The South Korean publisher Netmarble has gone into a deep minus. In a recent financial report, the company reported that in 2022 it lost over $ 712 million, despite the fact that a year earlier it was able to make a net profit of $196.4 million.

This proposal was made by the Association of Audio-Video and Digital Publishers of China. Its head of Ao Ran said that protecting minors from the harmful effects of video games is a long—term and fundamental task for the country.

It seems that Sony has solved the problem with the shortage of its consoles in the European market. According to journalist Christopher Dring, in January 2023, PS5 sales in Europe immediately increased by 202% year-on-year.

The Bombora publishing house announced that the book “The Witcher. The history of the franchise. From fantasy to cult game saga” by the authorship of game journalist Raphael Lucas. It primarily tells about the problems and successes of CD PROJEKT in the development of games in The Witcher series. But there was also a place for stories about the creation of the book cycle itself, the filming of film adaptations and the formation of the…

The previous record holder was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, released in 2001. This is reported by GamesIndustry.biz with a link to the GfK data.

3DNews journalists talked to people familiar with the state of affairs in the FNTASTIC studio. If you believe them, the development of The Day Before is going hard, and in the studio itself “there is an atmosphere of hopelessness and despair.”

On February 8, Nintendo released Metroid Prime Remastered in its digital store. A week later, the developers of the original game discovered that they were not marked in the credits — they were not too happy about it.

Japanese police have arrested a 36-year-old woman who threatened to kill the head of Nintendo. This is reported by the newspaper Kyoto Shimbun.

YouTube removed The Day Before gameplay videos due to trademark infringement, Bungie and CCP Games announced donations to victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

The year 2022 was rich in legal initiatives against loot boxes. The Versus.legal law firm has prepared a detailed overview of them, broken down by country.

A possible break in the deal with Microsoft will not lead to the resignation of Bobby Kotick, sources tell Fox Business. According to them, if antitrust regulators still do not approve the sale of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the Cat will continue to lead the company.

The GitHub platform has suspended the hiring of employees and announced that it will reduce 10% of the staff by the end of fiscal 2023 (March 31, 2022). That’s about 300 people.

MY.GAMES with a link to analytics data data.ai reported that Rush Royale downloads exceeded 50 million.

Sony said that Microsoft requires it to disclose too much information as part of the corporation’s court with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Japanese company must provide more than 120 documents, including the personal data of seven PlayStation executives.

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard continue to send subpoenas to competitors as part of a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This time they subpoenaed Nintendo and Google.

Ubisoft has lost another veteran. Jean Guesdon, who has worked in the company for over 17 years, announced his departure from the company.

This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to Alexey Goreslavsky, Director General of the Internet Development Institute (IRI).

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week, they are wanted: a game producer at Craft Games, a chief monetization manager at Dankolab and the head of sales at Payler gaming.

The Finnish publisher and developer Rovio has published an annual report. The company managed to increase revenue, but its profit and audience of games decreased.