The US Copyright Office (USCO) has changed its mind about including the Zarya of the Dawn comic strip in the copyright register, which artist Kristina Kashtanova created using the Midjourney neural network. The Agency has launched a procedure to cancel the registration decision.

On December 25, the Death Stranding distribution started in the Epic Games Store. At first, the site offered to pick up the director’s version of the game for free, but soon replaced it with the basic one. According to Epic Games, such confusion occurred through the fault of an intern.

The Esports Charts portal reported that League of Legends broadcasts scored over 615 million hours of views in 2022. This is more than for any other esports game.

Tim Sweeney commented on Twitter on the scandal surrounding the publication on ArtStation of images created by neural networks. He stated that the ban on such works goes against the values of Epic Games, the parent company of the site.

Another achievement has been submitted to the Chinese hit Genshin Impact. According to Sensor Tower analysts, the revenue of the mobile version of the game has already exceeded $ 4 billion.

It took almost eight years for an indie bagel about dark, dark dungeons and heroes with neuroses to achieve this indicator.

SteamDB has compiled a list of the highest-rated games released on Steam in 2022. The leader of this year was Vampire Survivors, which received 97.5% positive reviews.

Enthusiasts from Hidden Palace have posted a new batch of game prototypes in the public domain. Now they have released an archive that includes 207 prototypes for the Xbox 360 and 114 prototypes for the Nintendo Wii.

Lumikai has studied the situation in the Indian gaming market. According to the research, in the next four years, the market’s revenue will grow by an average of 27%.

The Game Awards 2022 ceremony was marked by a lengthy speech by Christopher Judge, who received an award for the role of Kratos in God of War: Ragnarök. According to the organizers, it lasted 7 minutes 59 seconds, as a result of which it surpassed in duration all the speeches of thanks both at the TGA and at other ceremonies.

Minecraft has become the most popular game in Russia over the past 18 years according to Google users, ArtStation began hiding images with a protest against neural networks, the media learned that Sony does not see a competitor in the Game Pass — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

The blockchain company Mythical Games has sued the publisher Fenix Games and its three founders, who previously worked at Mythical Games. She claims that top managers stole her business plan and lured potential investors to her new firm.

This number includes sales of both the title itself and its paid DLC.

Israeli Moon Active, known primarily for Coin Master slots, became the owner of the Zen Match game. She bought the puzzle from the Turkish publisher Good Job Games.

This is reported by the VK Play playground, which interviewed 1,200 people over the age of 18.

According to Kommersant, on December 16, the Moscow Arbitration Court received an application demanding that the KRI company, the organizer of the Comic Con Russia and IgroMir exhibitions, be declared bankrupt.

Microsoft has sent an official response to the lawsuit of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In the documents, she indicated that she is not such a big player in the game dev industry.

The money was given to her by Sergey Novikov, one of the founders of Incircle Group and CEO of Pepperfund.

By the end of 2024, esports courses may appear in Russian universities. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper with reference to the roadmap “New System-wide Software” (NOPO) approved on December 16.