India has long been considered one of the most promising markets in the gaming industry: not only is the number of active players growing in the country, but also the number of local development companies. Xsolla released its material in VentureBeat and showed the success of the Indian gaming market in numbers.

The situation around the harassment investigation at Activision Blizzard is getting more complicated. The California Department of Fair Employment and Placement (DFEH) believes that a peace agreement concluded between a gaming company and one of the federal agencies will harm the lawsuit. At the same time, the Department itself is accused of violating professional ethics.The beginning of the conflict

The producer of the Recontact game franchise, Simay Dinc, has launched the CATS of Small Village creative camp for Turkish children from villages and small towns. Dinge believes that this is a great project for training and attracting young talents to the video game industry.

Registration for the SmartMarket Cup: HTML5 Games has started — the first Sbera tournament for creating and porting HTML5 games. 1.5 million rubles will be divided between the winners.

MY.GAMES decided to strengthen its position in the western market. The company has made Philippe Sauze, former vice president of Activision Blizzard, the head of its Amsterdam office.

Another studio decided to switch to a four-day working week. Eidos Montreal has announced that it will no longer work on Fridays. Separately, the developer of the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider series clarified that the new schedule will not affect the working conditions and salaries of employees in any way.Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

A small studio Aggro Crab Games acted as a publisher of the indie horror Subway Midnight and attracted attention with an unusual publishing contract. She will not claim a share of the proceeds until the sales of the project reach 10 thousand copies. This decision caused a strong reaction in the community.Subway Midnight

The drains of data on streamers’ earnings upset game designer Cliff Bleszinski. He shared his indignation with his Twitter followers.

The Turkish mobile market is experiencing a real heyday. Local developers receive record investments for the country, and the games created by them become world hits. However, this was not always the case. The Rest of the World edition delved into the history of the Turkish gaming industry and talked about how Istanbul turned into the world capital of casual gaming.

There are permutations in the Gearbox Entertainment manual. Randy Pitchford is no longer the president of the division that develops games. Instead, former technical director Steve Jones (Steve Jones) will become the head of Gearbox Software.

On Wednesday, Twitch was subjected to a hacker attack: among the stolen data was information about an application codenamed Vapour. It has already been dubbed a Steam rival.

The new CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, in light of the success of New World on Steam, said that video games could become the largest entertainment category for the company.

During August and September, not a single video game was able to get permission to release in China. This may be due to updated (and stricter) licensing rules. Now titles should contain the “right set of values” and take care of the history and culture of China.

Analyst Daniel Ahmad told how the recent actions of the Chinese authorities may affect the local gaming industry. Due to the increased control over the industry, it will be much more difficult for developers to circumvent the current restrictions. And the state intends to close the last loopholes for them.Honor of Kings

Beijing has announced that it is going to monitor the activity of minors on social networks and streaming platforms.

Wizards of the Coast has announced the opening of the New Raleigh-Durham game studio. It will be headed by industry veterans. They will be engaged in the production of AAA titles for such Hasbro franchises as G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts and Ouija.Action figures based on the movie “G.I. Joe: Cobra Throw.

The expansion into the Chinese market is announced by the mobile publisher with Russian roots Azur Games. The company got the opportunity to publish hyper-casual Android games with advertising monetization in China.

Activision Blizzard has created an $18 million fund to pay employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination. This was one of the terms of the agreement with the American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — shortly before that, the agency sued the publisher.

Last week, Tencent, NetEase and more than 200 Chinese gaming companies signed an agreement to combat gaming addiction. A number of experts believe that this could also hit foreign platforms. Among them are Steam, Epic Games Store and other stores that developers actively use to bypass the process of obtaining state licenses to sell their titles in China.The main attention in the signed agreement was paid to online games.