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…

Nintendo has announced a long-term collaboration with Niantic, the developers of Pokémon Go. Now the American studio will make AR games based on well-known brands of the Japanese corporation. The first title will be released this year.Nintendo and Niantic announced the start of cooperation on March 23, according to Bloomberg.

Less than a week after the next mass layoffs at Activision Blizzard, as it became known — the publisher is already preparing for new ones. The media reports that this time the company plans to close most of its European offices responsible for the publication.

The 1v1Me app has been launched on iOS, which allows you to bet on matches in online games. Currently, access to it can be obtained only by invitation. However, its authors have already raised $2 million for the development of their startup.The company 1v1Me was founded by young entrepreneurs Anthony Geranio and Alex Emmanuel.

The Epic Games team decided to take up the improvement of social functions in their store. For example, now they want to add group chats to it. But personal messages will be removed for a while.

After a series of failures at Google and EA, well-known producer and developer Jade Raymond announced the creation of an independent Haven studio. She will develop a new IP. Sony will finance the project.Jade Raymond told about this in the PlayStation blog.

On July 1, Google will reduce the commission in the mobile Play store to 15%. As in the case of Apple, there were some reservations, but they are of a completely different nature.