In March last year, Dan Houser left the Rockstar Games company, which he and his brother headed for two decades. But perhaps he will continue to play video games. Documents about the registration of a new company, in which Hauser is listed as a director, surfaced on the web.

Today, Canada is one of the most favorable places to create games. However, this was not always the case. Game consultant Pierre Moisan told about how the country has gone from an economic crisis to the creation of a thriving ecosystem for developers in just over 20 years. At one time, he helped Ubisoft open an office in Quebec, and today he works with indie studios.

Cloud gaming on Facebook is becoming more popular. The company reported that 1.5 million people use the service every month. The social network also shared plans for the development of this area and announced a partnership with Ubisoft.Assassin’s Creed Rebellion

The format of viewing ads for a fee, popular in mobile, will soon come to the market of console and PC games. The new playerWON platform will embed small videos made on the principle of TV advertising into titles. EA and Tencent have already signed an agreement with it. However, many players and some developers took this news negatively.

A gaming company with Russian roots Nexters reported for the first quarter of 2021. It turned out to be so good that the company revised its forecast for the whole year and raised its expected financial indicators.

The new game Hideo Kojima (Hideo Kojima) can be released on Xbox. According to the VentureBeat portal, the Japanese game designer and Microsoft have signed a corresponding agreement of intent. There are few details about the game yet.

The analytical company Newzoo told what will happen to the video game industry in 2021. Despite the fact that the revenue will be less than last year, the market will continue to grow. The number of gamers will jump by 150 million people.

The GameMaker Studio game engine can now again be used for free for longer than 30 days. YoYo Games studio has provided free access to the engine, but with the condition that it can be done only for familiarization.

Room 8 Studio is a Ukrainian outsourcer that helps other companies with the development and porting of games. Yesterday, the studio announced the opening of a new office in Montreal as part of its global expansion strategy.Room 8 Studio announced this on June 30 on its official website.

Indie developers have repeatedly talked about the negative experience of working with PlayStation. Yesterday it turned out that the feature in the PS Store costs $ 25 thousand. After that, Sony was hit by a new wave of criticism. Developers began to point out many other problems of the company — including lack of support, poor game findability, and, as a result, low sales of indie games.

China’s Tencent has grown by another studio. Its subsidiary Lightspeed and Quantum Studios Group, which is developing the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile, has announced the launch of an American division — Uncapped Games Studios. It was headed by people from Blizzard.

The developers from InnerSloth told about the new achievement of their hit Among Us. During the week of the free distribution of the title in the Epic Games Store, the game was downloaded by 15 million people.

Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds is a new role—playing Asian blockbuster that can compete with Genshin Impact. Only 11 days after the release, the players left about $ 100 million in the project. Thanks to this, the game stayed in second place in the world in earnings for a week (only Honor of Kings earned more).

Japanese publisher KONAMI has started working with the Polish studio Bloober Team, specializing in horror games. The companies are going to “develop selected content together and share their accumulated experience.”

The largest series of investments in the history of Turkey took place. Within the framework of this round, the game startup Dream Games raised $ 155 million. The assessment of the entire studio, which had previously been noted for only one match3 game, amounted to $ 1 billion.

Finnish Remedy has signed a contract with 505 Games to develop and co-publish a multiplayer spin-off Control. For the production of the game, codenamed Condor, the companies laid a budget of € 25 million.

The Green Grey company has become more active. After two PR campaigns — involving Zurab Tsereteli in the creation of the Mountain Goat Cup for developers and launching a program about games on Muz-TV — the company announced the first deal. She invests $4 million in a joint mobile shooter of the designer of the Corsairs series and a serial IT entrepreneur. Details about the deal and the publisher itself are in our material.

Six months after leaving BioWare, well-known developer Casey Hudson announced the launch of his own indie studio. Humanoid Studios has opened in Canada. She will create games on a new IP.

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