News January 27, 2023

Sales of V Rising reached 3 million copies

The audience of vampire survival V Rising continues to grow. Developers from Stunlock Studios announced that since last May, their game has already been bought by 3 million people.

News January 27, 2023

Fntastic denied the rumor that The Day Before does not exist

After the recent removal of The Day Before from Steam and the postponement of the release to November, a rumor began to circulate online that the game never existed. In a comment for IGN, the co-founders of the Fntastic studio denied this.

News January 27, 2023

In Russia, they proposed to make a list with approved video games

According to officials, such a list can be created by analogy with RuStore.

News January 26, 2023

MGVC has announced two strategic investments. It will invest in DC1AB and AMT Games

MY.GAMES investment division continues to invest in gaming assets. Today it became known about the conclusion of a strategic partnership between the foundation and two game studios — DC1AB and AMT Games.

News January 26, 2023

Google to allow third-party payment systems in India

India’s antitrust regulator has forced Google to make concessions for the local market. The company announced that developers will soon be able to add third-party payment systems to applications for Indian users.

Vacancies January 26, 2023

Vacancies of the week: MYTONA, JustMoby and WN Media Group are looking for employees

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a game engine developer at MYTONA, a game designer at JustMoby and a marketing intern at WN Media Group.

News January 26, 2023

Analysts: last year, mobile blockchain games earned $455 million

There is a decline in the mobile blockchain games market. Analysts from Sensor Tower calculated that by the end of 2022, the revenue of such titles with IAP in Google Play and the App Store fell by 13.9% year-on—year – this is the first drop in five years.

News January 26, 2023

The number of VK Play users has grown to 12 million people

VK reported that as of the end of 2022, 12 million people had registered on the VK Play gaming platform. At the beginning of November, there were only 7 million of them.

News January 26, 2023

Media: almost a quarter of 343 Industries employees were fired

Last week, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 10,000 people. Later it became known that studio 343 Industries “suffered greatly” from the cuts, but the exact number of dismissed developers was not called.

News January 26, 2023

684 new games and 137 million hours played: GOG reported for 2022

The administration of GOG in the official blog published statistics on the results of last year. We have selected a few facts from it.

News January 26, 2023

The State Duma proposed two ways of compulsory software licensing — for former and new license holders

Deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov, the author of the bill on compulsory licensing of foreign software, has prepared an updated version of the document. He suggested using different licensing mechanisms depending on whether the company receives a license for the selected software for the first time or not.

News January 26, 2023

Media: The FTC expects that its lawsuit against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard will convince the European Commission not to approve the deal

In December 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Bloomberg sources claim that she did it a few hours after she learned about the plans of the European Commission to start a new stage of negotiations with Microsoft.

News January 25, 2023

Mythical Games has bought DMarket, a platform for trading in—game items

The blockchain company Mythical Games is expanding. She announced that she became the owner of the DMarket platform. The size of the transaction is not disclosed.

News January 25, 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2022, mobile games collected 13.6 billion downloads worldwide

Sensor Tower has published a report on downloads of mobile games and applications for the fourth quarter of 2022. We tell you what the analysts found out.

News January 25, 2023

Media: Sea plans to sell the Canadian studio Phoenix Labs

The parent company of the creators of Free Fire continues to get rid of foreign business. According to Bloomberg, she is discussing with consultants the sale of the Phoenix Labs studio, known for the Dauntless action.

News January 25, 2023

A third of Russian students tried to make money on video games

This is stated in the VK Play study. It was attended by 500 students over the age of 18.

News January 25, 2023

Proletariat studio canceled the elections to the trade union

Proletariat employees failed to unite in a trade union. According to the developers, they were prevented by the studio’s CEO Seth Sivak.

News January 25, 2023

Sales of the VR version Among Us exceeded one million copies

Innersloth studio announced that Among Us VR has crossed the millionth milestone in less than 10 weeks since its release.

News January 25, 2023

In Russia, some users have stopped opening Steam and Apple services. UPDATED

The fact that Steam, as well as the App Store and other Apple services failed in Russia drew the attention of the domestic media. Some users at the same time reported problems with access to Sony, Microsoft and Electronic Arts services.

News January 25, 2023

The Day Before was removed from Steam — due to trademark issues

On the night of January 25, the survival The Day Before, which is being developed by a studio with Yakut roots Fntastic, disappeared from Steam. According to the company, the store administration blocked the game page at the request of a certain private person who applied for registration of the trademark “The Day Before” in the USA.

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Sales of V Rising reached 3 million copies

Fntastic denied the rumor that The Day Before does not exist

In Russia, they proposed to make a list with approved video games

MGVC has announced two strategic investments. It will invest in DC1AB and AMT Games

Google to allow third-party payment systems in India

Vacancies of the week: MYTONA, JustMoby and WN Media Group are looking for employees

Analysts: last year, mobile blockchain games earned $455 million

The number of VK Play users has grown to 12 million people

Media: almost a quarter of 343 Industries employees were fired

684 new games and 137 million hours played: GOG reported for 2022

The State Duma proposed two ways of compulsory software licensing — for former and new license holders

Media: The FTC expects that its lawsuit against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard will convince the European Commission not to approve the deal

Mythical Games has bought DMarket, a platform for trading in—game items

In the fourth quarter of 2022, mobile games collected 13.6 billion downloads worldwide

Media: Sea plans to sell the Canadian studio Phoenix Labs

A third of Russian students tried to make money on video games

Proletariat studio canceled the elections to the trade union

Sales of the VR version Among Us exceeded one million copies

In Russia, some users have stopped opening Steam and Apple services. UPDATED

The Day Before was removed from Steam — due to trademark issues