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Indie developers on the shortcomings of the Metacritic rating system: “We are losing many opportunities”

Several successful indie developers have expressed complaints about the Metacritic rating system. They face a paradox: their games are sold in hundreds of thousands or even millions of copies, but the specialized media often ignore such projects. Due to the lack of ratings, small studios eventually lose some financial and business opportunities.Clone Drone In The Danger Zone
Marketing

devtodev will have analytics on games and applications from the AppGallery store

AppGallery and the devtodev analytical platform have entered into a partnership. As a result of integration, full analytics on products published in the Huawei app store will be available to users of the services.According to Dmitry Kravtsov, CEO of devtodev, cooperation with AppGallery will allow you to get key data about the platform and help customers of the service to study the behavior of users of this store.
Industry

Treasurers of six states urged not to allow the re-election of the board of directors of Activision Blizzard

The treasuries of six American states expressed concern about the situation around Activision Blizzard. Since they own part of the company’s shares, they demand to arrange a meeting with the publisher’s board. The main goal of the negotiations is to prevent the re—election of Bobby Kotick and other members of the board of directors.For the first time, the treasurers of California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, Nevada and Delaware asked for a meeting with the board of…
Games

Sales of Farming Simulator 22 exceeded 1.5 million copies in the first week. This is a record for the entire series

In just a week since the release of Farming Simulator 22, it has surpassed the mark of 1.5 million copies sold. Previously, no game in the series has shown such results at the start. At the same time, the new part of Farming Simulator is the first title that Giants Software studio publishes independently.The company attributes the success of Farming Simulator 22 both to the presence of a dedicated fan base and to the support…