The CEO of Cameroonian Kiro’o Games Olivier Madiba gave a short interview to the publication PocketGamer.biz . He said that Western investors will have to change their business strategy before investing in local studios.

On June 2, NetEase and Blizzard released Diablo Immortal, the first mobile game in the history of the series. Judging by the AppMagic data, the game got off to a good start.

The South Korean organization CUCS, which defends consumer rights, has written a statement to the Seoul police against three top Google managers. Allegedly, they allowed the company to violate the local law on telecommunications business.

VK continues to combine its services. Today she announced that developers of applications for RuStore can now promote projects through the VK Advertising platform.

It has become easier for developers to bring games to the top of the top downloads in the App Store and Google Play, according to Sensor Tower analysts. They found out that over the past two years, the number of installations required to get to the first place has decreased significantly. At least in the USA.

The studio that helped with the development of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has officially joined Gearbox Entertainment. According to the companies, the takeover does not put Lost Boys Interactive to continue to cooperate with external teams.

Electronic Arts (EA) told about this in a report for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the company did not disclose the figures. She managed with the phrase that last year the share of net revenue of projects was “substantial” and is unlikely to decrease in the near future.

Microsoft President Brad Smith said that the corporation respects the right of employees to organize trade unions. She will not interfere, although they “will never have the need to unite for a dialogue” with the leadership.

The developers from Insomniac Games boasted of the total sales of the series immediately after the presentation of State of Play. However, they did not specify how many copies there were for each title.

Analysts from ResearchAndMarkets.com we have published a fresh batch of figures related to the gaming industry — now about the USA. They said that in 2027, the American video game market will earn $48.2 billion. For comparison, last year its revenue was $30.4 billion.

A wave of cuts has reached the Russian publisher of online games 101XP. Editorial offices App2Top.ru it became known about the mass layoffs taking place now in the company.

The South Korean government is seriously interested in the concept of the metaverse. It announced that it will continue to support the authors of metaverse projects and create special jobs for them. All this will be done within the framework of the state Digital New Deal program.

Secret documents related to tanks continue to surface in the War Thunder community. Now they have been published by a user from China in an attempt to prove that the developers made a mistake with the characteristics of one of the shells.

Electronic Arts (EA) has again faced criticism of loot boxes in FIFA Ultimate Team. At once, 15 groups involved in the protection of children’s rights appealed to the US authorities with a request to investigate the work of loot boxes in the game.

Developers from Electronic Arts (EA) are dissatisfied with the silence of the management during “Pride Month” — the period when it is customary to most actively support the LGBTQ+ community. They threatened to strike if the company simply “hypocritically” repainted the logo in rainbow colors and did nothing meaningful.

The Spanish authorities will take up the loot boxes. It is reported that in a few weeks the country will adopt a law that will regulate games with such mechanics.

The British mobile studio Hutch Games allowed employees not to work on Fridays. The company hopes that thanks to this they will be able to improve the work-life balance, as well as increase their productivity.

It looks like another gaming company has decided to massively reduce employees. According to Globes, Israeli Playtika will soon close offices in Los Angeles, London and Montreal. In addition, the mobile publisher is thinking about closing the office in Helsinki.

The head of Take-Two mentioned this while communicating with GamesIndustry.biz . According to Zelnik, it is not financially profitable to release AAA games as part of subscriptions at the same time as the release. According to him, this is able to “turn the business upside down.”