Criterion Games studio lost five executives. All five left to “explore new opportunities beyond Electronic Arts.”

The Cyberspace Administration of China has launched a campaign to combat unscrupulous mobile applications. As part of it, the regulator wants to restore order at all stages of user contact with applications: from searching in stores to direct use of products.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Azur Games has prepared a study on the situation on the market of hyper-casual games. We share his key theses and graphs.

Pokémon UNITE developers have shared updated data on game downloads. They announced that the audience of the MOBA about pocket monsters exceeded 100 thousand people. This number includes both mobile gamers and those who downloaded Pokémon UNITE from the Nintendo eShop.

There is another replenishment in the Tencent portfolio. According to Korean media, the giant has acquired a stake in the SHIFT UP studio. She is known for the mobile shooter Goddess of Victory: Nikke, released in early November.

Nekki has officially released Cascadeur in the release. The tool has more than 10 years of development and three years of beta testing.

On the eve of the New Year, App2Top continues to publish interviews from the “Results” series, in which it interviews top managers of the gaming industry (and related ones) about how the year has passed for their company and the market. Next up is an interview with Elena Morina, CEO and founder of the Ravenage publishing house.

The European authorities have decided to take up the protection of consumer rights in video games. They called for the adoption of a set of rules on the territory of EU countries that will help make video games safer.

Blizzard was joined by one of its veterans. Chris Metzen, who left the company in 2016, became a creative consultant for Warcraft.

Seven members of the US Congress have written a letter to Microsoft, Sony, Tencent, Valve, Activision Blizzard and a number of other major gaming companies. They are interested in what exactly they are doing to combat extremism, harassment and other harassment in video games.

On the eve of the New Year, App2Top continues to publish interviews from the “Results” series, in which it interviews top managers of the gaming industry (and related ones) about how the year has passed for their company and the market. Next up is an interview with Konstantin Ivanov, brand director of AdQuantum.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a leading business development manager at Playkot, a level designer at GFA Games and a VFX artist at ExoGenesis.

MY.GAMES company is no longer going to work in Russia. She announced that she would transfer the entire Russian business to Astrum Entertainment, a publisher that organizes a joint venture with Innova.

Recently, artists have been actively expressing dissatisfaction with the situation on ArtStation. They are not satisfied that due to the popularity of neural networks like Midjourney, the site was flooded with generated AI art. Yesterday, ArtStation reacted to what was happening, but its response only added fuel to the fire.

Maksut Shadaev at a meeting with journalists said that the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill similar to the European DMA (Digital Markets Act). If it is accepted, Apple will have to allow Russians to install apps on the iPhone and iPad bypassing the App Store.

French Voodoo has decided on serious changes. The company, which has been publishing mainly hyper-casual games for many years, will now also work with casual and hybrid projects.

The Jarvi Games studio registered in Cyprus has closed the seed round of financing. The main investor was the Play Ventures fund, along with Velo Partners and The Games Fund invested in the developers.

Cyberpunk 2077 is in great demand in “M.Video-Eldorado”. It surpassed all other multiplatform games in sales, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part II.

Take-Two‘s “daughter” named the Private Division Development Fund. She said that the foundation will offer independent developers financial assistance and advice, but they will have to publish the games themselves.