We are studying the Steam sales chart for the 42nd week of the year.

Games and apps hosted from accounts are no longer available for installation on iOS VK.com and MY.com . The blocking did not affect programs associated with other accounts.

For the ninth month in a row, Unity Asset Store withholds payments to Russian and Belarusian content authors. The assets created by them remain on the shelves of the store, and the support declares that it can do nothing. Developers from Ukraine, whose work is being promoted by the store as part of the Stand with Ukraine campaign, also faced difficulties.

The PUBG Battle Royale will be blocked in Afghanistan (TikTok social network will also be banned). This statement was made by the Ministry of Telecommunications of the country. Recall that for the last year it has been headed by the Taliban terrorist group banned in Russia.

A new gaming company has appeared in Yakutia. It’s called Rubedo Games. Most of the team consists of former MYTONA employees. The release of her first game — a two—dimensional “bagel” – is scheduled for next year.

On October 13, corporate tariffs for using Unity will increase. According to the company, it “has not raised prices for almost three years.” The developers are not thrilled.

The event is positioned as a platform where both mobile advertising and marketing specialists, owners of technology startups, as well as investors interested in the mobile application market will be able to meet and exchange experiences.

Godot-developers have launched a studio. It’s called W4 Games. She will be engaged in strengthening the ecosystem of the engine.

The ministry planned to launch the experiment on May 1, but “due to difficulties with regulatory support” decided to postpone it.

Nexters has a significant reshuffle in the board of directors. Ivan Tavrin, the former CEO of Megafon and the current owner of media holding Media-1, is leaving the post of chairman of the board and the company as a whole. Igor Bukhman and Boris Herzovsky will also leave the council.

On Wednesday, the “Popular Novelties” section of Steam was headed by two projects created by domestic teams. We are talking about the Cartel Tycoon strategy, developed by the St. Petersburg Moon Moose, and about the first-person shooter Blood and Zombies, created by the distributed Wild Monkey team (some of its employees are from Naberezhnye Chelny). We briefly talk about the projects.

Since last Friday, two domestic titles have been on the chart of popular Steam novelties — Necrosmith from Novosibirsk Alawar and Stones Keeper: King Aurelius from Moscow SK Team and Valkyrie Initiative. Both games have high scores. We tell you about the projects.

On July 6, the WN Gaming business Conference ended in St. Petersburg. After attending the event, the editor–in-chief App2Top.ru he shared his thoughts on the state of the domestic game development.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Nexters has announced corporate changes. The company will no longer work directly in Russia. She also expanded the relocation program.

For more than two weeks, Game Insight has refused to pay laid-off employees a salary for the last working month. They are also denied compensation, and they also demand to return the equipment (at their own expense). About what is happening, editors App2Top.ru the company’s employees told us.

The first speaker of the WN Conference in St. Petersburg was Sergey Zykov, Account Director of SoftClub. In his report, he tried to answer an urgent question: “Is there a chance to continue making and selling games while staying in Russia?”Sergey Zykov

A business conference for game developers and publishers WN St. Petersburg 2022 starts today. It is opened on our pages by the post of Pavel Ryakkonen, CEO and founder of WN Media Group.

We study in detail the Steam sales chart for the 26th week of the year.

A wave of layoffs has reached Nexters. The company announced the reduction of almost a quarter of the team. It is reported that this is a forced measure, a response to a number of challenges that the company has recently faced.