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”.

The achievement was announced by Voodoo itself. According to the company, for the entire existence of the App Store, only applications published by Meta* and Google have collected more downloads.

This is reported by the analytical company Game Age Research Institute. According to her research, 38.5% of Japanese gamers purchase both free-to-play and paid games only after they study their reviews.

The hype around NFT has led to an increase in the number of developers who are trying to impregnate venture companies with a blockchain game. GamesBeat talked to a number of investors and found out how many similar presentations they receive.

This was announced by 2K, the parent company of Hangar 13. In a message to employees, she said that Haden Blackman is going to try himself in a new endeavor. His position will go to Nick Baynes, head of the Hangar 13 division in Brighton.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added them to the list of potential candidates for delisting. It is known that in addition to the gaming giant NetEase, it includes JD.com , Pinduoduo, Bilibili and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.

The Wordle puzzle is still popular on Twitter, although there is much less talk about it than in winter. This is the conclusion reached by data analyst Lauren Fratamico. She estimated that at the peak at the end of January, users left up to 500 tweets a day about Wordle — 2.5 times less compared to April.