After Blizzard announced the closure of its office in France, local trade unions called on employees to go on strike. According to the organizations, the company just wants to get away from European taxes.This became known from a joint statement of three trade union organizations, including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), which represent the interests of Blizzard employees in France.

The authors of the Unity engine will support independent mobile developers with the help of the Game Growth Program project. Participants of the program will have access to technologies, educational materials and additional funding.

The MY.GAMES brand continues to invest in gaming companies. Division Mail.ru The Group acquired a minority stake in the Belarusian publisher Mamboo Games, which specializes in hyper-casual games.As a result of the deal, MY.GAMES plans to strengthen its hyper-casual direction.

Huya and DouYu companies, which are the largest players in the Chinese gaming streaming market, have announced a merger. Under the leadership of Tencent, they will create an analogue of Twitch with a total valuation of $ 10 billion.The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2021.

During the winter holidays, Americans’ spending on video games will reach $13.4 billion, the NPD Group predicts. One of the most popular gifts for Christmas will be the Switch — the Nintendo console will overtake even the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in sales.

From November 1, Cyprus will suspend the Citizenship by investment program. In conversation with App2Top.ru industry representatives explained why such a decision would have a positive impact on IT and game development in the region.Why was it decided to suspend the program?

In Russia, they are trying to ban video games again. This time, the chairman of the Right to Arms organization made a proposal to certify and remove “destructive games” from access.

Wanted: Unity-developer at Murka Games, ASO-specialist at Royal Ark, game designer at Hunter Hamster and frontend-developer at WN Media Group.

Genshin Impact took only 12 days to earn $100 million. This amount is equal to the total budget of the game, taking into account marketing.This achievement was announced by the well-known analyst Daniel Ahmad.

Korean developer and publisher Com2us has replenished its portfolio with foreign assets for the first time. The company invested in Out of the Park Developments, a studio from Germany. Under the terms of the deal, the PC franchise of the latter will turn into a mobile one.

The British Advertising Standards Committee (ASA) banned the display of ads for Homescapes and Gardenscapes games that did not match the main gameplay. At the same time, Playrix stated that the puzzles shown in the promo are somehow present in the company’s projects.What kind of advertising is banned?

The conflict between Epic and Apple could turn into problems for console manufacturers, according to judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers. Now the court wants to get more information about the principles of closed platforms.

Scottish studio Ruffian Games, known for working on Crackdown 2 and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, became part of Rockstar. As a result of the takeover and rebranding, the company received a new name — Rockstar Dundee.According to data from the UK Registration Chamber, on October 6, Ruffian Games came under the control of Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games.

Rumors that the social MMO Roblox is preparing to appear on the stock exchange have been confirmed by facts. The company has submitted an application for a public offering of shares.

Russian holding Mail.ru The Group is not going to miss the investment boom in the gaming industry. The media reports on the corporation’s plans to bring the MY.GAMES division to the American stock exchange next year. According to rumors, the valuation of MY.GAMES will be $2.5-3 billion.

Amazon has announced the closure of the online shooter Crucible. It has been in development since 2014 and was supposed to help the company gain a foothold in the video game market, but in the end it could not get out of the closed beta..Crucible was originally released in May of this year.

A week ago, an online Game Industry Legal Conference was held on the WN Hub platform. We share the main results of the event.

The Russian company RocketBrush Studio noticed its works in the GamePack Studio portfolio. After a detailed investigation, it turned out that the studio regularly appropriates the works of other artists without attribution.What are the claims?

ASOdesk analysts conducted a study where they compared the ratio of organic and inorganic traffic in 15 categories of mobile games. Now the company advises developers of arcades and races to promote titles through ASO, and creators of casinos and card games — through advertising.