Larian Studios continues to expand and opens a new office in Barcelona. The creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 will be joined by the development team of the BlitWorks studio. She is well-known for porting games to various platforms.Baldur’s Gate 3

The Buchman brothers, the founders of Playrix, invested money in the publishing house “Committee”. In total, the company, which includes the publications TJournal, DTF, vc.ru and the Coub service, received $ 2 million for the development of its platform.Information about this appeared on June 3 on the websites of the “Committee”.

Valve has added another feature to its store. Now unrelated developers and publishers can independently launch joint bundles with games on Steam. Previously, only Valve itself could create such sets.

Android developers have been notified of the imminent changes to the Google Play rules. They relate to the advertising identifier and resemble Apple‘s IDFA policy.

Take-Two has successfully gained a foothold in the genre of sports games on PC and consoles. Now the company has decided to extend its influence to mobile by announcing the purchase of the Serbian studio Nordeus — the authors of the mobile simulator of the football coach Top Eleven. The transaction amount may reach $378 million.The official announcement says that Take-Two will immediately pay Nordeus $225 million.

Another company decided to take up games. Next up is the Dark Horse comics publishing house, which has published Hellboy, Sin City, Umbrella Academy and 300.

Gaming companies in Russia may be subject to the “Spring law”, that is, oblige to store gamers’ data and the history of their correspondence. This initiative was taken by one of the centers controlled by Roskomnadzor. Experts also suggest regulating donation collection services and gaming loot boxes.This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper with reference to the study of the Main Radio Frequency Center (GRFC), which is part of the structure of Roskomnazdor.

Indie publisher Playdigious, which at one time released mobile versions of Dead Cells and Evoland, has now become part of the Swedish game company Fragbite Group (formerly FunRock). The takeover cost €5 million.

App Annie together with the publication PocketGamer.biz I have prepared a small report on the mobile strategy market for the first quarter of 2021. Analysts told about the highest-grossing projects, and also noted that the total revenue of all games of the genre reached $ 2.5 billion.Star Trek Fleet Command

The Chinese giant Tencent has problems at home. She was sued by the Beijing Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (BCLARC), which was not satisfied with the game Honor of Kings. According to human rights activists, the title encourages gambling addiction and shows “unacceptable content”: openly dressed characters, violence and a distorted history of China.

Embracer Group wants to perpetuate in history as many titles as possible, released during the entire existence of the video game industry. To do this, the Swedish holding has begun work on the construction of an archive, which will contain a collection of games from different consoles, eras and countries.

Sensational last year Among Us continues to attract millions of gamers. Against the background of the free distribution in the Epic Games Store (EGS), the PC version of the game began to be launched daily by two million people. This is almost six times more than usual.

Call of Duty Online is a free—to-play version of the shooter, available exclusively in China. Tencent has decided to stop supporting the game after six years on the market. It is reported that after the servers are closed, players will be offered to transfer accounts to Call of Duty: Mobile.This became known on May 31 on the official Call of Duty Online website.

On June 1, amendments to the law on education concerning educational activities began to take effect in Russia. Among other things, they may affect game development courses and presentations at conferences.

Wanted: a product owner at ZiMAD, an advertising monetization manager at Belka Games and a junior game content designer at Friday’s Games.

Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the so-called “landing” law, which will oblige large foreign IT companies to open branches in the territory of the Russian Federation. Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm, in the column for App2Top.ru I have sorted out the key issues to the law. In particular, about the seriousness of the Government’s intentions and the criteria for selecting legal entities and individuals who fall under its action.Roman Lukyanov

The Polish CD PROJEKT Group of companies summed up the results of the first quarter (ended March 31, 2021). It didn’t go well. Despite the increase in sales revenue, net profit immediately fell by 64.7%.

A young publisher of mobile games and applications, Green Grey, went on television as part of a campaign to increase awareness. The company has launched a weekly TV program dedicated to mobile games on Muz-TV.

The Cabinet of Ministers “conceptually” supported a bill that obliges large foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia.