Quantic Dream has been sued for several years for creating an unhealthy working atmosphere. The studio was accused of racism, sexism and homophobia. However, this month, the developers of Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human finally managed to defend their rights, and the employees who sued were ordered to compensate for material damage.On April 7, the Paris Court of Appeal issued a final decision in the case against Quantic Dream.

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, has gained a strong foothold in the mobile gaming market. Since 2019, its Ohayoo gaming division, which cooperates with casual and hyper-casual developers, has released more than 150 titles. During this period, the publisher’s projects have been downloaded more than 500 million times.From this impressive list, eight games have reached the first line in the list of the most downloaded mobile titles in China.

In this generation, Sony finally made a bet on exclusive AAA games, almost completely abandoning the support of inexpensive titles from less experienced studios. Despite the commercial prospects of such a strategy, it harms small ambitious teams. Among the main problems are staff turnover and studio closures.Jason Schreier writes about this in his article.

The French independent company Dontnod, known for the games Remember Me and Life Is Strange, will start publishing third-party games. The first title under the new strategy will be a project from the Danish studio PortaPlay, the authors of the Broken Lines tactics.Dontnod announced this on its official website.

The Brazilian authorities have launched an investigation, according to the results of which the country may completely ban loot boxes. Several major publishers are mentioned in the case. Companies that refuse to turn off these mechanics in the event of a ban may face daily fines of over $700 thousand.The National Association of Centers for the Protection of Children and Adolescents (ANCED) appealed to the authorities to ban loot boxes.

Important news for developers and publishers on Steam. Now the UTM analytics menu has appeared in the Valve store, with which you can track advertising campaigns on the game page. Tags will allow you not only to find out the sources of traffic, but also to track the number of purchases and additions to vishlists.The new service is currently in open beta testing mode and is available on all accounts with permission to view marketing…

Krafton has become one step closer to entering the stock exchange. The willingness of PUBG owners to apply for an IPO this month became known shortly after the South Korean company reported annual revenue of almost $1.5 billion.This was announced on Twitter by analyst Daniel Ahmad (Daniel Ahmad).

Today, Roblox is already something much more than a game designer for young and not-so-young users. Third-party developers can earn serious money on it. And only a matter of time was the appearance of teams that help them earn even more. Gamefam is one of them. Ultimate Driving

Brian Bulatao became the new administrative director of Activision Blizzard. Previously, he was the CIA’s Director of Operations and worked in the Donald Trump administration. The company itself did not announce the appointment publicly.Brian Bulatao (source: Exchanges Photos)

Niantic, known for the Pokémon GO game, continues to invest in augmented reality technology. The studio showed an image of its AR-glasses, but the timing of the release of the device is still unknown.The image was shared on Twitter by Niantic CEO John Hanke.

In China, partnerships with Western brands that do not want to buy cotton from Xinjiang have begun to be massively terminated. Among others, gaming companies joined the boycott. For example, Tencent. Yesterday, the industrial giant removed skins made by the British luxury brand Burberry from its Honor of Kings game.

In recent years, Malaysia has become one of the largest gaming markets in Southeast Asia. In 2019 alone, residents of the country spent $673 million on games. But what do local developers think about working in the industry? Among the main problems they name crunches, customer fraud and problems in process management.KrASIA spoke with several experienced developers to get their opinion on the pros and cons of working in the Malaysian gaming industry.

Last October, China’s two largest gaming streaming services Huya and DouYu announced a merger. However, then the deal turned out to be questionable — it attracted the attention of the local antimonopoly service. The companies themselves are positive, but Tencent, which controls them, is rumored to be concerned about the situation and has already discussed it with the authorities.

Ella Romanos is the Chief Operating Officer of Fundamentally Games, who has been working in the gaming industry for 13 years. Based on her experience in managing teams and projects, she identified five things that help her to be a good and effective producer.The original material was published on the Gamesindustry website.

The trend for brand collaborations in games has not passed for many years. It has reached a special scale in China. Burberry, Maserati, Tesla and many other luxury brands cooperate with Chinese developers. In this way, they want to gain the trust of the local wealthy youth, SCMP believes.

Sony has published a small guide for indie developers on pitching games. The company told what you should pay attention to when applying, and also clarified which questions should be answered before presenting your project for PlayStation.Journey

Unlike many publishers, Capcom does not chase profitable release dates and relies on a large tail of sales and its back catalog. The company explained the advantages of this approach, and also talked about the importance of remakes, the almost complete transition to digital and the launch of new IP.

Xbox Game Pass is often called “Netflix gaming”. As it turned out, Microsoft does not quite agree with this comparison. The vice president of the gaming ecosystem of the company, Sarah Bond, explained what the key difference is.

In China, developers will no longer be able to force users to share personal data in exchange for access to the application. Now, in case of refusal, people will still be able to access this or that program. The new rules will come into force on May 1.TechCrunch reports that this became known from a joint document of four local regulators — the Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of…