Yesterday, a vote was held among the shareholders of Activision Blizzard. The majority of its participants (67%) supported the idea that a publisher should publish a report every year on how he fights harassment and discrimination.

Russian IT companies appealed to the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadaev with a request not to simplify the requirements and not to change the order in which new products are included in the register of domestic software. The association “Domestic Software” believes that because of this initiative, many direct clones of foreign applications will be able to get into the registry.

Rosgvardiya may appear in video games. State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein wrote a letter to the director of the Rosgvardiya with a proposal to use video games to create a positive image and “glorify” the law enforcement agency.

Swedish publisher with Russian roots G5 Entertainment has announced the launch of new branches. The head of the company, Vlad Suglobov, told Bloomberg in an interview that they will appear in four countries at once: Georgia, Malta, Montenegro and Turkey.

Saber Interactive sued Oovee Game Studios, which in 2014 released an off-road driving simulator Spintires. She accused the publisher of slander. Earlier, he stated that Saber Interactive violated the agreement concluded between them and owed “tens of millions of dollars.”

The Finnish company Supercell has invested in a newly opened studio called Channel37. It is not reported on what conditions the transaction took place.

According to rumors, a number of gaming companies have recently decided to close Russian offices or reduce employees. Among them were, for example, Game Insight, Plarium, 101XP and Xsolla. The Russian Forbes published a lot of material in which he told who else was in a similar situation.

Square Enix continues to be interested in cloud games. She invested in the Blacknut service, saying that thanks to this deal she will be able to accelerate her further growth.

The Heracles Capital Fund, founded by marketing expert Eric Seufert, supported the Australian startup Lumi Interactive. Together with other investors, he invested $6.75 million in developers.

The WN Conference is just over two weeks away. We tell you what to expect from the anniversary conference (the first WN, then still called White Nights, was held in St. Petersburg in the summer of 2012) in our material.

Studio Hideo Kojima (Hideo Kojima) will help Ukrainian refugees who have evacuated to Japan. A pre-order for the Ludens Peace Mark Unit themed pendant has opened in the official Kojima Productions store. The company promises to transfer all proceeds from the sale directly to the Ukrainians themselves.

The VG Insights service shared statistics on the geography of publishers on Steam. According to it, the USA is the unequivocal leader on the platform. Most publishers (24%) come from this country, and they account for a significant part of both revenue (39%) and the number of copies of games sold (48%).

Newzoo tried to figure out if there is a difference in how gamers and non-gamers relate to brands. As it turned out, yes. According to analysts, gamers were much more likely to declare their sympathy than other respondents.

Zhang Xiang, Senior Vice president of X.D. Network, in an interview with the SCMP portal, spoke about plans to accelerate expansion to the West. According to him, first of all, the Chinese company will focus on the US market. She has already formed a team that will develop the American version of TapTap and test games in the States.

The Chinese giant Tencent has taken another step towards creating its own metaverse. The company announced to employees the official launch of a division that specializes in XR. This is reported by Reuters, with reference to three people familiar with the issue.

According to Vladimir Zykov, project director of Digital Platforms, at the moment, developers from 63 countries have sent applications to the Russian store. The majority from Belarus are 182 teams. There are also enough applications from Kazakh (21), Ukrainian (21), Armenian (18) and Uzbek (16) developers.

The publisher of mobile games AppQuantum with the support of WN Media Group has launched a game contest. The focus is on casual projects. The winners will receive up to a million dollars for marketing.

David Chalmers shared his opinion in a conversation with the PC Gamer portal. He said that if people can recreate a full-fledged simulation of the human brain on a computer, they will get a consciousness similar to ours.

This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev in an interview with the RBC TV channel. He explained that mostly those IT specialists who “left on emotions” and could not find a job quickly returned.