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.

Last September, David Polfeldt, former managing director of Ubisoft Massive, released his book about the gaming industry — “The Universe of Video Games. A documentary blockbuster from the developer of The Division, Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations”. Previously, it could only be read in English, but now it is also published in Russian. The Russian-language edition will be available on October 15. We tell you what is hidden under the cover, and share…

Against the background of stricter laws regarding video games, more than 200 companies in China have pledged to independently regulate this area and cooperate with the authorities. They will take a number of measures to combat gambling addiction among teenagers — including using a facial recognition system.According to Reuters, the statement of the Chinese gaming association CGIGC was signed by a total of 213 companies.

On the night of September 23-24, the third Nintendo Direct this year was held in an online format. While the Internet is in full swing discussing the cast of voice actors for the upcoming cartoon about Magio, we have highlighted the main points of the event.

The analytical platform devtodev has written a book about 25 metrics that are used in video games. It is called “Game metrics”. The pages contain a description of the metrics themselves and methods of working with them.

Sergey Klimov, who founded the Charlie Oscar studio, shared his opinion about what indie is. He believes that independent developers sacrifice everything for the sake of their games and in case of failure may be left penniless.

Last Tuesday, Amazon announced a partnership with the British independent game studio Glowmade. The developers are planning an online cooperative game, but there are no details yet.

Genshin Impact was first released in the Tencent MyApp store. Against this background, there was news that miHoYo has signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese giant. We can talk not only about various promotional activities, but also about a reduced commission.Genshin Impact

Tim Sweeney said that Apple has blacklisted the Fortnite game in its ecosystem. Battle Royale will stay there until the court hears all appeals in the Epic Games case. It may take about five years.

The author of the bestseller “Blood, Sweat and Pixels” believes that the release of Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a strategic move by Sony. The company decided to close the autumn release window with a colorful indie project against the background of God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West transfers.

Electronic Arts (EA) is trying to restore its reputation after the scandals with loot boxes in FIFA Ultimate Team. She decided to introduce content preview packs into games on an ongoing basis — Preview Packs. This system has already appeared in FIFA, but temporarily.

Denunciation is honored. China has launched a website to complain about gaming companies and games that do not comply with new restrictions regarding the amount of time children can spend on online entertainment.

Indie developer and publisher Akupara Games has published a table with the specifications of game trailers. It was originally intended for internal use, but now it has become available to everyone. The table will help you prepare and properly arrange trailers for different platforms.The link to the table was shared by gaming expert Simon Carless in the new issue of his GameDiscoveryCo newsletter.

One studio launched by a journalist has become more. The founder and host of the “Disgusting Men” podcast, Peter Salnikov, announced his retirement from development. In his Book Burner Games studio, he will create a tactical role-playing game. By the way, the team is open to investment proposals.

Mike Rose, head of the indie publisher No More Robots, spoke about the principles of development planning. These tips can be useful for aspiring indie studios who have yet to release their first game. Rose gave several formulas for calculating the budget and explained why long-term development risks not paying off.

Activision Blizzard is facing a new lawsuit. This time, the company was sued by its own employees. They accuse her of intimidating employees, suppressing the organization of trade unions and using unfair labor practices.According to the Washington Post, the lawsuit was filed by Activision Blizzard employees in conjunction with the large Communications Workers of America (CWA) union.

Alana Pearce, who is currently working on God of War: Ragnarok, decided to remind the players that the writers are also part of the development team. It was supported by many developers from other companies. They stressed that games are made not only by programmers, but also by all studio employees — be they marketers or HR specialists.God of War: Ragnarok

Zachary Doig, senior community manager of the American World of Tanks team, has left Wargaming. He made this decision because, in his opinion, the unfair dismissal of another employee. According to Doig, Wargaming simply made a member of his team a “scapegoat” in a scandalous situation around one of the ships in World of Warships.World of Tanks

Epic Games decided to take advantage of the changes in the legislation of South Korea and tried to return Fortnite to the local App Store. That’s just Apple did not agree — she did not see any reason to return the game.