Tencent always strives to strictly comply with the requirements of the Chinese authorities regarding video games. However, due to the tightened regulation of the technology industry and the actions of a number of state media, the market value of the company has fallen by $400 billion since the beginning of the year. And the development of Tencent’s relations with the authorities may affect the entire gaming industry in China.Tencent Headquarters in Shenzhen

Today Nexters goes on the Nasdaq exchange. A gaming company with Russian roots has completed a merger with the SPACE firm Kismet Acquisition One (Kismet). Its shares under the tickers GDEV and GDEVW will be available to buy from the moment the exchange opens at 16:30 Moscow time.

Netflix has started testing gaming features on its platform. The first mobile titles really appeared on the streaming service. However, so far only subscribers from Poland can play them.Starting from August 26, two titles became available to Polish users — Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3. You can play them through the Netflix app for Android.

The App Store can become more democratic. Apple has prepared seven indulgences for developers at once. Among them is the opportunity to tell that in-game items are cheaper to buy on the game’s website, and not in an application downloaded from the store.

How many game advertisers there are on the mobile market, how many creatives per game there are on average per year and how the CPC on Facebook has grown over the year, — the Chinese analytical company SocialPeta told in its latest report. About the most interesting — in our material.

Green Grey has announced a new deal. The company invested $2.5 million in an Estonian studio with Russian roots Infusion Games. Now she is working on three titles at once — including cyberpunk shooter Cyber Wars for mobile.Nikolay Shubin and Sergey Belyaev, Infusion Games

The largest Chinese mobile store TapTap decided to go beyond the Celestial Empire and grab a part of the Google Play audience. Games such as Genshin Impact and Sausage Man should help him in this, as well as zero commission for developers.

In July, the Chinese antimonopoly service blocked the merger of Huya and DouYu in order to prevent them from capturing the entire market of gaming streaming services in China. Against the background of the failure, Tencent began to reallocate resources for the development and expansion of its own platform like Twitch.The new plans of the Chinese giant were reported by Bloomberg.

Accelerator of MIPT “Phystech.Start” opened the GameTech direction with the support of Green Grey and 1518 Studios. Its participants — gaming startups — will receive up to $750 thousand of investments in total. The organizers are waiting for applications from projects at the MVP stage and above.It is expected that up to 25 startups will participate in GameTech in three areas: games, mental health products and educational services with gamification.

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic boosted the revenue of the video game industry around the world. The markets of European countries were no exception, whose total revenue in 2020 for the first time exceeded the €23.3 billion mark. Console titles brought the most money, and FIFA 21 became the best-selling game.

FIFA and eFootball have a new competitor. Minsk Vizor and Strikerz studio presented their football simulator for “big” platforms. It’s called UFL. FAIR TO PLAY and will be distributed for free.

Analytical companies App Annie and AppsFlyer have prepared a voluminous study of the Latin American mobile market based on the results of the first quarter of 2021. In the report: data on player spending, downloads and marketing indicators. We have chosen the most important thing.

The official release of Psychonauts 2 took place today. Judging by the first reviews of critics, the return of the cult platformer from Double Fine was successful. The average score of the game was 89/100 with the complete absence of negative reviews. It is praised for its inventive gameplay, elaborate story and lack of cliches.

Yesterday was the official release of King’s Bounty II — the continuation of the RPG series with tactical battles. The 1C Entertainment project got into the top Steam bestsellers, but the first reviews from fans of previous games were negative. In addition to the gameplay and visual style, the title is criticized, among other things, for non-obvious pricing.Briefly about the game

British developers actively use the right to tax benefits. In 2020, the studios received £180 million ($247 million) in compensation from the state. This is 48% more than in 2019.

The State of California believes that Activision Blizzard is obstructing an investigation into harassment. This includes the destruction of important documents. Against this background, the authorities expanded the lawsuit against the company, adding a number of changes and clarifications to it.Diablo II: Resurrected

Today, August 25, Gardenscapes celebrates its fifth birthday. In honor of this, Sensor Tower analysts said that at the moment gamers have spent over $ 3 billion in the mobile blockbuster Playrix.

Game development usually begins with the creation of a prototype. However, even before this stage, a fair amount of work needs to be done, says Rotem Eldor, product director at CrazyLabs. In an article for the Gamesindustry website.biz he told what the preparation for the creation of a successful hypercausal title should consist of.

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