On December 21, the chamber industrial event WN Connect was held in Shenzhen. Its guests were 140 representatives of the Chinese game developer from 112 companies, including ByteDance, Tencent, Roblox, OPPO, Huawei and Round Ventures.

We continue the series of interviews “Results”, in which top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones) tell what the last 12 months have been like for them. This time Dmitry Kuratnik, co-founder and CEO of TapTap studio, shares his results.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants to give Russian companies the opportunity to pay for licenses for software whose developers have left the country. According to Kommersant, the ministry may allow organizations to transfer money for such software to special accounts on demand of the copyright holder.

We continue to sum up the results of 2022 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry. Next up is an interview with Ivan Fedyanin, co—founder of the Ducky publishing house.

Nintendo told which eShop games were in the greatest demand among Japanese residents in 2022. The company did not disclose the revenue of the games and the number of copies sold

In 2020, Electronic Arts (EA) introduced an initiative to combat toxicity in games — Positive Play. The idea was successful. According to Chris Bruzzo, executive director of gaming experience, gamers are now complaining about the behavior of other users for a total of only 1% of matches.

To thank for the rapid growth of the shares of the South Korean mobile publisher, it is necessary to issue gaming licenses in China. Yesterday, the Chinese authorities allowed foreign games to be released for the first time in a year and a half, including Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds from Netmarble.

This year, Americans spent 2% less on VR headsets compared to 2021, CNBC reports, citing data from the NPD Group. Their expenses decreased to $1.1 billion.

On the eve of the New Year, App2Top continues to publish a series of “Results” materials, in which it interviews top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones) about how the year has passed for their company and the market. Next up is an interview with Vyacheslav Utochkin, co—founder and general producer of the gaming company Geeky House.

We talked about the results of the year with Anton Mikhailov, creative director of the Tortuga Team studio. He told what the studio has managed to do over the past 12 months.

Japanese Square Enix announced that Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights will stop working on February 28, 2023. It has become difficult for the company to maintain the game at the required level.

The ResearchAndMarkets portal published a study on the market of games distributed by subscription. According to analysts’ forecast, by 2031, the turnover of this market will reach $55.94 billion.

Over the Christmas week, the British retail chart has hardly changed, according to GamesIndustry.biz with a link to the GfK data. In particular, the best-selling game again became FIFA 23, whose physical sales increased by 16% compared to the previous week.

The National Press and Publications Administration of China (NPPA) has allowed Valorant, Pokémon UNITE and 42 other foreign games to be released in the country.

The Government of India has announced that esports tournaments will now be able to take place as part of national sporting events. The Department of Sports under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India will be responsible for the development of esports in the country.

The former head of Sonic Team will appear in court. According to the Japanese publication NHK, the Tokyo prosecutor’s office has officially accused Yuji Naka of insider trading in shares of the developers of the Final Fantasy VII mobile game: The First Soldier.

Sources of The Telegraph report that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) from Saudi Arabia has acquired more than 50% of the shares of the creator of the Magic Leap AR headsets.

The “overwhelming majority” of employees of the developer studio of the battle royale Spellbreak advocated the creation of their own trade union. They announced that they would organize it in partnership with the United States Communications Workers Union (CWA).

We summed up the results of the year together with Nikita Guk, CEO and co-founder of Hoopsly. He spoke about the growth of the company’s installations, changes in the hyper-casual games market and the fact that it is becoming increasingly difficult for small developers to anticipate trends.