South Korean publisher Nexon became the first gaming company to invest in bitcoin. He bought 1,717 bitcoins at the rate of $58.2 thousand apiece, spending $ 100 million on them. The costs amounted to almost 2% of the publisher’s total funds.

Sony shared the report for the fiscal year (ended March 31). He became the best in the history of the company’s gaming direction. Revenue exceeded $24 billion, PlayStation 5 shipments approached 8 million, and the total number of games sold for the year was almost 400 million copies.The revenue of the entire company for the year amounted to $8.9 trillion ($81.7 billion), and operating profit — ¥971.9 billion ($8.9 billion).

The developer and publisher of social casinos Huuuge Games has decided to diversify its gaming portfolio. The company acquired the rights to the free-play match-3 game Traffic Puzzle from the Polish studio Picadilla. The purchase amount is $38.9 million.

Microsoft has published a report for the third fiscal quarter (ended March 31). The company is seeing growth in all directions. The period was particularly successful for the gaming industry: its revenue exceeded $ 3.5 billion, and console sales jumped by 232%.Key data for the quarter

Hasbro, which owns Wizards of the Coast, has announced the use of NFT technology to develop its brands. The company did not specify the details, but we are talking about Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and other franchises.Magic: The Gathering Arena

Russia’s largest bank “Sber” will undertake the development and publication of video games. To do this, he launched the “Sber Games” direction within the framework of the subsidiary company “Sberintertainment“. Alice Chumachenko, founder and former CEO of Game Insight, became the co-founder and CEO of the gaming business.

Polish studio People Can Fly has already made its second purchase in the last few days. This time we are talking about Canadian outsourcers Game On Creative, who are engaged in motion capture, cinematic videos, animation and audio.

Apple has problems in Germany. Numerous German advertisers are dissatisfied with iOS 14.5 released on Monday and the new privacy policy that was launched on the platform after that. Now the corporation will be checked by the local Federal Antimonopoly Agency.

Bonsai Collective is a studio founded by producer Overcooked! and The Escapists 2, — received $3.5 million. The publisher acted as an investor Super.com .

Analysis of the most frequently asked questions regarding the release of games in China.

Electronic Arts has once again got into a scandal related to loot boxes. The network published an internal document of the company, which directly says that the developers are doing everything possible to force gamers to use the FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) mode. That’s just EA itself calls it all a “sensational story with a distortion of facts.”

The well-known game analyst Benji-Sales compared the ratings of The Oscar and The Game Awards over the past few years. The last TGA had a large audience almost 9 times, while the popularity of the main film award is rapidly falling. However, comparing these ceremonies in this way is not entirely correct.Geoff Keighley and Josef Fares at TGA 2017

Finnish Rovio accuses Wildberries of copyright infringement due to the sale of various products featuring Angry Birds. The company wants to collect compensation in the amount of 60 thousand rubles. However, the marketplace claims that it is necessary to sue not with the site, but with the sellers.The claim to the Moscow City Court was filed by Rovio on April 23, the Kommersant newspaper reports.

Corsairs unexpectedly returns in the form of a new Corsairs Legacy game, which promises to become the spiritual heir of the famous series. The IT company Mauris is engaged in the development, which independently finances the project and plans to release it in three stages. We tell you what is known about the game at the moment.

The post-IDFA era has arrived. The iOS 14.5 update was released yesterday, which “blocks the oxygen” to the advertising identifier. From now on, iOS applications should ask the user at the first launch whether he agrees to share personal data.

Recently, the word “narrative” has become increasingly common. Especially in the gaming sphere. Screenwriters and “narrative designers” are very much expected here. Who are they, — says the HSE lecturer and co-founder JustForward.co Konstantin Sakhnov.

Sony continues to actively develop ideas that, in theory, can facilitate the passage of even the most complex and demanding games. The corresponding patents of the company speak about the movement in this direction. Among them is an expert assistance system, difficulty adjustment based on machine learning, as well as an AI assistant for passing certain sections of the game.Demon’s Souls (2020)

The Polish company People Can Fly, which developed Painkiller, Bulletstorm and Outriders, has announced a new purchase. The studio Phosphor Games from Chicago passed into her hands. It is not known how much the deal cost.

The developers of the open source Godot engine presented version 3.3. Work on it was carried out for seven months. Among the main innovations are the web version of the editor, a new API for iOS plugins, support for M1 chips, as well as improved rendering tools, multithreading and working with HTML5.Web Editor in Godot 3.3