Tim Sweeney explained why there will be no NFT in Fortnite and other Epic Games. One of the reasons is the problem of fraud in this area. He also questioned the non-interchangeability of NFT, which as a result gave rise to a discussion in social networks.Fortnite

A strategy game about the life of Timberborn beavers sold more than 130 thousand copies in the first week of sales and received 95% positive reviews on Steam.

The expansion into the Chinese market is announced by the mobile publisher with Russian roots Azur Games. The company got the opportunity to publish hyper-casual Android games with advertising monetization in China.

Activision Blizzard has created an $18 million fund to pay employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination. This was one of the terms of the agreement with the American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — shortly before that, the agency sued the publisher.

Publisher tinyBuild and St. Petersburg studio niceplay games reported on the success of the game Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. In just three days since the release, sales of the title have reached the mark of 100 thousand copies.

Last week, Tencent, NetEase and more than 200 Chinese gaming companies signed an agreement to combat gaming addiction. A number of experts believe that this could also hit foreign platforms. Among them are Steam, Epic Games Store and other stores that developers actively use to bypass the process of obtaining state licenses to sell their titles in China.The main attention in the signed agreement was paid to online games.

A mobile version of the pocket monster strategy game from The Pokémon Company and Tencent is available from September 22. On the fifth day, the game topped the world download charts in app stores.

Last September, David Polfeldt, former managing director of Ubisoft Massive, released his book about the gaming industry — “The Universe of Video Games. A documentary blockbuster from the developer of The Division, Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations”. Previously, it could only be read in English, but now it is also published in Russian. The Russian-language edition will be available on October 15. We tell you what is hidden under the cover, and share…

Igor Matsanyuk, founder of the IMI Foundation, announced work on a new game. There are few details about the project yet. Apparently, the upcoming title is focused on online battles and visually resembles a series of turn-based strategies Advance Wars.

AppMagic has prepared a report on the mobile market of Argentina for the first half of 2021. In total, the 10 highest-grossing games in the country earned a little less than $4 million during this period. At the same time, almost a third of this amount fell on Garena Free Fire.Garena Free Fire

Sensor Tower analysts in a recent study looked at how things were with mobile engagement in the first half of the year. It turned out that although the most gamers play hyper—casual titles every month, mobile shooters have the largest daily audience.

Last week, the leader of the bestseller chart on Steam was a fresh operation for CS:GO — “Predatory waters”. Also, New World broke into the top three best-selling games again. Pre-orders of two of her publications took second and third place in the ranking.

Downloads of the Belarusian FreePlay studio have reached almost 500 million. Most of it — 290 million — falls on the hyper-casual hit Join Clash. About the history of the studio and its approach to development App2Top.ru I talked to one of the founders and CEO of FreePlay.

Against the background of stricter laws regarding video games, more than 200 companies in China have pledged to independently regulate this area and cooperate with the authorities. They will take a number of measures to combat gambling addiction among teenagers — including using a facial recognition system.According to Reuters, the statement of the Chinese gaming association CGIGC was signed by a total of 213 companies.

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, spoke about the reasons for the attacks on schools and other educational institutions. In his opinion, this is largely due to video games and the destructive influence of the Internet. Against this background, the Kremlin again raised the issue of restricting the free demonstration of violent content.Alexander Bastrykin

On the night of September 23-24, the third Nintendo Direct this year was held in an online format. While the Internet is in full swing discussing the cast of voice actors for the upcoming cartoon about Magio, we have highlighted the main points of the event.

Diablo II: Resurrected, a remaster of the classic Blizzard game, was released yesterday. In general, critics positively assessed the project. However, it was not without interference in the operation of servers and other technical problems at the start. Because of this, some players have even started requesting refunds.

Analytical companies Newzoo and Apptopia have prepared a report on the mobile gaming market. They estimated that by the end of the year, the market’s revenue will surpass the $90 billion milestone for the first time, with more than half of the amount going to Android stores. Nevertheless, the segment will face a number of problems.

The analytical platform devtodev has written a book about 25 metrics that are used in video games. It is called “Game metrics”. The pages contain a description of the metrics themselves and methods of working with them.