News October 2, 2023

The main thing for the weekend (September 30 – October 1)

Gran Turismo Sport servers are closing, Baldur’s Gate 3 has become the most popular game on the Steam Deck in September, — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Management September 29, 2023

The difference between grades is the path from Junior to Principal

What is the fundamental difference between the roles of specialists of different levels, — Kirill Romanovsky, designer, former head of design, told in his column Mail.Ru Group and Kaspersky.

News September 29, 2023

data.ai : Royal Match will be the highest-grossing mobile game for the third quarter, surpassing Honor of Kings and Candy Crush Saga in revenue

Analytical company data.ai She shared preliminary figures on the mobile games market for the third quarter of 2023, which will end on September 30. We have selected the main thing from the report.

News September 29, 2023

Epic Games has denied rumors about the reduction of the entire Mediatonic staff

After Epic Games announced large-scale cuts, rumors about the dismissal of all Mediatonic studio employees appeared on the network. However, Epic Games called this information false.

Marketing September 29, 2023

Appodeal and Pollen VC announce Strategic partnership

A new deal in the mobile services market. The Appodeal marketing platform has announced a collaboration with the Pollen VC Rapid Capital Fund.

News September 29, 2023

Join Clash has been downloaded 400 million times in four years

The FreePlay company shared the achievement of the hyper-casual hit Join Slash. The number of downloads on the account of the game has reached 400 million.

News September 29, 2023

League of Legends: Wild Rift Revenue exceeds $1 billion

League of Legends: Wild Rift is a mobile version of the popular MOBA from Riot Games. According to analysts ‘ estimates data.ai since the release of the game in October 2020, gamers have spent more than $1 billion in it.

News September 29, 2023

Creative Assembly confirmed that it is preparing for layoffs

Yesterday, SEGA Corporation announced the restructuring of gaming divisions in Europe, which will affect, in particular, the Creative Assembly. Shortly after, Creative Assembly confirmed that layoffs were planned at the studio.

News September 29, 2023

The Actors Guild of the USA has not reached an agreement with the game companies, but there will be no strike yet

On September 26-28, a scheduled negotiation session was held between the Actors Guild of the USA SAG-AFTRA and the game companies cooperating with it. It has not yet been possible to agree on a new contract.

Management September 28, 2023

Tim Sweeney named the reasons why Epic Games went to lay off 16% of employees

A letter from the founder and CEO of the company Tim Sweeney (Timothy Sweeney) appeared on the official website of Epic Games. In it, he talked about why the authors of Fortnite and Unreal Engine took up abbreviations.

News September 28, 2023

Bloomberg: Epic Games company fires 16% of employees

Bloomberg correspondent Jason Schreier in his profile on the social network X (formerly Twitter) said that Epic Games has begun significant cuts.

News September 28, 2023

The Games Fund invested $1 million in the studio of former employees of CD Projekt and 11 bit Studios

The Games Fund headed the seed round of financing of the young Polish studio Zakazane, founded by people from CD Projekt and 11 bit Studios. He invested $1 million in developers.

News September 28, 2023

Township is 10 years old. Its revenue exceeded $2 billion

Farmer Town planner Township celebrates its tenth anniversary — its release on smartphones took place in the fall of 2013. In honor of this, Playrix has shared new data on the performance of the game.

News September 28, 2023

SEGA announced a restructuring and canceled the HYENAS shooter

The Japanese SEGA corporation has decided to restructure — mainly in the European divisions. As part of it, SEGA canceled the HYENAS multiplayer shooter developed by Creative Assembly, and a number of other unannounced games.

News September 28, 2023

MY.GAMES has a new CEO. It was Elena Grigoryan

MY.GAMES co-founder Vladimir Nikolsky has resigned as CEO of the company. He handed over the position to Elena Grigoryan, the former director of Strategy.

News September 28, 2023

Yandex bought Skazbuka, a platform with educational games for children

Zebrainy has sold a mobile platform with children’s educational games “Skazbuka” to Yandex. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

News September 28, 2023

Counter-Strike 2 was released

Valve has released a free multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike 2. The game replaced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and became available to everyone.

News September 28, 2023

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan to retire after 30 years at the company

Jim Ryan, who heads Sony’s gaming division, has decided to leave the company. His last working day will be March 31, 2024.

Conferences September 27, 2023

WN CEO Summit in Istanbul gathered 100 top managers from Microsoft, Azur Games, Rollic Games and other companies

On September 20, the WN CEO Summit was held in Turkey. This time it was held in Istanbul. The event was attended by 100 top managers of gaming and IT companies from 16 countries.

News September 27, 2023

The State Duma proposed to develop a domestic The Sims that meets spiritual and moral values

A group of Russian deputies appealed to the government with a proposal to create an analogue of The Sims, which will correspond to the values important for Russia. This is reported by “TASS”, who got acquainted with the materials of the initiative.

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The main thing for the weekend (September 30 – October 1)

The difference between grades is the path from Junior to Principal

data.ai : Royal Match will be the highest-grossing mobile game for the third quarter, surpassing Honor of Kings and Candy Crush Saga in revenue

Epic Games has denied rumors about the reduction of the entire Mediatonic staff

Appodeal and Pollen VC announce Strategic partnership

Join Clash has been downloaded 400 million times in four years

League of Legends: Wild Rift Revenue exceeds $1 billion

Creative Assembly confirmed that it is preparing for layoffs

The Actors Guild of the USA has not reached an agreement with the game companies, but there will be no strike yet

Tim Sweeney named the reasons why Epic Games went to lay off 16% of employees

Bloomberg: Epic Games company fires 16% of employees

The Games Fund invested $1 million in the studio of former employees of CD Projekt and 11 bit Studios

Township is 10 years old. Its revenue exceeded $2 billion

SEGA announced a restructuring and canceled the HYENAS shooter

MY.GAMES has a new CEO. It was Elena Grigoryan

Yandex bought Skazbuka, a platform with educational games for children

Counter-Strike 2 was released

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan to retire after 30 years at the company

WN CEO Summit in Istanbul gathered 100 top managers from Microsoft, Azur Games, Rollic Games and other companies

The State Duma proposed to develop a domestic The Sims that meets spiritual and moral values