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

Omdia analysts shared their forecast regarding the cloud gaming market. According to their calculations, in 2021 gamers will spend $4 billion on such projects. For comparison, last year the market revenue was much more modest — $ 1.38 billion.

On September 1, miHoYo released a massive 2.1 update for Genshin Impact. Against the background of new interest from users , the game generated $150 million in the App Store and Google Play in just a week . This is more than for the whole of August.Key data

Epic Games decided to take advantage of the changes in the legislation of South Korea and tried to return Fortnite to the local App Store. That’s just Apple did not agree — she did not see any reason to return the game.

Google has summed up the results of the Indie Games Festival 2021. This year the winners were 10 games from independent developers. Three for Europe, Korea and Japan, plus one best game according to users.

In China, the quotes of Tencent and NetEase flew down amid news of the suspension of game licensing. At the same time, it later turned out that there were no plans to introduce them. So far, we are talking exclusively about slowing down the process.

Fingersoft, a mobile studio from Finland, decided to conduct an experiment and offered employees to work less. They can switch to a four-day work week or work six hours a day. However, there is a nuance. All those who agree will have their salaries reduced by 10%.

A small studio Young Horses, known for the game Bugsnax, switched to a four-day working week. This should help developers maintain a work-life balance.Bugsnax

Contrary to popular opinion, mobile gamers are quite willing to agree to tracking information about themselves after the release of iOS 14.5. According to GameAnalytics, the share of such users worldwide is 43%.The company came to such conclusions after studying the data for the period from July 1 to August 31, 2021.

VG Insights has added two new analytical tools to its platform. With their help, you can see all developers and publishers on Steam, as well as track their estimated revenue, genre preferences and much more.

Every state in the USA today has its own laws on personal data, and therefore citizens are not protected in any way in the matter of the safety of confidential information. The adoption of a single federal law can solve the problem, experts in this field believe. The closest analogue is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which operates in the European Union.According to Wirecutter, at the moment the situation with personal data in the…

At the end of August, Supercell introduced a beta version of its new Everdale game. The authors of the Deconstructor of Fun blog have published a detailed analysis of the project — from gameplay mechanics to monetization and ways to involve players. We present the main points from the material, which also lists the main disadvantages of Everdale.

Mobile developer Jam City has announced the largest funding round in the company’s history. The studio attracted $350 million from investors. Jam City has already started spending this money — she bought Ludia, known for games in the Jurassic World universe.

In China, the issuance of licenses to all new online games has been temporarily suspended. This step is explained by the desire of the authorities to defeat gambling addiction among the young population.

EverMerge, merge-3 puzzle game from the Belarusian studio Neskin Games, has earned over $100 million for the entire time of operation. The game generated most of the amount in the USA.