According to Dealreporter, back in April, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard submitted an application to the Chinese regulator to verify the transaction under a simplified scheme. The other day, the country’s authorities rejected this application and reported that they were ready to conduct an inspection only within the framework of the standard procedure.

Niko Partners analysts have released a forecast for the Indian mobile and PC games market. They claim that over the next four years, its revenue will double — from $704.5 million in 2022 to $1.4 billion in 2026.

The reason was offensive tweets that Brian Waggoner wrote in 2010-2016. They surfaced last weekend, after which some users accused the developer of racism and homophobia.

The organization AfterClimate looked at what the largest public gaming companies are going to do to combat climate change. Based on this, she divided the developers into categories.

City State Entertainment Studio held a funding round for the second time in eleven years of existence. Who invested in it and on what terms is not disclosed.

Onoma studio, formerly Square Enix Montreal, announced the imminent closure of most of its games. She said that on December 1, titles will be removed from the App Store and Google Play, and on January 4, access to them will be completely blocked.

The Main Radio Frequency Center controlled by Roskomnadzor wants gaming and streaming platforms to be recognized as organizers of information dissemination. In this case, they will have to collect and store all the messages of gamers, including from voice chats, and also, if necessary, share them with investigative authorities.

Sony sent out a letter to the developers, in which it announced the tightening of the rules of the PS Store. A copy of the letter was published by the portal Dex.Exe .

The British authorities want to make sure how seriously Apple restricts cloud gaming services on iOS.

Playtika has become a minority owner of Ace Games mobile studio. She has invested $25 million in developers.

Sony is going to strengthen its position in the Chinese market. Bao Bo, head of the regional PlayStation, said that now the company will finance not only small studios, but also large teams.

The Irish government has announced that it is ready to reimburse developers up to 32% of the cost of producing games. According to The Irish Times newspaper, companies from the European Economic Area will be able to claim the deduction.

This is the conclusion reached by the CNG analytical firm in a report prepared jointly with the Gaming Association of China.

VK Play conducted a study on cyberbullying in games. It was attended by 1,700 Russians aged 15-54 years.

The developers announced the achievement of the free battle royale on the official Twitter account of the Call of Duty franchise. They did not specify how the Warzone 2.0 audience was distributed across platforms.

Microsoft Corporation, in an interview with The New York Times, reported that it made such an offer on November 11, 2022. Sony declined to comment on it.

There is one more Russian mobile app store. MTS has started beta testing of AppBazar. Currently, there are 83 applications in the marketplace library, 55 of which are games.

Russian gamers two weeks before the start of the 2022 World Cup (started on November 20) bought 2.5 times more copies of FIFA 23 than in the first two weeks since the start of sales in Russia. This was announced by the group of companies “M.Video-El Dorado”.

Statistics on the game, which recently turned five years old, was published by Sensor Tower.