The May WN Conference has started. She is special for a number of reasons. One of the main ones: its organizers are holding a conference in reality for the first time after the world lockdown, and this is the first Chinese event of WN Media Group.

State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein is going to introduce a bill on “landing” in the near future. It proposes to oblige IT companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russians to open official representative offices in Russia.

To correct the balance of weapons in Call of Duty: Mobile, developers from TiMi Studios and Activision had to collect community reviews and test them in practice using limited playtests. Matt Lewis, the general manager of the game and vice president of the publisher’s mobile direction, told about the difficulties encountered.Matt Lewis’ original column was published on Gamasutra on May 12.

By the end of April App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

A lot of large companies are unhappy that their internal information is leaking to the network because of the proceedings between Epic Games and Apple. Among them: Nintendo, Roblox, Spotify, Sony, PayPal, Samsung, as well as Epic Games themselves with Apple. They demanded that the court close access to the documents.

Swedish Embracer Group continues to buy studios en masse. Now four companies have joined the ranks of the holding at once, three of which have come under the control of THQ Nordic. Below is a brief overview of acquisitions.

Unity has prepared a report for the first quarter (ended March 31), reporting revenue growth. The company also shared its forecast for the current financial year and estimated possible losses from the new IDFA policy.Key data

Electronic Arts reported for the fiscal year (ended March 31). The publisher’s revenue remained almost at the level of last year, amounting to a little more than $ 5.6 billion. However, revenues from free—to-play games and other services continue to grow, while the share of premium titles continues to fall.Key data for the year

Ubisoft told about the changes in its development strategy. The publisher intends to release freeplay offshoots of its key franchises. However, we are not talking about reducing the number of AAA titles, but about the approach that Activision has been using in recent years to develop the Call of Duty series.Ubisoft announced this during a conversation with investors after the publication of the annual report.

Ubisoft has published a financial report for the year (ended March 31). Sales turned out to be record-breaking and exceeded € 2 billion, and the total number of unique players on PC and consoles reached 141 million. The company also shared data on individual games and talked about the calendar of upcoming releases.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids

Apple prohibits developers from not only implementing their own payment systems, but also generally telling users about discounts outside of iOS. For example, they cannot be sent emails with an offer to buy a subscription or game currency on the game’s website cheaper than in the App Store. Also, you cannot specify similar information in the application itself.

The Swedish Stillfront Group has replenished the portfolio. A studio with Ukrainian roots, Game Labs, known for the strategic games Naval Action and Ultimate General, came under the leadership of the company.

Turkey occupies an increasingly important place in the gaming industry. This is evidenced by the growing popularity of mobile titles from local developers on the world market. For example, now 20% of the most downloaded games in the USA are projects of Turkish studios.Royal Match

Two weeks ago, Apple released the iOS 14.5 update, which required applications to ask users for permission to collect personal data. This feature has already been appreciated by many owners of iOS devices. As Flurry analysts found out, today only 15% of users from all over the world were not against the collection of their personal information.

Against the background of the tragedy in Kazan, Senator Alexander Bashkin proposed to strengthen control over the content of video games. He believes that games glorify violence and can lead to shootings in schools.

Wanted: account manager at Borscht, game designer at RJ Games and UI/UX designer at Green Pixel.

The authors of the Noclip channel have released an hour-long documentary about the creation of the Dishonored series. They talked to Arkane employees about all aspects of the games — from concept development to the design of variable levels, including the Mechanical Mansion that impressed many players.

Activision Blizzard wants remasters of old games to take full advantage of three-dimensional engines and at the same time preserve the spirit of the original projects. This is evidenced by the publisher’s new patent, which deals with the technology of converting 2D assets into 3D in real time. This can theoretically greatly simplify the process of creating updated versions.Diablo II: Resurrected

According to Matthew Weissinger, marketing director of Epic Games, Fortnite has practically nowhere else to grow on consoles. The authors of the battle royale see the biggest opportunities for growth in mobile. He explained this by the fact that everyone has smartphones, unlike consoles and gaming PCs. Weissinger also added that before Fortnite was removed from the App Store, there were only 2.5 million people on iOS DAU titles — 10% of the total DAU…