In the first half of 2022, mobile games in the social casino genre reached a new peak of popularity. Analysts did not disclose how much such projects earned in January-June, but shared a number of other figures.

The Chinese city of Shenzhen wants to become the world center of esports. His government has announced that it will allocate up to $690,000 to those developers whose games will be used at major international championships. Creators of less popular esports games will also be able to receive investments — up to $ 280 thousand.

Maksut Shadaev said at a meeting with journalists that he “does not really understand” why VK projects were removed from the App Store.

An Apple representative said this in a comment to The Verge. He also confirmed that the company has blocked the developer account belonging to VK.

Dmitry Smith shared his opinion in an interview with the TASS news agency. He pointed out that the reason for mass shootings is often sought in video games, however, according to research, video games do not provoke violence.

The company, known for the games Conan Chop Chop and Shopkins, decided to tighten their belts. She announced that a “part” of developers and administrators would fall under the reduction — the figures are not called. Mighty Kingdom will also begin to control its expenses more strictly.

This is the opinion of Nikolay Komlev, Executive Director of APKIT. He did not say how many people it was. Earlier, another industry association — RAEC — reported that 120-170 thousand “IT specialists” could leave Russia by the end of April.

The companies announced that with the help of the deal they will be able to make technologies for real-time 3D development more accessible and better.

Journalist Imran Khan claims that Microsoft is already negotiating with Japanese companies.

He broke the record for the number of users, hours played and matches played, according to Activision. The company did not provide specific figures.

This was reported by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation tonight. The Ministry also named four common mistakes when filling out the application.

This was announced by the Ministry of Finance in its official Telegram channel.

The group sells all assets of MY.GAMES. That is, we are talking about both the implementation of studios and games themselves.

According to The Information, the corporation will allow developers to sell tokens only through the in-app purchases feature. Apple intends to charge a commission of 30% for each transaction.

According to the mobile developer and publisher, the first blockchain game should be released in the fourth quarter of 2022. BoomBit is working on it together with the company CherryPic.

Sony‘s strategy of porting console exclusives to PC is bearing fruit. Last week, journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios looked at how the company’s game sales have changed in the United States after the PC versions appeared.

The game Free Fire could imperceptibly write off funds from the accounts of Indian users, according to the Indian authorities. The country has launched an investigation into Sea and the fintech firm Coda Payments India cooperating with it.

The music label is called Bandai Namco Game Music. He has already released his first two albums, which include soundtracks from Elden Ring and Tales of Arise.

A new “unicorn” has appeared on the market. It became Technicolor Creative Studios, a subsidiary of Vantive (formerly Technicolor). It helps third-party organizations with the creation of games, movies and commercials.