The “divorce” between Kojima Productions and PlayStation raised many questions. One of them being — can a corporation simultaneously act as a patron for independent creators while adhering to the rules of large public business? Today, we will trace the transformation of Sony’s strategy, which within a few years has radically changed its decision-making system and approach to investments and capital management.

The Finnish studio Piñata Games is no longer owned by Metacore. It announced that it has regained its independence.

The corporation Google has finally settled a dispute with app developers from the United Kingdom who filed a lawsuit against it due to the Google Play monopoly.

The acquisition will cost Kakao Games 98 billion won or 71.5 million dollars.

Joe Brammer, the CEO of Wardogs’ authoring studio, gave an interview to The Game Business portal. During the conversation, he stated that he views crunch times as inevitable and does not hide the likelihood of them occurring from potential new employees.

This will occur as part of an initiative to enhance the protection of minors on the internet, reports Politico.

Analysts from Euromat examined the situation with the illegal online gambling market in the European Union from 2019 to 2026. They found that its revenue is steadily increasing—by an average of 18% annually.

The scandal related to working conditions continues at King.

For over a year, the group of companies “Lesta Games” has been under state control, but it may soon return to private ownership. This information is reported by Forbes, citing sources.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. This episode features Elena Bugakova, the producer of Age of Magic (Playkot). We discussed trends in the genre, metrics, the situation with UA, and much more.

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Elena Bugakova, the producer of Age of Magic (Playkot). We talked with her about trends in the genre, metrics, the UA situation, and much more.

Another deal in the video game market.

Analysts at Atomik Research attempted to study the current state of cheating in multiplayer games. To do this, they surveyed 250 developers of such titles from the US and the UK.

The company Everplay Group (formerly Team17 Group) is very pleased with the launch of the military sandbox Wardogs. So much so that it decided to increase its shareholding in Super Media Group — the nominal owner of the Bulkhead studio, founded a year ago by Bulkhead’s own leaders.

Recently, Blizzard Entertainment announced that Cyberpunk 2077 and the remaster of The Witcher 3 would be available in its digital game store. Shortly after, the company’s Senior Vice President Andrew Guerrero hurried to assure that Battle.net is not planning to actively expand its catalog and follow the path of larger stores.

The old electronics repair simulator has reached a new major sales milestone.

Developers have become increasingly interested in “Yandex Games.” In August alone, the platform’s moderators reviewed 17,100 submission requests for projects, but only a quarter received the “green light.”

The chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Michel Groothuizen, stated that 50 euro cents of every euro that residents of the country spend on gambling goes to operators without licenses. According to his estimate, this results in the state losing over 500 million euros in taxes annually.

In the newly approved strategy for the development of Russia’s creative economy, there is room for ambitious figures. Specifically, the authorities have shared plans to significantly increase the gross value added (GVA) in the gaming sector.