Over the weekend, Capcom faced a multimillion-dollar lawsuit from designer Judy Juracek. She accused the company of illegally using her photos in games. Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov&Pevzner law Firm, said App2Top.ru about the specifics of such lawsuits, as well as whether Capcom could have committed intentional plagiarism.Evgeny Obedkov, App2Top.ru : The designer demands up to $12 million in compensation and payments of up to $25 thousand for each photo used.

Yesterday Apple made a number of changes to the rules for publishing applications on the App Store (App Store Review Guidelines). One of the most significant changes concerns the mislids. Their use when promoting an application even outside the App Store can now threaten to delete the developer’s account.

A group of Chinese companies led by the Internet giant Sina, which owns the microblogging service Weibo, plan to buy a stake in the studio Yoozoo Games (League of Angels). The estimated volume of the transaction is $447 million.

Two months ago – in April 2021 – Nekki launched the Cascadeur character animation tool for early access. This time was enough for the engine to increase the audience of users from 70 thousand to 80 thousand people.

Top managers of CD PROJEKT demanded to vacate their positions. The British firm Abri Advisors, which owns an unspecified stake in the Polish publisher, sent a letter to its board of directors. In it, she delivered an ultimatum: either CEO Adam Kicinski and his deputy Marcin Ivinsky leave, or Abri Advisors will raise the issue of removing the entire board of directors.

By the end of May App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

Chinese match-3 pro zombie Puzzles & Survival earns $23 million a month. It can already be called one of the highest-grossing puzzles on the market. And she is far from the only match-3 dedicated to the post-apocalypse and the living dead.

Designer Judy Juracek filed a lawsuit against Capcom and accused the company of using her photos to create textures in their games. We are talking at least about Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry. Yurachek cites more than 200 examples of copying and demands over $10 million from a Japanese publisher.Resident Evil 4

LEGO is open to investing in game studios that would reflect the core values of the company. The Danish manufacturer of designers intends to help enter the market for projects that help users learn and receive new information. To do this, the games must meet five key criteria.Rob Lowe, managing director of Lego Ventures, spoke about the company’s priorities in the field of video games during a speech at GI Live.

There are a lot of changes in the latest Steam chart. Biomutant and Days Gone are no longer among the best-selling games for the past week, and Going Medieval took the first place in the ranking.

Less than a quarter of all iOS games support the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework. It allows you to request permission from users to monitor their behavior.

Activision has a new internal mobile studio. It’s called Activision Mobile. Its launch became known from the published vacancies of the company. They also indicate that the studio will be engaged in a mobile game under the Call of Duty brand. The media suggested that we are talking about the Warzone port.

The American non-profit organization ParentsTogether has called on the creators of Roblox to stop “luring children” into a game where they “spend thousands of dollars to buy rare items.” According to the parents, the business model of the project is similar to a casino, and its users are subjected to “financial exploitation”.An appeal to the parents and creators of Roblox appeared on the official ParentsTogether website.

The Chinese giant Tencent continues its expansion into the American market. The company announced the opening of a new office in Los Angeles, which will employ hundreds of people. This is the fifth Tencent office in the United States.The new office is located in the area of Playa Vista, which is part of the territory of the so-called “Silicon Beach” (Silicon Beach).

Ken and Roberta Williams are returning to the gaming industry after more than two decades. The founders of Sierra On-Line and the creators of the cult quests of the 80s and 90s are working on a new game. It will be executed in the spirit of the company’s old projects and will be released this year.

The Estonian Clickwork Games are sure that mobile developers underestimate the potential of idle games. The company decided to “update” the genre, making it more attractive, and it has already received $ 1.2 million.

TikTok‘s parent company continues to invest in game studios. This time, ByteDance acquired 36.2% of the Chinese Umi Game, developers of the yet-to-be-released MMO Code: Odyssey. How much the deal cost the giant is not specified.

South Korean Pearl Abyss continues its expansion into the Western market. The company known for MMO Black Desert Online is opening a new office in Europe. A few years earlier, she acquired CCP Games.Pearl Abyss CEO Junghee Jin told about his plans in an interview with VentureBeat.

French publisher Gameloft spoke about the achievement of the title Minion Rush. The number of its downloads has exceeded a billion. It took the project a little less than eight years.