The American non-profit organization ParentsTogether has called on the creators of Roblox to stop “luring children” into a game where they “spend thousands of dollars to buy rare items.” According to the parents, the business model of the project is similar to a casino, and its users are subjected to “financial exploitation”.An appeal to the parents and creators of Roblox appeared on the official ParentsTogether website.

The Chinese giant Tencent continues its expansion into the American market. The company announced the opening of a new office in Los Angeles, which will employ hundreds of people. This is the fifth Tencent office in the United States.The new office is located in the area of Playa Vista, which is part of the territory of the so-called “Silicon Beach” (Silicon Beach).

Ken and Roberta Williams are returning to the gaming industry after more than two decades. The founders of Sierra On-Line and the creators of the cult quests of the 80s and 90s are working on a new game. It will be executed in the spirit of the company’s old projects and will be released this year.

The Estonian Clickwork Games are sure that mobile developers underestimate the potential of idle games. The company decided to “update” the genre, making it more attractive, and it has already received $ 1.2 million.

TikTok‘s parent company continues to invest in game studios. This time, ByteDance acquired 36.2% of the Chinese Umi Game, developers of the yet-to-be-released MMO Code: Odyssey. How much the deal cost the giant is not specified.

South Korean Pearl Abyss continues its expansion into the Western market. The company known for MMO Black Desert Online is opening a new office in Europe. A few years earlier, she acquired CCP Games.Pearl Abyss CEO Junghee Jin told about his plans in an interview with VentureBeat.

French publisher Gameloft spoke about the achievement of the title Minion Rush. The number of its downloads has exceeded a billion. It took the project a little less than eight years.

The head of the hits Call of Duty: Mobile and Call of Duty: Warzone unexpectedly joined Electronic Arts, a direct competitor to Activision. He will lead the development of the Battlefield series and will be responsible for all new games in the franchise.Byron Beede has become the new senior vice president and general manager of Battlefield, IGN reports.

Biomutant is doing badly. The game lost 82.6% of the audience by the end of the first week of sales. And the number of simultaneous players continues to decrease.

Last Tuesday, May 25, the online Talents In Games: HR Conference 2021 was held on the WN Hub platform. This is the only Russian-language conference for gaming HR specialists and recruiters.

Larian Studios continues to expand and opens a new office in Barcelona. The creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 will be joined by the development team of the BlitWorks studio. She is well-known for porting games to various platforms.Baldur’s Gate 3

The Buchman brothers, the founders of Playrix, invested money in the publishing house “Committee”. In total, the company, which includes the publications TJournal, DTF, vc.ru and the Coub service, received $ 2 million for the development of its platform.Information about this appeared on June 3 on the websites of the “Committee”.

Valve has added another feature to its store. Now unrelated developers and publishers can independently launch joint bundles with games on Steam. Previously, only Valve itself could create such sets.

Android developers have been notified of the imminent changes to the Google Play rules. They relate to the advertising identifier and resemble Apple‘s IDFA policy.

Take-Two has successfully gained a foothold in the genre of sports games on PC and consoles. Now the company has decided to extend its influence to mobile by announcing the purchase of the Serbian studio Nordeus — the authors of the mobile simulator of the football coach Top Eleven. The transaction amount may reach $378 million.The official announcement says that Take-Two will immediately pay Nordeus $225 million.

Another company decided to take up games. Next up is the Dark Horse comics publishing house, which has published Hellboy, Sin City, Umbrella Academy and 300.

Gaming companies in Russia may be subject to the “Spring law”, that is, oblige to store gamers’ data and the history of their correspondence. This initiative was taken by one of the centers controlled by Roskomnadzor. Experts also suggest regulating donation collection services and gaming loot boxes.This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper with reference to the study of the Main Radio Frequency Center (GRFC), which is part of the structure of Roskomnazdor.

Indie publisher Playdigious, which at one time released mobile versions of Dead Cells and Evoland, has now become part of the Swedish game company Fragbite Group (formerly FunRock). The takeover cost €5 million.

App Annie together with the publication PocketGamer.biz I have prepared a small report on the mobile strategy market for the first quarter of 2021. Analysts told about the highest-grossing projects, and also noted that the total revenue of all games of the genre reached $ 2.5 billion.Star Trek Fleet Command