Microsoft has decided to share its game development kit. The company published it for free on GitHub, but with the condition that you can use it without a license only for studying.

Mobile card battlers are on the rise right now. According to Sensor Tower, they became the fastest growing category in the strategy genre in the second quarter. And the highest-grossing title of the first half of the year turned out to be Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links.The main thing from the report

Zoom is expanding. The company has added the Zoom Apps app store to its video conferencing service. Among other things, it has games that you can play right during a video call.

Activision Blizzard was accused of discriminating against employees based on gender. According to the lawsuit, the company intentionally does not promote women in the service and understates their salaries. They complain about harassment and compare the atmosphere at work with the atmosphere of a fraternity. However, the company itself denies such accusations.The lawsuit was filed on July 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court following a two-year investigation.

Xsolla has introduced a new gaming investment platform, which is called the Game Investment Platform. On it, indie developers can get additional funding without having to share the rights to the game with investors.

The first quarter was not the most successful for Ubisoft in terms of sales. However, the company is going to compensate for this by attracting a new audience to its popular franchises. It’s about motivating users of free-to-play projects to buy premium AAA games in the same universe.Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet spoke about the new strategy.

There is a replenishment in the Epic Games family. It was joined by Sketchfab, a platform for publishing interactive 3D models. The size of the transaction is not specified.

ByteDance decided to compete in video games not only with Chinese giants Tencent and NetEase, but also with international companies such as Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. She announced plans to become “a global gaming company that can remain popular for decades.”World of Warcraft

During a conversation with investors, Netflix spoke in more detail about its gaming ambitions. The company will really add games to the service and will focus on mobile projects first. Netflix calls Epic Games one of its main competitors.The company’s executives shared information after the publication of the financial report for the second quarter (ended June 30).

Mobile action games were the fastest-growing genre at the box office in the United States, according to analysts at Sensor Tower. In the first half of 2021, their total revenue jumped by half. More than a third of the amount was generated by Genshin Impact.

Closed beta testing of New World, a premium MMORPG developed by Amazon Games, began yesterday. Already in the first day of online games on Steam exceeded 190 thousand people. Now she is also in the top on Twitch.

GEM Capital investment company has invested $500 thousand in Gameram, a social network for gamers. It was founded by Philip Gladkov, who previously headed the Pixonic studio.The funds were received as part of the seed round.

Ubisoft has published a report for the first quarter of the current fiscal year (ended June 30). All key indicators of the company have fallen compared to last year. They managed to earn only € 352.8 million, while almost all of the revenue was provided by old games.

Polygon has gained fame as an Ethereum scaling platform. Now the company has decided to support blockchain games. To do this, she opened a gaming division and established a special fund for developers in the amount of $ 100 million.The opening of Polygon Studios became known on July 19.

Tencent continues to spend money. This time, together with the investment fund Hiro Capital, she invested in independent developers from Germany Keen Games — they are known for the Portal Knights role-playing sandbox.

Wanted: trainee marketing analyst at Matryoshka Games, tester at WAZZAPPS and user engagement manager at Melsoft.

Tilting Point participated in the first funding round in its history. The publisher raised $235 million. The funds received will be used for the development of the publishing direction, M&A transactions and access to new markets and platforms.The main investor was General Atlantic with the participation of strategic investors Red Ventures and Kamerra.

TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, has an office in Montreal. The new studio will develop a multiplatform AAA game with an open world. In the future, based on this project, a full-fledged game metaverse from TiMi Studios may appear.

The International Association of Game Developers (IGDA) has issued a statement on the use of blockchain by gaming companies. Experts called for reducing the use of NFT and doing other ways that require less energy and do not have as much impact on the environment.IGDA published a statement last week, but the network has only noticed it now.