The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation did not agree with the proposal of the head of the Human Rights Council to give a delay from mobilization to a smaller number of IT specialists, a suspect in hacking GTA VI was arrested in London, and the British Film Institute decided to support local game developers – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

In order to take out their employees, some companies buy out charter flights entirely,” the publication reports.

Although, as always, there were some reservations.

The head of the Human Rights Council proposed to give a deferral from conscription only to those IT specialists who work on “military and dual-use technologies and with critical information infrastructure.”

This was recorded in his official Telegram channel. The Ministry is preparing a similar list for each industry area. Most likely, and on IT.

A list of possible actions in the current conditions and an analysis of official comments on mobilization in relation to IT specialists,” the Versus.legal law company shared.

On September 23, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation clarified whether the partial mobilization of IT specialists concerns. The law firm Semenov&Pevzner explained why these statements should be approached with caution.

The French company Voodoo said that the purchase of Tarboosh Games will diversify the portfolio by adding more hybrid-casual mobile games to it. The size and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has issued another recommendation for IT specialists who have the right to delay partial mobilization.

It took the game a little more than a year to do this, according to Sensor Tower.

The Ministry advises such specialists to collect a package of documents before going to the military enlistment office.

This will make it the tenth largest in the world, Newzoo analysts predict.

The company wrote on Twitter that recently its employees have been increasingly hearing threats from gamers. Respawn did not provide examples of situations, but stated that it would take measures to protect developers.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a game designer at ZiMAD, a leading UX artist at Agranovsky IT and a narrative designer at ExoGenesis.

Analyst Daniel Ahmad writes about this. According to him, last week Splatoon 3 was broadcast immediately by 46% of streamers from major Chinese platforms DouYu, Huya and Bilibili.

According to the Ministry, partial mobilization will not affect specialists from “accredited organizations operating in the field of information technology and involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of solutions in the field of information technology and ensuring the functioning of information infrastructure.”

According to Forbes, a letter with such a request was sent to the department by the association “Domestic Software”, the group of companies “Dom.RF“ and the community of IT managers and specialists.

The fund is called the Indie Games Fund. Small teams (maximum 50 people) who have already released games on Google Play or on another platform will be able to receive investments from it.

In particular, it is now possible to track in real time on Steam which games earn the most and which games attract the most simultaneous users.