The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused the analytical company App Annie and its former CEO Bertrand Schmitt of fraud. The regulator said they were selling confidential information about customers without their consent.

Activision Blizzard is facing a new lawsuit. This time, the company was sued by its own employees. They accuse her of intimidating employees, suppressing the organization of trade unions and using unfair labor practices.According to the Washington Post, the lawsuit was filed by Activision Blizzard employees in conjunction with the large Communications Workers of America (CWA) union.

In August, American gamers spent $4.37 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to a recent report by NPD Group analysts. Ghost of Tsushima returned to the top three best-selling games, which rose 108 points in the ranking at once. But the first place went to the recently released Madden NFL 22.

Google could have violated labor laws in dozens of countries. The media found out that the corporation for at least two years consciously paid freelance employees less than those who were on the staff. To hide this, she distorted quarterly financial reports.

Alana Pearce, who is currently working on God of War: Ragnarok, decided to remind the players that the writers are also part of the development team. It was supported by many developers from other companies. They stressed that games are made not only by programmers, but also by all studio employees — be they marketers or HR specialists.God of War: Ragnarok

Wanted: A 2D middle-level artist in Deus Craft, a creative producer in RoasUp and a level designer in ElbrusLab.

Deathloop, a new Arkane Studios project about a mysterious island whose inhabitants are stuck in a time loop, was released today. The game received many top marks from critics. They call it one of the best and most inventive titles of the year, which largely develops the successful ideas of Dishonored.

While Epic Games is preparing to appeal the court’s decision on the lawsuit against Apple, Apple itself has not decided what to do. The company said it was still considering whether or not to appeal.

Adjust has presented a detailed report on the main trends in the mobile market of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) in 2021. We have selected basic information about the games. Key metrics include downloads, installation cost, game session length, and retention.Note: In its study, Adjust used data for the period from January 1, 2019 to May 31, 2021.

In the first half of 2021, the main advertisers in the mobile gaming market were games made by developers from China. The analytical company SocialPeta analyzed, using the example of Genshin Impact and Lords Mobile, how betting on creatives helps Chinese projects with promotion in the West.

Stillfront Group has made another deal. A Swedish company has acquired a studio from the United Arab Emirates, Jawaker, which specializes in card games for mobile platforms. The transaction amount was $205 million.The Stillfront Group paid 74% of the amount in cash, and the remaining 26% in shares.

Minsk studio FreePlay, specializing in hyper-casual titles, announced a new achievement. The total number of downloads of three games in the company’s portfolio exceeded 400 million. This result was achieved in less than two years.Join Clash

Russian Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is still in the top three of the Steam bestseller chart. But the best-selling game last week was Tales of Arise by Bandai Namco. Thanks to various publications, she got into the top 10 three times, taking first and second places, among others.

The Fortnite developer is not going to put up with the verdict of the judge in a dispute with Apple. Epic Games has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review the case.

Despite the fact that the court ordered Apple to allow other forms of payment in App Store applications (even if only in the format of links / buttons), Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was dissatisfied with the decision, unlike Apple management.

Apple has issued an indefinite injunction. Now the company has no right to prohibit developers from inserting links to other payment methods into iOS applications.

The New World open beta test from Amazon Games started yesterday. More than 140 thousand people decided to participate in it at the same time. Such excitement allowed the project to enter the top 5 most popular games on Steam.

Today Valve has introduced a big update for Steam, previously available as part of the beta test. The main innovations are the improved download manager and the storage management process. Games from the library are now easier to move between folders and drives.Key changes

Zachary Doig, senior community manager of the American World of Tanks team, has left Wargaming. He made this decision because, in his opinion, the unfair dismissal of another employee. According to Doig, Wargaming simply made a member of his team a “scapegoat” in a scandalous situation around one of the ships in World of Warships.World of Tanks