In September, a new character appeared in Genshin Impact — Shogun Raiden. That’s just his abilities did not match those promised by the company miHoYo. The players didn’t like it. So much so that some users decided to go to court.

Bandai Namco reported on the first successes of the RPG Tales of Arise. In the first week of sales, the title sold over 1 million copies. Thanks to this, sales of all games in the series exceeded 25 million in more than 100 countries.

Deathloop, a new Arkane Studios project about a mysterious island whose inhabitants are stuck in a time loop, was released today. The game received many top marks from critics. They call it one of the best and most inventive titles of the year, which largely develops the successful ideas of Dishonored.

Minsk studio FreePlay, specializing in hyper-casual titles, announced a new achievement. The total number of downloads of three games in the company’s portfolio exceeded 400 million. This result was achieved in less than two years.Join Clash

Russian Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is still in the top three of the Steam bestseller chart. But the best-selling game last week was Tales of Arise by Bandai Namco. Thanks to various publications, she got into the top 10 three times, taking first and second places, among others.

The New World open beta test from Amazon Games started yesterday. More than 140 thousand people decided to participate in it at the same time. Such excitement allowed the project to enter the top 5 most popular games on Steam.

Google has summed up the results of the Indie Games Festival 2021. This year the winners were 10 games from independent developers. Three for Europe, Korea and Japan, plus one best game according to users.

State of Survival is a mobile strategy about survival during the zombie apocalypse, developed by FunPlus. To date, the game has collected over 100 million downloads.

Due to the new restrictions, underage Chinese gamers can play online titles for no more than three hours a week. This led to the fact that last weekend the Honor of Kings servers simply could not withstand the influx of users who entered the game at the same time.Honor of Kings

Last week, the best-selling game on Steam was Battlefield V. Thanks for this, you need a 90% discount. As for new products, the best sales were shown by the Russian Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. She entered the chart twice, taking second and fourth places with the help of different publications.

Another project of Russian developers is conquering the world. The adventure card game Black Book has surpassed the mark of 100 thousand copies sold in 20 days since its release. Four times faster than the Desolate survival at the time, but still not as fast as some other domestic titles.

This weekend, the VR horror Phasmophobia once again hit the top ten most popular games on Steam. Its peak online exceeded 60 thousand people. There was more only in the premiere month.

There are strong changes in the Steam bestseller chart. There are almost no games left from the last time, except for HUMANKIND and Naraka: Bladepoint — the leaders of recent weeks. The Witch Queen supplement for Destiny 2 topped the chart, which recently opened pre-order.

Another mobile developer from the CIS is entering the market of console and PC games. Today at Gamescom, the announcement of the Spine PvP action – the first Nekki project for “big” platforms – took place. This is a cooperative PvP action game from the studio Banzai Games, known for the mobile series Shadow Fight and Vector.

FIFA and eFootball have a new competitor. Minsk Vizor and Strikerz studio presented their football simulator for “big” platforms. It’s called UFL. FAIR TO PLAY and will be distributed for free.

The official release of Psychonauts 2 took place today. Judging by the first reviews of critics, the return of the cult platformer from Double Fine was successful. The average score of the game was 89/100 with the complete absence of negative reviews. It is praised for its inventive gameplay, elaborate story and lack of cliches.

Yesterday was the official release of King’s Bounty II — the continuation of the RPG series with tactical battles. The 1C Entertainment project got into the top Steam bestsellers, but the first reviews from fans of previous games were negative. In addition to the gameplay and visual style, the title is criticized, among other things, for non-obvious pricing.Briefly about the game

Today, August 25, Gardenscapes celebrates its fifth birthday. In honor of this, Sensor Tower analysts said that at the moment gamers have spent over $ 3 billion in the mobile blockbuster Playrix.

Supercell has launched a new Everdale game in softlonch. This is a casual urban planning simulator in a fabulous setting, focused on co-passing. If Everdale’s global launch does take place, it will be the first new IP of a Finnish company since Brawl Stars.