The Vietnamese Axie Infinity has a new achievement. Total in-game sales exceeded $4 billion. This is more than any other NFT project to date.

California authorities may tighten the requirements for the protection of children’s data. Local officials have drafted a bill that prohibits technology companies headquartered in the state from tracking the personal information of children and teenagers. This may affect, for example, Meta, Google, Activision Blizzard and Riot Games.

A discussion broke out on the network about how much the budget of the first part of Fallout would change in 2022. On the one hand, modern technologies accelerate the development and simplify its individual elements. On the other hand, it is impossible not to take into account many other factors, including inflation.The discussion of this issue began with a post on Reddit.

In the summer, MY.GAMES and Google launched a business accelerator for mobile developers Game Drive 2.0. Now the companies have summed up the results. One of the finalists of the program was the Novosibirsk studio Game Maverick — it will receive an investment of 15 million rubles.

Japanese startup Playco continues to receive large investments. Now the developers of instant games have been supported by Meta, which has invested $40 million in them at once.

Dying Light 2: Stay Human and Lost Ark no longer reign on the Steam bestseller chart. Last week, the first place went only to the released Total War: WARHAMMER III. Cyberpunk 2077 also returned to the list of the best-selling games of the week.Total War: WARHAMMER III

Paradox Interactive is not doing well with the corporate culture. An independent audit showed that the company has a toxic atmosphere, and employees face discrimination and harassment. The Swedish publisher has already acknowledged “obvious problems” and assured that he will take the necessary measures.

Ubisoft told how the third financial quarter of 2022 went (ended December 31). It was not very successful — almost all key indicators fell compared to last year. Yves Guillemot also stated that he is not against the French publisher becoming part of another company in the future.

Starbreeze shared its financial results for the fourth quarter and the whole of 2021. The company is still not making a profit, but its losses are gradually decreasing. She also announced that the revenue of the PAYDAY shooter series reached the billion Swedish kronor mark ($107.3 million) — it took 10 years.

The authors of the independent MMORPG TitanReach have already canceled the project for the second time — this time definitively. The reason may be the fraudulent actions of the lead developer. He appropriated part of the received investments to himself and spent them not on the game, but on the purchase of Tesla and cryptocurrencies.

Nacon is preparing for the largest purchase in the company’s history. The publisher has agreed to take over Daedalic Entertainment, which is currently working on a stealth action game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. The maximum value of the transaction is €53 million.

The Google advertising identifier (aka GAID) will soon be a thing of the past. The company followed Apple’s path and introduced a new system that is designed to increase user security and limit the collection of personal data on Android.This decision was announced by the vice president of Google for product management, security and privacy of Android Anthony Chavez (Anthony Chavez) in the official blog of the company.

Three years ago, the Penza company BIT.GAMES (part of MY.GAMES) launched the IGROHAB project for those who want to get into game dev. With his help, she finds promising newcomers and trains them. We talked with Yulia Rogozhkina, curator of educational projects and HR brand manager at BIT.GAMES, about how IGROHAB developed and its features.

Embracer Group reported on the results of the third fiscal quarter of 2021 (ended December 31). During this period, the Swedish holding increased revenue by 135% at once, and gaming sales by 175%. He also reported on the success of Metro Exodus and a number of his other games.

Another successful indie game from domestic developers has appeared on the market. We are talking about the Diplomacy is Not an Option strategy. In just six days, the project’s revenue on Steam exceeded $ 1 million.

A new selection of vacancies in the gaming industry. This week they are wanted: a leading game analyst at MYTONA, a leading performance marketing specialist at Yandex.Games and a game designer at Universe (Genesis).

A new Rebel Wolves studio has appeared. It was founded by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, game director of The Witcher 3 and one of the development leaders of Cyberpunk 2077. Now the team is working on an RPG in the genre of dark fantasy.Concept art of the future Rebel Wolves game

App Annie analytics platform has announced its rebranding. Now it’s called data.ai . As part of the new strategy, the company will combine consumer and market data, and will also actively use the capabilities of artificial intelligence.With ama data.ai now he calls himself “the first company specializing in Unified Data AI (combined data using artificial intelligence).”

Roblox reported for the fourth quarter and the whole of 2021. Despite the impressive revenue growth, not all investors were satisfied with the overall growth rate of the company. Because of this, during extended trading, Roblox shares sank by almost 20%.Financial indicators for the fourth quarter (ended December 31)