The authors of Hitman have begun expansion into the UK market. IO Interactive has announced the opening of a branch in Brighton, which will help with the development of an action about James Bond (James Bond) and a multiplayer fantasy RPG.

There are 2,200 game dev specialists in Lithuania, according to the Lithuanian Association of Game Developers (LZKA). Most of them are employees of companies founded by Belarusians.

Nintendo has revealed the salary of its president Shuntaro Furukawa for the year ended March 31, 2023. It turned out to be more modest than that of the heads of a number of other gaming companies.

Swedish holding Embracer Group has announced the issue of 80 million new shares. On their sale, the company earned 2 billion Swedish kronor, or about $183 million.

The South Korean government has conducted an audit of the activities of the Games Rating and Administration Committee. It came to the conclusion that the agency illegally spent $46 thousand on bitcoin mining.

The book “Skyrim. The history of the creation of a great game.” It is dedicated to both aspects of development and the world of the game. The author of the work was the French journalist Franck Extanasié.

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI) decided to posthumously induct Andrey KranK Kuzmin, founder of K-D LAB and KranX Productions studios, into the Hall of Fame dedicated to Russian games.

One of the largest TV companies in Japan, TBS Television, decided to take up video games. She announced the launch of her own studio — TBS Games.

The German authorities will invest less in video games. The GamesWirtschaft publication reported that in 2024, German gaming companies will be able to receive a total of only €48.7 million in subsidies. For comparison: in 2023, €70 million was allocated for subsidies.

The Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection of Germany partially funded the development of a new game Black Forest Games. The studios were given a subsidy of €3.16 million.

The authorities of the Republic of Ingushetia are preparing to introduce tax incentives for IT companies based in the region. Now they are considering the relevant bills.

About how to competently give and receive feedback, as well as why it is important to do it correctly, — said Polina Navnyko, director of UI at Belka Games.

In July, the share price of the Chinese company NetEase rose to a record level in 2023, Bloomberg reports. Successful releases of games in China helped in this.

On June 27, the mobile card game Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, released two years ago in China, had a global release. We look at its first indicators.

The release of the low-poly shooter BattleBit Remastered was a success for its creators. In a conversation with game marketing expert Chris Zukowski, they said that sales for the first two weeks amounted to 1.8 million copies.

The Dutch government has supported the proposal to completely ban loot boxes in the country. Previously, only loot boxes that can be sold for real money were banned in the country.

Based on the AppMagic database, the App2Top editorial board has prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past June.

On June 1, Midnight Ghost Hunt, a multiplayer action game about ghost hunting, was released in the Epic Games Store (EGS). According to the developers, more than a million people have met the game since that moment.

PlayStation Studios Mobile has left another head. The dismissal was announced by Mikhail Katkoff, who headed Savage Game Studios.