The companies that are part of the Game Services Development Competence Center under the Ministry of Finance have prepared a roadmap for the development of the gaming Industry from 2024 to 2030. According to it, by 2026, Russian game developers may be required to use the NAU Engine if they want to receive funding from the state.

More than 12 million people have played Diablo IV. This was announced by the general manager of the series Rod Fergusson (Rod Fergusson) at the Opening Night Live presentation, which opened the Gamescom 2023 exhibition.

There are 5 million gamers between the ages of 6 and 18 living in Japan, according to Niko Partners. According to the latest report of the analytical company, they are more interested in foreign titles than adult gamers and rarely use a PC for games.

In June, it became known that a domestic Video Game Hall of Fame was going to be opened in Russia. Two months later, the Video Game Industry Development Organization (RVI) officially announced its launch.

KB Production Studio, based in Moscow, received financial support from the Internet Development Institute (IRI). According to Kommersant, the organization provided developers with 100 million rubles for mobile games for children based on the animated series Soyuzmultfilm.

Made on Earth Games is a mobile game development studio founded in 2022 by Yuri Krasilnikov, former vice president for development of Belka Games, and Alexey Ilyin, creator of the Interactive Cartoon Studio. She conducted a seed round of financing and raised $3.25 million from investors.

Microsoft has signed an agreement with Ubisoft allowing it to distribute Activision Blizzard games through the cloud. As the corporation hopes, it will convince the British regulator to approve the deal with Activision Blizzard.

Journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios shared new details about the cancelled sequel Immortals Fenyx Rising from Ubisoft. To do this, he talked with people familiar with the development of the project.

WN Media Group has announced a new session of the WN CEO Summit. The event in Istanbul will bring together more than 100 owners, founders and CEOs of gaming companies.

InvestGame analysts have published a report on transactions in the gaming industry for the first half of 2023. The figures were significantly less than last year.

Lithuanian Game Insight has agreed to repay a debt of € 1.92 million to the Russian Game Insight. Alexander Masgutov, a representative of the company, said this in a comment to Kommersant.

The Boosty service may have a new owner. According to Kommersant’s sources, MY.GAMES is going to transfer Boosty to a separate Russian legal entity and then sell it. According to the plan, the sale should take place before the end of the year.

The Belgian Embassy in China suddenly revealed the sales of Baldur’s Gate 3. According to him, as of August 16, the Belgian company Larian Studios has sold 5.2 million copies of the game on Steam.

The Swedish company Starbreeze announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2023, which ended on June 30. Its revenue increased by 36% due to the demand for PAYDAY 2.

The voice actor Henry Schrader (Henry Schrader) had claims against the developers of Paladins and SMITE. He stated that Hi-Rez Studios included a clause in the contract according to which it can use AI to copy the voices of actors. It is impossible to refuse this condition.

SEGA has completed the purchase of the Finnish company Rovio, which created the Angry Birds series of games. The deal cost SEGA €706 million.

The Warpath military strategy has been downloaded more than 30 million times on PC and mobile devices. This was announced by the Chinese company Lilith Games.

The Seattle court rejected the lawsuit of the South Korean publisher Nexon, filed against the Ironmace studio in April 2023. The company accused the developers of the PvPvE action Dark and Darker of stealing the code and assets of the unreleased P3 shooter.