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Games June 18, 2021

PUBG Mobile has returned to India. The number of pre-registrations in the game exceeded 20 million people

Indian gamers can download PUBG Mobile again nine months after the ban. The game became available on Android under the new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, and its content was censored. At the same time, the return turned out to be successful — in just two weeks, the project collected over 20 million pre-registrations on Google Play.Battlegrounds Mobile India is now available for download on Google Play for all Indian users.

Games June 18, 2021

Roblox has signed a deal with the music label BMG to help artists and songwriters

Roblox managed to partially settle the scandal related to the illegal use of songs on the site. The company has announced a collaboration with BMG, the fourth largest music label in the world. Together they plan to help artists look for a new audience and opportunities for promos.Details of the transaction, including financial ones, were not disclosed.

Games June 15, 2021

Fighting game Guilty Gear: Drive topped the chart of the best-selling Steam games

There have been a lot of changes in the Steam chart over the past week. The new leader was the fighting game Guilty Gear: Drive, which took the first and third lines at once. Also in the top 5 was the upcoming Battlefield 2042, for which pre-orders have just opened.Guilty Gear: Drive, which took the first place, received high press ratings on the release.

Games June 11, 2021

The publisher of the Tropico series will reduce the prices of all new games by $ 10 — all thanks to the growth of digital sales

Publisher Kalypso Media, known for the games of the Tropico and Patrician series, announced a price reduction for its titles. Now all new projects of the German company will be sold for $10 cheaper. This was made possible thanks to a significant increase in sales in the “digit”.Kalypso Media announced this on June 11 on its official website.

Games June 11, 2021

“Elegant roller coaster with a meaningless plot”: what the press writes in Ratchet & Clank reviews: Rift Apart

The official release of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, a new PlayStation 5 exclusive, took place today. The project received rave reviews from critics, and the average score on Metacritic was 89/100 based on almost 100 reviews. Rift Apart is called perhaps the most beautiful game for today and is praised for using new technologies, but at the same time criticized for outdated gameplay in places.

Games June 10, 2021

Space Ape Games has launched Boom Beach: Frontlines in softlonch. This is a game based on the Supercell franchise

Supercell has started issuing licenses for its brands to teams in which it had previously invested. A few days ago, a new project in the Boom Beach universe was released in softlonch. It is made by Space Ape Games, a British studio known for Clash of Clans clones.

Games June 7, 2021

The first place in the weekly Steam bestseller chart for Going Medieval — a simulator of a medieval settlement

There are a lot of changes in the latest Steam chart. Biomutant and Days Gone are no longer among the best-selling games for the past week, and Going Medieval took the first place in the ranking.

Games June 4, 2021

Parents accused Roblox of extorting money from children and compared the game to a casino

The American non-profit organization ParentsTogether has called on the creators of Roblox to stop “luring children” into a game where they “spend thousands of dollars to buy rare items.” According to the parents, the business model of the project is similar to a casino, and its users are subjected to “financial exploitation”.An appeal to the parents and creators of Roblox appeared on the official ParentsTogether website.

Games June 4, 2021

The founders of Sierra On-Line and the authors of the King’s Quest series will release the first game in more than 20 years

Ken and Roberta Williams are returning to the gaming industry after more than two decades. The founders of Sierra On-Line and the creators of the cult quests of the 80s and 90s are working on a new game. It will be executed in the spirit of the company’s old projects and will be released this year.

Games June 3, 2021

Minion Rush has collected a billion downloads — no mobile game in the movie franchise has reached such figures

French publisher Gameloft spoke about the achievement of the title Minion Rush. The number of its downloads has exceeded a billion. It took the project a little less than eight years.

Games June 3, 2021

Online Biomutant on Steam fell by 82.6% a week after the release

Biomutant is doing badly. The game lost 82.6% of the audience by the end of the first week of sales. And the number of simultaneous players continues to decrease.

Games June 1, 2021

Embracer Group has started the construction of a video game archive — it already has over 50 thousand titles

Embracer Group wants to perpetuate in history as many titles as possible, released during the entire existence of the video game industry. To do this, the Swedish holding has begun work on the construction of an archive, which will contain a collection of games from different consoles, eras and countries.

Games June 1, 2021

Thanks to the distribution in the Epic Games Store, the number of daily PC players in Among Us has increased sixfold

Sensational last year Among Us continues to attract millions of gamers. Against the background of the free distribution in the Epic Games Store (EGS), the PC version of the game began to be launched daily by two million people. This is almost six times more than usual.

Games June 1, 2021

Tencent closes Chinese Call of Duty Online — including due to low revenue

Call of Duty Online is a free—to-play version of the shooter, available exclusively in China. Tencent has decided to stop supporting the game after six years on the market. It is reported that after the servers are closed, players will be offered to transfer accounts to Call of Duty: Mobile.This became known on May 31 on the official Call of Duty Online website.

Games May 31, 2021

Sberbank Games has announced a partnership with Soyuzmultfilm. They will make games together

Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio will release educational mobile games based on its new animated series. The development will be handled by the company “Sberbank Games”, and before the creation of the project, a detailed scientific study will be conducted by specialists in the field of neuropsychology.”Monsiki”

Games May 31, 2021

Jurassic World Alive overcame the milestone of $100 million in revenue and 25 million downloads

The other day, the geolocation game Jurassic World Alive turned three years old. In honor of which the PocketGamer portal shared statistics on the project. It turned out that during the time since its release, its revenue amounted to $ 102 million, and downloads — 25 million.

Games May 31, 2021

Biomutant leads the Steam bestseller chart. Behind him are two first places at once

The ambiguous reaction of the audience to the release of Biomutant did not prevent the title from capturing the first two lines in the weekly list of the best-selling Steam games. The previous leader of Days Gone went to the fifth place.

Games May 27, 2021

Lilith Games enters the PC market with the battle royale Farlight 84

Shanghai-based developer Lilith Games is moving beyond the mobile market for the first time. The company, known for the hits AFK Arena and Rise of Kingdoms, talked about its new game — the online free-play action Farlight 84. According to the developers, a unique “hunting” mode will help them compete with AAA battle royales on PC.

Games May 25, 2021

An ambitious game in which there is almost nothing good: what the press writes in Biomutant reviews

Today was the release of Biomutant, the debut ARPG from the Swedish studio Experiment 101, which faced a lot of postponements and problems on the way to its “dream game”. Judging by the prevailing number of mixed and negative reviews, there was no miracle. Biomutant is scolded for almost all elements — from basic gameplay mechanics to a boring and empty open world.

Games May 24, 2021

Respawn explained its pricing policy amid player complaints about the cost of “cosmetics” in Apex Legends

Some players in Apex Legends felt cheated because of the high cost of cosmetic items. Now developers are asking for $18 for one “legend”, which, according to users, is too much. Respawn representatives tried to explain their pricing policy and said that creating “cosmetics” is not cheap.During a series of questions and answers with the developers of Apex Legends on Reddit, one of the users clarified: “Given the growth of the game, can we expect…