The company wants to name the new foundation Halliday — in honor of James Halliday, a character in the book “The first player to get ready.” Now Sfermion is looking for investors who will give it the necessary $100 million. She has already attracted about a fifth of the amount.

The ban began to take effect yesterday, May 5. In an official blog, Google stated that, if desired, developers providing “important services” can make their applications completely free.

Riot Games continues to expand the staff of its Riot Entertainment division. She announced that she was hiring four executives who would be responsible for the development of film, TV series and music.

In April, an enthusiast under the nickname foone asked Microsoft to share the sources of 3D Movie Maker, an old program designed to teach children how to make three—dimensional cartoons. He assured the corporation that he wants to expand the project’s capabilities and adapt it to modern devices. As it turned out, Microsoft doesn’t mind at all.

The amount of the investment was not disclosed, but it is known that Jump Crypto, Tribe Capital and Republic Crypto participated in the financing round. All of them also promised to help the messenger with the support and promotion of the title.

Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation published a list of goods that can be imported into Russia without the permission of the copyright holder. Now the department has officially approved it.

Pac-Man Community is a new adaptation of the classic arcade game about Pacman, developed exclusively for Facebook Gaming*. Yesterday, after four months of beta testing, Genvid Technologies and Bandai Namco announced the official release of the game.

The new specialist will be responsible for creating a “diverse, inclusive and fairer work environment,” Blizzard Entertainment said in a statement. Apparently, in this way the company wants to try to improve its reputation, which has suffered amid a series of scandals in Activision Blizzard.

The analytical company Sensor Tower looked at how the ten largest mobile streaming services were doing in the first quarter of 2022. According to her, Twitch was not only able to gather the largest daily audience, but also became the second in revenue.

This statement was published by People Can Fly studio as part of the financial report for 2021. The developers indicated that Square Enix should pay royalties as soon as the sales of the game compensate the publisher for the costs of development, publication and marketing. Since this didn’t happen until December 31, the studio assumed that Outriders still hadn’t paid off by that time.

At the end of January, Sony announced that it was going to buy Bungie for $3.6 billion. Almost four months after that, the US Federal Trade Commission became interested in the deal, sources tell The Information.

This is reported by Kommersant with reference to three sources from the gaming industry. According to the publication, the reason was sanctions. Because of them, the company will most likely no longer be able to publish games on Google Play or the App Store, which means it will lose the opportunity to bring them to foreign markets.

The analytical company has published a fresh forecast for the year. The main figures are as follows:

Animoca Brands became a key investor. She also announced that, together with her sister studio Nway, she will help Untamed Planet create an NFT game.

This conclusion was reached by gaming expert Simon Carless after he counted the number of reviews for VR horror on Steam.

Swedish publisher Stillfront Group has published a preliminary report for the first quarter of 2022. According to him, the company was able to increase revenues largely due to the success of the studios purchased last year: Jawaker, Moonfrog and Game Labs.

The project of the Yakut teams FNTASTIC and MYTONA topped the top of the most desired games on the Steam platform. According to the developers, The Day Before added “millions of people” to their vishlist.

The Chinese tech giant NetEase has a studio in Austin, Texas — Jackalope Games. According to the company, industry veteran Jack Emmert, who previously headed Cryptic Studios and Daybreak Game Company, will lead the American division.

As the developers explained, Unreal Engine 5 is a more advanced engine that is better adapted for open—world games. By switching to it, the studio will be able to make the gameplay of the MMO survival “more fantastic”.