IO Interactive shared its plans for the development of the company. She has already opened the third studio in a row, which will help them, among other things, in working on an unannounced project on a new IP. In addition, the authors of the Hitman series have announced their intention to engage in publishing.This was announced by the CEO of IO Interactive Hakan Abrak (Hakan Abrak) in an interview with the publication GamesIndustry.biz .

French publisher Gameloft reported on the success. The company said that to date, the total downloads of Asphalt series games have reached one billion. It took the racing franchise about 17 years to do this.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to introduce a special court for IT companies, which can be launched by 2024. We are talking about the consideration of criminal cases under economic articles. The agency is also considering the introduction of a moratorium on inspections, which, according to officials, will help companies “feel protected.”This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev at a meeting of the Federation Council for the Development of the…

Tencent continues to invest in other companies and increase its activity in the M&A market. This time, the Chinese giant acquired 20.6% of the local indie studio Surgical Scalpels. She is currently developing Boundary, a multiplayer space shooter for PS4 and PC.

About a week remains until the publication of CD Projekt‘s annual report on the results of 2020, but the Polish holding is already impatient to share a couple of preliminary figures. The creators of Cyberpunk 2077 said that last year the company’s earnings increased more than two and a half times compared to the record 2015. Recall that it was then that they released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

The mechanics of season passes have gained popularity due to the success of Fortnite and PUBG Mobile. But not only these games have made good money on it. Sensor Tower analysts told what other mobile projects managed to seriously increase revenue after the introduction of seasonal passes. There is a game from Playrix in the list.

Many experts in the gaming industry are afraid that they will not be able to save enough money and retire. Some even think that they will have to work until they die. Both indie developers and industry veterans, like game designer Josh Sawyer, shared their opinions on this topic.

Epic Games has announced the release of the MetaHuman Creator editor in early access. It allows you to create realistic human models in a few minutes.

Wanted: producer of creatives at WazzApps, game designer of VR games at SPL and art director at Mobirate.

AppLovin marketing platform has finally entered the stock exchange. As part of the initial public offering, the company raised $1.8 billion, and its valuation approached $30 billion.AppLovin listed its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange at a price of $80 apiece.

The Battle Royale of Apex Legends, developed by Respawn and published by Electronic Arts, continues to develop and gain popularity (albeit not as actively as at the start). Now the game has overcome an important milestone of 100 million players.Developers from Respawn announced this achievement on Twitter.

A new player has appeared in the game project financing market — FM.digital company. She is ready to allocate up to $ 500,000 to developers of mobile games and applications for promotion at the expense of future revenue and not take a share in the business at the same time.

The market of peripheral devices is experiencing a real boom, and not the last role in this is given to female gamers. According to the calculations of the analytical company Newzoo, almost half of the actively playing women are ready to buy peripherals for consoles and PCs. But most of them have one important condition — the price should not exceed $ 100.

With a look at what principles a game designer should adhere to in his work, — in his column on App2Top.ru shared Eduard Kumykov, the lead game designer of the Solitaire Cruise project from Belka Games (according to App Annie, she is now among the top 20 highest-grossing publishers in EMEA).

China’s ByteDance continues to strengthen its gaming business. The company announced that its Nuverse gaming division has acquired Beijing-based studio C4games. The latter is known for the mobile game Red Alert Online.

The Chinese authorities are going to tighten the regulation of developers. To do this, a special game rating system is being introduced in the country. Projects will be evaluated according to several criteria at once, which will form an overall assessment on a five-point system. Games that have received a low score will not be allowed to be released.Perfect World

The industrial giant ByteDance is on the verge of entering the stock market. Chinese media report that TikTok owners are actively preparing for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is assumed that the capitalization of the company after him will reach an astronomical $ 400 billion.

Creative Assembly continues to expand. Now 800 people work in the company’s three studios, which makes the authors of the Total War series the largest game developer in the UK.Photo: Creative Assembly

Ilya Eremeev and Maria Kochmola, with the participation of Sergey Titov and GEM Capital, launched a gaming investment fund. It’s called The Games Fund. We talked to his co—founders about how he works and what projects he is ready to invest in.