Last December, Supercell decided to strengthen its presence in North America and founded a new studio there. She recently hired key developers for this studio, and at the same time assembled a team to launch another one.

About 60% of new developers come to the platform from Steam. Rodion Kotelnikov, Technical director of VK Play, said this in a comment to TASS.

Information has appeared online that Yasha Haddazhi, the head of the Russian division of Nintendo, founded a gaming company. Legally, it is located at the same address as the Nintendo office.

Newzoo analysts continue to share reports on gaming markets around the world. This time they talked about the situation in the UK market.

The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has rejected Activision Blizzard‘s request to hold a new vote at Blizzard Albany. The company wanted all 107 studio employees to participate in it, not just 18 testers.

In the first three quarters of 2022, mobile RPGs earned a total of $15.6 billion, according to the analytical company Sensor Tower. More than any other mobile genre.

According to GfK analysts, Nintendo Switch accounted for 42% of consoles sold in the UK during the Black Friday sales week.

One of the founders of the French studio, David Cage, in an interview with IGN Japan, said that Quantic Dream is in no hurry to sell the rights to films and TV series on games. He did not say whether such proposals were received.

The head of Meta* criticized Apple‘s policy. In his opinion, the company controls the App Store and iOS too much.

Google, following Apple, summed up the results of the year for its app store. She recognized Apex Legends Mobile as the best game of the outgoing 2022.

This was stated by the co-founder of the platform Reed Hastings (Reed Hastings), speaking at the DealBook Summit event.

Atlus has revealed data on sales of the Japanese RPG Persona 5 Royal. She said that sales only on new platforms *, where the game appeared on October 21, 2022, exceeded one million copies.

HitBox Games is an American studio that was launched last year by James Seaman, former vice president of Artifex Mundi. She received $1.6 million from investors, which she is going to spend on an MMORPG with the Swords of Blood blockchain.

The analytical resource “Check Index” has published a report on the sales of gaming equipment in Russia for the first ten months of 2022. Below are a few facts from it.

Blocking an account on Steam has had a bad effect on the value of SimFabric shares. According to the information Bankier.pl , the shares of the Polish developer fell by 17.5% to 4 zlotys or $0.22 apiece.

Vladimir Potanin‘s holding has become interested in an engine for mobile applications and games. Interros can invest in its development through its Voskhod venture fund.

Games by the Polish studio SimFabric disappeared from Steam. The reason could be dishonest behavior of developers.

The Yumopeu service shared statistics on spending by Russian gamers in January-October 2022.

Employees of the universities of Newcastle and Loughborough studied how loot boxes in games affect minors. The findings of the study were not the most positive.