On October 10, Paradox Interactive reported failed sales of the tactical game The Lamplighters League. After that, the network remembered that in July the company fired some of the employees of Harebrained Schemes, the studio that developed the title.

Restructuring in Team17 may affect more people than previously reported. According to Eurogamer sources, the company is preparing to lay off 91 employees.

Snail Games publisher and Studio Wildcard have settled a conflict with the Chinese Angela Game, which created the Myth of Empires multiplayer sandbox. In December 2021, the companies accused her of stealing the source code of ARK: Survival Evolved.

The launch of tax breaks for gaming companies has had a good effect on the UK economy. The consulting firm Games Investor Consulting (GIC) estimated that their contribution to the economic growth of the country amounted to £2.4 billion.

The analytical company Newzoo studied the success of Remnant II in August. We have selected the main thing from the report.

Psyonix has announced that from December 5, Rocket League users will no longer be able to trade and exchange “cosmetics” and other items.

Paradox Interactive is disappointed with the commercial reception of the turn-based tactics of The Lamplighters League. The game is selling much worse than the company expected.

The deputy heads of Disney Bob Iger (Bob Iger) recommend him to strengthen the presence of the corporation in the gaming market, according to Bloomberg sources. Managers believe that in addition to selling licenses for their franchises, it’s time for Disney to start publishing games.

The updated PS5 line will be 30% smaller than the current one, but the new consoles in it do not bear the name Slim.

Supercell has announced that the mobile hits Clash of Clans and Clash Royale officially have PC versions. However, only owners of Windows computers can play them and only through the desktop version of the Google Play Games service.

Based on the data of the AppMagic analytical service, the editors of App2Top have prepared material about the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.

On October 5, the indie studio Bippinbits released a major content patch for Dome Keeper, a pixel simulator of a miner with elements of a “bagel” and Tower Defense. His release caused a surge of interest among gamers.

Metacore Studio has announced that it will soon have its first foreign office. It will be located in Berlin.

Gaming expert Simon Carless once again examined the documents used in the court between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He found a report on a meeting of the almost former head of PlayStation, Jim Ryan, with managers of the Fidelity Investments investment corporation in 2022. It discussed the PlayStation strategy and its plans to create game services.

The German portal Game Two spoke with 32 former and current employees of Daedalic Entertainment. During the conversation, the developers stated that the company has problems with the working culture.

The All-Russian Reading Day was held on October 9. On this occasion, Astrum Entertainment asked more than 2,300 gamers what they read and games based on which books they would like to see.

Unity announced the change of leadership in a recent press release, specifying that John Riccitiello is leaving his post “immediately”.

On October 5, Standard & Poor’s excluded the Swedish Embracer Group holding from several stock indexes, among which were the S&P Global 1200 and S&P Europe 350. They include large public companies whose shares are considered by Standard & Poor’s to be the most liquid and reliable for investment.

The Chinese company miHoYo, which developed Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, is looking for ways not to pay a 30% commission to the App Store, according to the publication The China Project. It reports that miHoYo tried to circumvent the rules of the store at least twice.