Electronic Arts has decided to partially revise the system of loot boxes in the FIFA series of games. To do this, the company temporarily gave players the opportunity to find out the contents of packs in the Ultimate Team mode before buying them. However, this promotion has a number of limitations.This is how the new packs look in the game (on the right you can see the timer with the remaining time until a new…

Sony has officially returned Cyberpunk 2077 to the PlayStation Store. The game was absent from the platform for six months, and now it is sold at a reduced price. Despite the return of the CD Projekt project to the store, users are warned about the remaining performance problems.On June 21, the opportunity to buy the game again appeared on the Cyberpunk 2077 page in the PS Store.

Over the weekend, XYZ School, known for its game-dev courses, found itself in the center of a big scandal. It all started with a collective letter from deceived students who could not get a fully paid course program for almost nine months. The post caused a great resonance, and after the official response of the management, the editorial board of the media direction left the company.

In April, Wargaming launched a new studio. It is located in the capital of Lithuania — Vilnius. A couple of months later it became known that the “tank” giant also purchased 76 apartments in one of the high-rise buildings there. The transaction amount is estimated at €20 million.

Indian gamers can download PUBG Mobile again nine months after the ban. The game became available on Android under the new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, and its content was censored. At the same time, the return turned out to be successful — in just two weeks, the project collected over 20 million pre-registrations on Google Play.Battlegrounds Mobile India is now available for download on Google Play for all Indian users.

ByteDance has reported for 2020. The company’s revenue reached $34.3 billion, an increase of 111% compared to the previous year. Rumors around a possible IPO of the Chinese giant could play an important role in this.

Nazara has invested in the mobile publishing agency Publishme, which is the largest in the Middle East and Turkey. The Indian gaming company paid $3 million for 69.8% of the shares.With the help of the deal, Nazara plans to strengthen itself in the international market of mobile free-play games.

Roblox managed to partially settle the scandal related to the illegal use of songs on the site. The company has announced a collaboration with BMG, the fourth largest music label in the world. Together they plan to help artists look for a new audience and opportunities for promos.Details of the transaction, including financial ones, were not disclosed.

In a little more than a year, the valuation of Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has grown tenfold to $1 billion. The co-founder of the company Yat Siu (Yat Siu) told in an interview with the South China Morning Post how the development in the field of blockchain and NFT helped to achieve explosive growth.

Another company, following Apple and Google, reduces the commission for developers with a small income. Amazon has announced that from the fourth quarter of 2021, the commission in its Appstore will be reduced to 20%. Developers will also be able to receive 10% cashback.

Due to the length of the cycle of modern development, game designers manage to implement not so many ideas during their career. Ryan Sumo, CEO of the Squeaky Wheel indie studio, believes that the situation will improve if the gaming industry can adopt one practice from cinema. We are talking about the sale of options for design documents.Academia: School Simulator, one of the Squeaky Wheel games

The Philippine startup Yield Guild Games (YGG) has closed a Series A funding round. The company has received $4 million, which it is going to invest in the development of the “play to earn” model in mobile blockchain games.

In the final third reading, the State Duma of Russia adopted the so-called “landing” bill. As soon as it comes into force, all foreign IT companies whose daily audience in Russia is more than 500 thousand people will be required to have an official representative office in the country.

Developer Scott Cawthon, known as the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series, has announced his retirement from the gaming industry. This happened shortly after he and his pregnant wife began receiving death threats. The reason was Coughton’s political views and support for “wrong” candidates like Donald Trump.

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said that a joint show with Bethesda at E3 broke records for views from his company. He thanked for a great week and noted that Microsoft has not felt so much energy and inspiration from players and teams since the Xbox 360.

Ads will appear in games for Oculus VR headsets. Facebook has announced that it will start testing creatives in the coming weeks.

The last major presentation at E3 2021 was Nintendo Direct. According to many players, the show was very successful, but investors did not share the enthusiasm. The shares of the Japanese company fell by several points.

App Annie, together with IDC, presented a new study of the gaming market based on the results of the first quarter. The revenue growth that began during the pandemic continued. During the reporting period, gamers spent an average of $1.7 billion on mobile games per week.Mobile market data

Consoles account for a small share of the Chinese gaming market compared to other platforms. However, their popularity will only grow, according to Niko Partners. According to analysts’ forecasts, by 2025, the revenue of the Chinese console market will approach $ 2.5 billion. We are talking about sales of both legal and gray products.Console market revenue and the number of gamers in China for 2020, 2021 and 2025