Last night it became known that Dan Hauser, after two decades, still decided to leave Rockstar Games. We analyze what exactly he did in the company and why his departure is considered an important event in the modern industry.

A new tightening of requirements for games in China. The Latin alphabet, virtual marriages and a whole genre of “harem games” were banned.

ZeptoLab is testing a mobile game from the Cut the Rope series in a soft launcher. We tell you how its new runner Om Nom: Run works and is being monetized.

The number of simultaneous Steam users exceeded 18.8 million. Thus, the store broke the record of two years ago.

The game studio created by Wizards of the Coast has a name and a purpose. The Archetype Entertainment team is working on an RPG in a sci-fi setting.

Sales of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order reached 8 million copies. EA expects to bring them to 10 million by the end of the fiscal year.

The authors of the successful battle royal Garena: Free Fire bought Phoenix Labs studio. The latter developed the Dauntless frituplein.

At the release of Google Stadia, users and reviewers noted that the site needs to be improved. But over the past 40 days, she has not received a single update.

British scientists have calculated the number of workers in the country’s gaming industry and their contribution to the economy. They also named the largest British cities by the number of gaming companies.

There are two big surprises in the UK chart. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot bypassed the last Call of Duty, and the third “Witcher” it goes back to the top lines — 5 years after the release.

Activision Blizzard and YouTube have signed a streaming deal. It gives the latter exclusive rights to broadcast the publisher’s esports matches. These rights used to belong to Twitch.

One of the subgroups of the Embracer Group holding (formerly known as THQ Nordic AB) has opened a Swedish studio. The staff of the new developer is six people.

The studio Playful is undergoing restructuring. Within its framework, “a significant number of employees” were dismissed.

Stardew Valley has reached a big milestone. The hit sold 10 million copies on all platforms.

The developer and publisher of Daybreak Games underwent a restructuring. Its result was the creation of three new studios.

Grand Theft Auto V turned out to be the best-selling game in the United States over the past ten years. The title was released in September 2013.

In the USA, the PlayStation 4 has become the most popular console of the last decade. She topped the sales tops both in pieces and in money.

This year, the Chinese startup ByteDance will win back the market share of mobile games from Tencent. The company has bought up a number of game studios and IP and is ready to release the first titles.

A new digital game store will be launched in China. Its owner NetEase plans to sell foreign games to Chinese consumers.