honkai Impact 3rd

Russian gaming retail is still alive. The total sales of console games in retail last year amounted to 1.8 million. The figure is not very large, but it is at the level of the pre-pandemic indicators of 2019.

What helps to extend the life cycle of the game in the modern PC market? This question was asked by the expert Simon Carless (Simon Carless). He highlighted several common features that are inherent in the most successful titles on Steam in terms of their findability in the store.Carless shared the results in his GameDiscoverCo newsletter.

Meta company reported for 2021. It seems that Apple’s new privacy policy has cost Facebook almost $10 billion in lost advertising revenue over the past two quarters. After the publication of the report, the company’s shares lost a lot in value.Analyst and marketing expert Eric Seufert drew attention to this.

As part of the Bungie purchase, Sony Interactive Entertainment management has already noted that the studio hopes for expert assistance from the Bellevue game studio. However, it has only now become known how ambitious these plans are.

The founder of Xsolla, Alexander Agapitov, is no longer its CEO. His post was taken by Konstantin Golubitsky, who previously held the position of technical director of the company.

The day before yesterday we wrote that in Russia they are going to issue grants for the development of patriotic video games. The Internet Development Institute (IRI) will distribute them. Is this so and how much is such a grant news at all?

Sony’s gaming division shared its results for the third fiscal quarter (ended December 31). Despite generally good performance, sales of games and hardware have fallen. The company is unable to cope with the demand for the PS5, which now lags behind the PS4 in terms of the number of devices sold over the same period.The main thing from the financial report

Electronic Arts reported for the third fiscal quarter (ended December 31). Total cash receipts turned out to be a record, despite disappointing sales of Battlefield 204 2. The franchise is not being written off, but Apex Legends has now become the flagship shooter for the publisher.The main thing from the financial report

A new week, a new pool of vacancies from App2Top.ru . This time they are wanted: a leading UA manager at RJ Games, a leading monetization manager at APPSULOVE and a senior game designer at MELOON.

Jim Ryan, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, spoke about the significance of the Bungie acquisition deal for the future of the PlayStation. We are talking about further investments in the multiplatform, the creation of game services and development beyond one console. At the same time, other major purchases should be expected from Sony in the future.Destiny 2

Today it became known about the launch of an accelerator in Kaliningrad for game developers based in Russia. It’s called PlayPort and is aimed at novice gaming teams. Money is not promised to all participants, only training and expertise.

The popular puzzle Worlde will now be included in a special game subscription of The New York Times. The exact volume of the transaction is not disclosed, but we are talking about the “lower range of seven-digit amounts.”The American newspaper reported about this acquisition on its official website.

It became known about the deal between Playrix and AppQuantum. According to its terms, the authors of Homescapes become investors of the mobile publisher.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has agreed to acquire Bungie Studio. The total value of the transaction will be $3.6 billion.