Apple regularly removes from its App Store products that do not meet App Store requirements. Recently, it reported that it removed 116,117 apps last year, 15% of which were games.

The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man named Jin Xin against Apple in 2021. Jin claimed that the company abused its market position by imposing a high commission of 30% on iOS app developers, which ultimately led to increased spending by users.

A new gaming company has emerged in Cyprus. Industry veterans Alexander Zaitsev, Anton Sinelnikov, and Alexander Kravchuk have launched a studio named Juicy Button Games.

Russia may launch several experiments simultaneously on game labeling, writes “Kommersant.” The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVI) and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia are preparing their own projects.

During a business presentation, Sony also revealed that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been purchased over 11 million times. The game reached this milestone on April 20.

In two weeks, on June 11-12, the next WN Conference will take place in Turkey. The main version of the program is already available on the event’s website. Here we highlight what to pay attention to.

A court in the USA has sided with Activision in a case against the portals EngineOwning, Garnatz Enterprise, and 11 individuals involved in selling cheats. The court has ordered them to pay the company $14.4 million in compensation and an additional $292.9 thousand in attorney fees.

A new game from Supercell is now available for download in mobile stores worldwide. It’s called Squad Busters. This is an isometric battle royale game featuring heroes from other games by the Finnish company.

The analytics company Circana provided an update on the state of the American gaming market in April. Here are the key points from the report.

The South Korean Fair Trade Commission suspects that KRAFTON may be violating a law that requires developers to disclose the probability of obtaining valuable items from loot boxes in their games. The agency has launched an investigation into the company.

The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has decided to restrict Russian gamers’ access to the visual novel “Romance Club.” It added the game’s pages on Google Play and the App Store to the list of sites with information prohibited for distribution in Russia.

Tencent has a new hit. The version of Dungeon & Fighter Mobile released for the Chinese market on May 21 has already brought the company multimillion-dollar revenue, Bloomberg reports, citing analyst data.

Senior Design Manager at Intercept Games Quinn Duffy wrote on LinkedIn that the entire studio staff will indeed be laid off. According to him, this will happen on June 28.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft law on changes to the tax system. Among other things, it proposed to set a 5% profit tax rate for IT companies instead of the current zero rate.

Last week, the creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 announced the launch of a studio in Warsaw that will assist other offices with the development of two ambitious RPGs. During an investor presentation, CD PROJEKT’s COO Piotr Karwowski said there was no problem with this.

The Polish company People Can Fly reported its first-quarter results for 2024. They announced a sharp increase in revenue.

In the spring of 2018, the Chinese company Lilith Games released the mobile 4X strategy game Rise of Kingdoms. The analytics service Sensor Tower calculated that since then, the game has earned over $3.5 billion worldwide.

Publisher Hooded Horse discussed Manor Lords sales with the GameDiscoverCo service. During the conversation, the company shared how many copies of the game were sold in different countries.

The weekly Steam sales chart sees plenty of changes. For example, one of the biggest hits of 2024, Helldivers 2, has dropped out of the overall top for the first time since its release in February, landing in 13th place this time.