News June 14, 2023

Wargaming will donate $108 thousand to the victims after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP

The Wargaming company will help people who suffered after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP. She announced that she would donate UAH 4 million (approximately $108.25 thousand) as part of the United24 initiative.

News June 14, 2023

The developer studio of NFL Clash and NBA Clash announced the closure

Another game studio is closing. American mobile developer Nifty Games has announced that it will soon stop working.

News June 14, 2023

The UK has allocated £5 million to support game developers

The UK government has announced that it will transfer £5 million to the UK Games Fund. The Foundation provides grants to British gaming startups and helps to attract additional funding.

News June 14, 2023

Armor Games CEO Resigns

John Cooney, who heads the indie publisher Armor Games, has decided to leave the post of CEO. He will leave the company in the coming days.

News June 14, 2023

The American court temporarily blocked the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

A court in the United States imposed a temporary ban on the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. This was requested by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

News June 13, 2023

Azur Games bought all Hyper Casual Games Good Job Games

Turkish developer and publisher Good Job Games has sold its hyper-casual games to AI Games, owned by Azur Games. The purchase amount is not disclosed.

News June 13, 2023

The CEO of Saber Interactive will leave the position. He will be involved in restructuring at Embracer Group

On the morning of June 13, the Swedish holding Embracer Group announced a restructuring and immediately reshuffled its management. He announced that one of the founders of Saber Interactive, Matthew Karch, is stepping down as CEO of the company.

News June 13, 2023

The FTC has asked for an injunction against the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed to a California court with a request to temporarily ban Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. The agency wants the court to prevent the corporation from closing the deal until the proceedings on it take place in the United States.

News June 13, 2023

A domestic Video Game Hall of Fame will be created in Russia

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI) intends to perpetuate Russian video games in history. To do this, she will open a domestic Hall of Fame.

News June 13, 2023

Embracer Group to get rid of several studios and layoffs

The Swedish Embracer Group has decided to restructure. As part of it, the company will close or sell a number of studios. Which ones are not specified.

News June 13, 2023

Diablo IV earned $666 million in five days. This is a record among Blizzard games

Blizzard Entertainment announced that the revenue of Diablo IV reached $666 million. The game took this mark five days after the release, showing the most successful start in the history of the company.

News June 13, 2023

The main thing for the weekend (June 10-12)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was bought 60 million times, Microsoft plans to earn $ 1 billion on PC games in 2023, Sony hopes that its major games will receive at least 90 points on Metacritic – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

News June 9, 2023

Newzoo: DLC output increases the MAU of console and PC games by an average of 11%

The analytical company Newzoo has studied how the release of DLC affects the size of the audience of games for PC, Xbox and PlayStation. We share the main conclusions from the report.

News June 9, 2023

Quantic Dream launches Spotlight publishing label

Quantic Dream has a new publishing division — Spotlight. The company presented its first games under this label at the opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest.

Law June 9, 2023

Tax benefits in Kazakhstan. How do I get an exemption from income tax? — Versus.legal column

Roman Motorin, a lawyer at Versus.legal, told about the tax regimes that exist in Kazakhstan that are suitable for gaming and IT companies in his column for App2Top.

News June 9, 2023

Rumor: Apple has reduced the sales plan for Vision Pro by more than 6 times

Apple has seriously revised its sales plan for the Vision Pro AR headset, analyst Ayesha Tariq reports, citing an industry insider. It has become 6.6 times smaller.

News June 9, 2023

Sales of Darkest Dungeon II for a month since the release exceeded 300 thousand copies — this is only on Steam

Darkest Dungeon II is selling well. Tyler Sigman, design director of Red Hook Studios, in a conversation with game expert Simon Carless, shared updated figures on the game.

News June 9, 2023

Media: CVC Capital Partners and other investment firms looking at buying Playtika

Private equity firms continue to be interested in buying Playtika. As reported by Seeking Alpha , citing Dealreporter, the number of potential buyers include CVC Capital Partners and Advent International.

News June 9, 2023

Apple and Epic Games has filed a new appeal against the decision of the court in the proceedings between them

Neither Applenor Epic Games did not suit made in April, the decision of the court of Appeal in the United States. Both companies filed a new appeal.

News June 9, 2023

In 2022, the profit of miHoYo was higher than that of Activision Blizzard, EA and Embracer Group

The company miHoYo does not publish financial statements, but the Chinese media recently shared data on its income for 2022. If you believe them, last year the developers Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail overtook a number of large gaming companies in terms of net profit.

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Wargaming will donate $108 thousand to the victims after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP

The developer studio of NFL Clash and NBA Clash announced the closure

The UK has allocated £5 million to support game developers

Armor Games CEO Resigns

The American court temporarily blocked the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

Azur Games bought all Hyper Casual Games Good Job Games

The CEO of Saber Interactive will leave the position. He will be involved in restructuring at Embracer Group

The FTC has asked for an injunction against the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

A domestic Video Game Hall of Fame will be created in Russia

Embracer Group to get rid of several studios and layoffs

Diablo IV earned $666 million in five days. This is a record among Blizzard games

The main thing for the weekend (June 10-12)

Newzoo: DLC output increases the MAU of console and PC games by an average of 11%

Quantic Dream launches Spotlight publishing label

Tax benefits in Kazakhstan. How do I get an exemption from income tax? — Versus.legal column

Rumor: Apple has reduced the sales plan for Vision Pro by more than 6 times

Sales of Darkest Dungeon II for a month since the release exceeded 300 thousand copies — this is only on Steam

Media: CVC Capital Partners and other investment firms looking at buying Playtika

Apple and Epic Games has filed a new appeal against the decision of the court in the proceedings between them

In 2022, the profit of miHoYo was higher than that of Activision Blizzard, EA and Embracer Group