The Digital Markets Act, or DSA, has forced Google to review its mobile store policy. The company said that starting from July 19, developers will be free to use third-party payment systems and pay a lower commission on Google Play. But only in non-gaming applications and for users from the European Economic Area.

In October 2020, Riot Games released League of Legends: Wild Rift on smartphones. Now this game earns more than all the other mobile titles of the company combined. According to Sensor Tower analysts, to date, App Store and Google Play users have already spent $505 million in League of Legends: Wild Rift.

Drake Star company told how the first half of 2022 passed for the gaming industry. She estimated that the volume of investments, public offerings, as well as M&A transactions announced and/or closed during this time reached a record high of $107 billion.

The District Court of California was not convinced by the arguments of a group of gamers who accused Sony of monopoly a year ago. Judge Richard Seeborg upheld the company’s appeal, but indicated that the plaintiffs could still try to appeal the verdict.

The developers of Forge of Empires and Elvenar decided to increase transparency in the company. InnoGames has published a list with annual salaries (before taxes) for 80% of positions. However, it is relevant only for Germany — in other countries, InnoGames employees can receive a different salary.

In Russia, Apple was officially recognized as a monopolist. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) ruled that the company is abusing its dominant position in the market because it does not allow developers to inform App Store users about alternative payment methods.

Another developer decided to quit. Charles Boyd, Star Wars Creative Director: The Old Republic, announced that from August 5 it will no longer work in BioWare.

Studio 343 Industries is losing footage again. This time it was left by Nicolas Bouvier, the art director of Halo Infinite.

One of the Roblox employees was subjected to a hacker attack. According to Motherboard, with the help of phishing, the attackers got 4 GB of the company’s internal data, including email addresses and identity documents of Roblox developers.

Bungie will be suing streamer Luca Leon, who specializes in Destiny 2. The studio accused him of using cheats, circumventing bans with 13 new accounts, selling logos and threatening employees.

Rostec can develop a domestic game engine. Sergey Chemezov, the head of the state corporation, asked the Ministry of Finance to support the initiative and help with financing. In particular, he offered to transfer the funds of the Rosinfokominvest fund to Rostec.

Since last Friday, two domestic titles have been on the chart of popular Steam novelties — Necrosmith from Novosibirsk Alawar and Stones Keeper: King Aurelius from Moscow SK Team and Valkyrie Initiative. Both games have high scores. We tell you about the projects.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week we are looking for: a game designer at Pixonic, a project manager at Trace Studio and a game designer at Siklarda.

The Amazon Prime Day sale spurred sales of games in the UK retail. In particular, thanks to her, Lego Star Wars became the leader of the chart according to GfK last week: The Skywalker Saga, which was particularly in demand on the Nintendo Switch (175% growth in a week) and Xbox Series (140% growth in a week).

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a global report on legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

The network noticed a new patent from Electronic Arts (EA). According to his description, the company is working on a system that is able to first classify gamers by their way of playing, and then based on this data to change in-game content, as well as recommend other games.

Bayonetta and NieR: Automata developers are not against collaborating with Microsoft again. According to blogger and insider eXtas1stv, citing its own sources, the Japanese studio Platinum Games asked the corporation to finance and publish its next game.

In fiscal 2022, Nintendo actively hired employees. Even with the closure of two North American offices, the company’s staff grew by 143 people. At the same time, the average minimum annual salary decreased by $6.5 thousand at once.

Sony has received another class action lawsuit due to faulty equipment. This time, the PS5 is at the center of the dispute. According to dissatisfied users, sometimes the console suddenly turns off right during the game. Although almost two years have passed since the release of the PS5, the company has allegedly not yet released a patch that fixes this problem.