Analysts from ResearchAndMarkets.com we have published a fresh batch of figures related to the gaming industry — now about the USA. They said that in 2027, the American video game market will earn $48.2 billion. For comparison, last year its revenue was $30.4 billion.

A wave of cuts has reached the Russian publisher of online games 101XP. Editorial offices App2Top.ru it became known about the mass layoffs taking place now in the company.

The South Korean government is seriously interested in the concept of the metaverse. It announced that it will continue to support the authors of metaverse projects and create special jobs for them. All this will be done within the framework of the state Digital New Deal program.

Secret documents related to tanks continue to surface in the War Thunder community. Now they have been published by a user from China in an attempt to prove that the developers made a mistake with the characteristics of one of the shells.

Electronic Arts (EA) has again faced criticism of loot boxes in FIFA Ultimate Team. At once, 15 groups involved in the protection of children’s rights appealed to the US authorities with a request to investigate the work of loot boxes in the game.

Developers from Electronic Arts (EA) are dissatisfied with the silence of the management during “Pride Month” — the period when it is customary to most actively support the LGBTQ+ community. They threatened to strike if the company simply “hypocritically” repainted the logo in rainbow colors and did nothing meaningful.

The Spanish authorities will take up the loot boxes. It is reported that in a few weeks the country will adopt a law that will regulate games with such mechanics.

The British mobile studio Hutch Games allowed employees not to work on Fridays. The company hopes that thanks to this they will be able to improve the work-life balance, as well as increase their productivity.

It looks like another gaming company has decided to massively reduce employees. According to Globes, Israeli Playtika will soon close offices in Los Angeles, London and Montreal. In addition, the mobile publisher is thinking about closing the office in Helsinki.

The head of Take-Two mentioned this while communicating with GamesIndustry.biz . According to Zelnik, it is not financially profitable to release AAA games as part of subscriptions at the same time as the release. According to him, this is able to “turn the business upside down.”

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick shared his opinion about the metaverse. In conversation with GamesIndustry.He told biz that he does not share the hype around this concept, especially when it comes to blockchain-based projects.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a project manager at Game Insight, a game analyst at Hypercell Games and a game designer at Skytec Games.

Сегодня Sony Interactive Entertainment объявила о запуске нового подразделения в Китае — China Software Business Department. О нем пока известно немного, но, согласно документам компании, возглавлять его будет Шон Келли (Sean Kelly), бывший глава китайского филиала PlayStation.

Норвежский совет потребителей выпустил подробный отчет, в котором прошелся по лутбоксам в играх. Исследователи назвали эту механику «эксплуататорской», а дизайн самих лутбоксов — обманчивым и побуждающим тратить большие суммы.

Last Thursday, May 26, the third online Talents In Games: HR Conference took place. We share the results of the event on working with personnel in game development, and at the same time we inform you that the archive of lectures is already available on the event website.

Дочерняя компания Embracer Group начнет больше внимания уделять Юго-Восточной Азии. THQ Nordic объявила, что официально запускает свой первый сингапурский офис. Он займется маркетингом ее игр в регионе.

Родители Керри Мойнихан (Kerri Moynihan) — сотрудницы Activision Blizzard, покончившей с собой во время командировки с начальником, — передумали судиться с паблишером. Они попросили суд отклонить их иск «с предубеждением». Это значит, что его нельзя будет подать снова.

На днях инвесторы из SOC Investment Group заявили — руководство Activision Blizzard недостаточно пытается разобраться с дискриминацией в компании. Они попросили всех остальных акционеров не голосовать за переизбрание Бобби Котика (Bobby Kotick) и нескольких других членов совета директоров. Как оказалось, Activision Blizzard не оценила такое высказывание.

Игровая площадка VK Play и ResearchMe решили узнать, как российские родители относятся к увлечению детей видеоиграми. Выяснилось, что 63% не думают об этом ничего плохого, а 25% даже хотели бы, чтобы их ребенок связал с видеоиграми карьеру.