Take-Two is facing a new $5 million class action lawsuit related to loot boxes in NBA 2K series games. According to parents, such gambling mechanics deceive young users and mislead them.The lawsuit was initially filed on behalf of a minor player and his guardian on January 11.

Valve has summed up the results of 2021 for its digital Steam store. In many ways, it was more successful than the previous year. For example, the platform has increased the number of active users, and those, in turn, have spent more money on games.

An international company with Ukrainian companies, Room 8 Group, specializing in outsourcing, has decided to terminate cooperation with specialists from Russia and Belarus. Separately, she said that she would direct all her profits for 2022 to help Ukrainian citizens and refugees.Image: instagram Room 8 Group

Twitch has announced that it will stop making payments to Russian streamers for now. The reason is sanctions against Russian banks and problems with payment methods.

Activision Blizzard recognized the problem of attracting personnel. In the context of litigation and increased pressure, it is difficult for a company to retain old and hire new qualified employees. If the difficulties drag on, it will hit the whole business hard.This was reported by Axios with reference to the recently published Activision Blizzard report for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Russian users will no longer be shown targeted ads on Facebook. Meta has suspended its placement in the country. She also stopped working with any advertisers from Russia.

The list of companies that have stopped selling their games in Russia is getting longer. Now it includes Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts (EA).

Microsoft has announced its plans for Russia. The IT corporation stops “all new sales” in the country. This applies to both its products and services.

Omdia analysts spoke about the situation in the cloud gaming market. According to their data, in 2021 its turnover immediately tripled to $3.7 billion. Not least thanks to the official appearance of Xbox Cloud Gaming on consoles.

Sensor Tower has published a large report on the monetization of mobile games by the end of 2021. According to analysts, one of the most effective models was the seasonal pass. There is also an increase in NFT titles in the world, although this market segment is just beginning to develop.There is a season pass in half of the highest-grossing mobile games in the world.

A number of human rights organizations have expressed concern about the purchase of Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft plans to make. They demanded that the US Federal Trade Commission carefully study the deal in order to prevent possible consequences for the market. One of the reasons is the direct threat of competition.This is stated in an open letter published on March 1.

Another company decided to leave Russia. Now Autodesk, the developer of 3ds Max and Maya, has announced a temporary shutdown.

Google has decided to suspend the sale of contextual advertising in Russia. The ban will affect all the company’s services, including search, YouTube and partner networks.This was reported on March 4 by Reuters with reference to the official statement of Google.

Gaming companies around the world are actively supporting Ukraine. In particular, money for humanitarian aid was allocated by Ubisoft, Unity and 11 bit studios. We looked at who else has recently decided to make similar donations. UPDATED: Added information about Room 8 Group.

New sanctions. This time the game. The Polish holding CD Projekt is going to stop selling its games on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

Last week, a discussion broke out on GitHub about whether to close the platform in Russia because of what is happening in Ukraine. Now the GitHub administration has put an end to this issue — they will not disable access to Russian developers.

The company SciPlay, specializing mainly in social casinos, decided to enter the hyper-casual games market. She bought a controlling stake in the Turkish studio Alictus — author of Rob Master 3D and Money Buster!.

Unity came out in support of Ukraine, deciding to donate $623 thousand to several charitable organizations. The company also organized additional fundraising using a special set of assets.Unity made such a statement on March 2.

Epic Games continues to add music assets to the portfolio. She has agreed to purchase Bandcamp, an online music store and platform for promoting indie artists. The amount of the transaction is not called.