E3 and similar events have been criticized for years by both ordinary viewers and people from the industry. On the eve of the new exhibition, a big emotional thread on this topic was written by the head of Raw Fury and a scouting specialist Johan Toresson. He explained why developers and publishers should stop spending money on big events.Toresson’s thread appeared in response to criticism of the E3 media portal by Matt Brown, senior editor…

Apple has named the winners of the Apple Design Award, which is awarded to mobile applications and games for the best design. This year, four games became finalists, among which there is Genshin Impact.

Many Chinese gaming companies have rather harsh working conditions — specialists work six days a week from 9 am to 9 pm. However, Lightspeed & Quantum studio, owned by Tencent and developed PUBG Mobile, decided to fight crunches. To do this, she made a number of small concessions for her employees.This was reported by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

Gaijin Entertainment will now conduct pairs at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). The authors of War Thunder have launched a master’s program at the university, where they will tell you how to make games. But there is one caveat — the requirements for applicants came out quite tough.

China has very strict certification rules, as the authors of Cyberpunk 2077 were well aware of. It turned out that the developers of the game marked with the tag “Winnie the Pooh” all the controversial content that should be removed before the release in China. The problem is that this character has been banned in the country since 2017.

At the beginning of the year, users of the Royal Games browser games portal, which belongs to King, faced the inability to withdraw their money from the site. This went on for several months. It turned out that the reason was an investigation by PayPal and the problem of the so-called “skill-gaming”.What is Royal Games?

Top managers of CD PROJEKT demanded to vacate their positions. The British firm Abri Advisors, which owns an unspecified stake in the Polish publisher, sent a letter to its board of directors. In it, she delivered an ultimatum: either CEO Adam Kicinski and his deputy Marcin Ivinsky leave, or Abri Advisors will raise the issue of removing the entire board of directors.

Activision has a new internal mobile studio. It’s called Activision Mobile. Its launch became known from the published vacancies of the company. They also indicate that the studio will be engaged in a mobile game under the Call of Duty brand. The media suggested that we are talking about the Warzone port.

The Chinese giant Tencent continues its expansion into the American market. The company announced the opening of a new office in Los Angeles, which will employ hundreds of people. This is the fifth Tencent office in the United States.The new office is located in the area of Playa Vista, which is part of the territory of the so-called “Silicon Beach” (Silicon Beach).

South Korean Pearl Abyss continues its expansion into the Western market. The company known for MMO Black Desert Online is opening a new office in Europe. A few years earlier, she acquired CCP Games.Pearl Abyss CEO Junghee Jin told about his plans in an interview with VentureBeat.

The head of the hits Call of Duty: Mobile and Call of Duty: Warzone unexpectedly joined Electronic Arts, a direct competitor to Activision. He will lead the development of the Battlefield series and will be responsible for all new games in the franchise.Byron Beede has become the new senior vice president and general manager of Battlefield, IGN reports.

Larian Studios continues to expand and opens a new office in Barcelona. The creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 will be joined by the development team of the BlitWorks studio. She is well-known for porting games to various platforms.Baldur’s Gate 3

Another company decided to take up games. Next up is the Dark Horse comics publishing house, which has published Hellboy, Sin City, Umbrella Academy and 300.

The CEO of Microsoft believes that over time, gaming stores will have to reduce the size of the commission. But not on consoles. He explains his position by the fierce competition on the PC and in mobile against the background of loss-making consoles.

Yesterday Sony held a presentation for investors, where it shared the main figures of the gaming direction and plans for the future. It turned out that PlayStation is going to “go beyond consoles” and focus, among other things, on ports for mobile and PC.

As part of the expansion strategy, the French publisher Homa Games announced the opening of the first office in Ukraine. It will be located in Lviv, and the backbone of the team will be made up of former employees of Voodoo, Playgendary and other companies.Together with the opening of the Lviv office, Homa Games intends to attract more Ukrainian developers to its team.

The trial between Epic Games and Apple ended yesterday. At the final four-hour meeting, the lawyers of both companies made their final arguments in the case. For example, about how the App Store monopoly looks in their eyes.

The last witness in the trial between Epic Games and Apple was Tim Cook. He stayed in the courtroom for at least two hours, the last minutes of which he had to spend in a tense debate with the judge. Among other things, she was interested in why iOS users cannot buy in-game items outside the App Store.

The Indian version of PUBG Mobile does not even have a release date yet, and local politicians are again calling for the game to be banned. The reason is the close connection of developers with Tencent and the threat to the security of India.