Tonight Sony decided to temporarily remove Cyberpunk 2077 from the PS Store and return the money to those who have already bought the game. When exactly the CD Projekt RED project will appear again in the store is unknown.

In honor of the successful 2020, Riot Games decided to reward its employees. The company will give all official employees an Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch console to choose from. And she will also transfer them a one-time bonus of at least 10% of their salary.

An international studio with Russian roots Sperasoft has announced a partnership with CCP Games, a company known for the online game EVE Online. Together they will develop a new game.A new project of Sperasoft and CCP Games will be an unannounced online shooter, the action of which will unfold in the EVE Online universe.

A year and a half ago, horror Devotion was at the center of a scandal in China, after which the game was removed from Steam. Yesterday, the developer studio Red Candle Games announced the re—release of the title, but already in the GOG store CD Projekt. It was only a few hours after the announcement that the Poles decided not to release Devotion. Perhaps it’s the successful Chinese sales of Cyberpunk 2077, which the company…

What books about game development will appear next year in Russian, — said Vladimir Obruchev, head of the direction at the Bombora publishing house.

Shares of Sony and Nintendo began to grow rapidly and reached record levels for more than 10 years. Experts attribute the increased interest of investors to the second wave of coronavirus and the upcoming holidays.According to Bloomberg, today Nintendo shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose by 6.6% and reached a value of 67,850 ($658) for each paper.

Trading in shares of the Skillz mobile esports platform has started today on the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public bypassing the IPO procedure, choosing an alternative in the form of a merger with SPAC.Skillz is a platform that allows you to compete with other players and win real money in mobile games.

Although Cyberpunk 2077 has not officially launched in China yet, the game has already proved to be in great demand among gamers in China. For example, on the opening day alone, the CD Projekt RED title was broadcast by 7.5 thousand Chinese streamers at once, and more than 19 million people watched their broadcasts.

What advertising channels did miHoYo resort to when Genshin Impact was released, — the Chinese analytical platform SocialPeta told in a column for App2Top.

Epic Games has a new ally in the fight against Apple. Facebook has sided with Fortnite developers, which has been dealing with the Apple company for several months.

There are a couple of weeks left until the end of the year. Against this background, MY.GAMES conducted a large-scale study and found out what 2020 was for Russian gamers. Spoiler: basically, the year was rated a “three”.

Nikita Ivanov, Business Development Manager of the service, told about the innovations in Yandex.Games in his results of the year.

Until recently, there was no unified age rating system in China. Now the country’s authorities have obliged game publishers to label their products. The practice is designed, among other things, to combat gambling addiction.Its introduction was announced by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

A lot of noise has been raised around the problematic release of Cyberpunk 2077. The gaming community blamed the title’s shortcomings on its developers, testers and, eventually, the owners of the platforms that certified the game — Sony and Microsoft. Rami Ismail, a well-known indie developer, explained how the certification process goes and why Sony and Microsoft should not be responsible for the shortcomings of Cyberpunk 2077.

Sensor Tower summed up the results of 2020 for mobile games. The leader in terms of revenue was PUBG Mobile, which, together with its Chinese version of Game For Peace, raised about $ 2.6 billion.

The authors of Genshin Impact made a collaboration with the famous Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva. She appeared in a new promotional trailer for their other game Honkai Impact 3rd.

High Voltage Software— an American studio with a 27-year history, has a new owner. The developer who participated in the creation of Fortnite, Mortal Kombat and the first Injustice will soon become part of the Keywords Studios group of companies. The deal will cost $50 million.

In the wake of the success of Among Us, other developers began to implement its mechanics. The first of the major companies was Epic Games, which added a similar “Spy, get out” mode to Fortnite.The launch of the temporary regime became known on December 15.

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