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Tencent will throw its forces into the development of its own Twitch analogue after the ban on the merger of Huya and DouYu

In July, the Chinese antimonopoly service blocked the merger of Huya and DouYu in order to prevent them from capturing the entire market of gaming streaming services in China. Against the background of the failure, Tencent began to reallocate resources for the development and expansion of its own platform like Twitch.The new plans of the Chinese giant were reported by Bloomberg.
Investments and transactions

Green Grey and 1518 Studios will invest up to $750,000 in gaming startups as part of the MIPT accelerator

Accelerator of MIPT “Phystech.Start” opened the GameTech direction with the support of Green Grey and 1518 Studios. Its participants — gaming startups — will receive up to $750 thousand of investments in total. The organizers are waiting for applications from projects at the MVP stage and above.It is expected that up to 25 startups will participate in GameTech in three areas: games, mental health products and educational services with gamification.
Games

King’s Bounty II got into the top Steam bestsellers, but fans of the first part perceived the game negatively

Yesterday was the official release of King’s Bounty II — the continuation of the RPG series with tactical battles. The 1C Entertainment project got into the top Steam bestsellers, but the first reviews from fans of previous games were negative. In addition to the gameplay and visual style, the title is criticized, among other things, for non-obvious pricing.Briefly about the game
Platforms

Unity employees are worried that they may be working on military projects. The reason for this is the opaque policy of the company

It’s no secret that the Unity engine is used not only in video games — car brands, architects, military and many others also work with it. However, it turned out that Unity Technologies is in no hurry to tell employees which projects their work will be part of. Developers are afraid that developments can be taken without their knowledge to fulfill military orders.