On September 26, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin sent a letter criticizing the bill to its author, deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov. A copy of the document was reviewed by Kommersant.

Martin Luiga, founder of the ZA/UM Cultural Association and former editor of Disco Elysium, told about this in an interview with GamePressure. He did not disclose what excuse the studio used, but stated that the dismissal was very painful both for the developers themselves and for their loved ones.

Sony recently launched the PlayStation Stars loyalty program in Asia and America. The program has already been criticized by some gamers who accused the company of stinginess.

This is almost twice as much as at the end of last year, according to Newzoo analysts.

Starbreeze promises to help developers with marketing, community management and financing.

The most money-making game was Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, which earned $401 million since its release in April 2018.

The corporation wants to lead a funding round in excess of $100 million, sources tell TechCrunch.

Now the Japanese company owns a controlling stake in Limbic Entertainment. How much she paid for it is unknown.

X-HERO is a superhero battler that became the most downloaded game on iOS in September (according to AppMagic). On September 30, he and his Android version of Epic Heroes disappeared from the App Store and Google Play.

Discord, Snap and Meta, banned in Russia, also received a lawsuit.

The Administrative Council for the Economic Protection of Brazil (CADE) said it approved the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Corporation without any restrictions.

This was announced by Maksut Shadaev during a webinar with representatives of the IT sector. According to him, the list will be expanded on October 6-7. Now there are 195 specialties in it.

Maksut Shadaev, speaking at a meeting in the State Duma, called the domestic game engine a “painful story.” The head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation said that its development can cost a fairly large amount, despite the fact that the engine itself is “poorly monetized”.

The analytical company AppMagic has released a report on hyper-casual games. She studied the main trends and named the ten most popular titles based on the results of the third quarter of 2022.

The Russian government will allocate less money to support IT companies than planned. The order published on October 3 says that it has reduced the amount of subsidies for soft loans for system—forming organizations by six times – from 3 billion to 500 million rubles.

The head of Unity gave a great interview GamesIndustry.biz . Among other things, John Riccitiello said that he thinks about the sharp drop in the value of the company’s shares — they have fallen in price by 84% since the peak last November.

Gaming outsourcer Keywords Studios has decided to increase its presence in the Australian market. The new studios will be owned by its subsidiary Tantalus Melbourne and will be located in Brisbane (Tantalus North) and Adelaide (Tantalus South).

This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadaev during a conversation with journalists.

The European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education proposed to increase support. In particular, officials want the European authorities to invest more in developers — this year they were allocated only €6 million under the Creative Europe program.