According to SCMP, concerns arose at the end of April. Then the users of the racing game QQ Speed noticed that some of their data disappeared after the update was released. At the same time, it became known that the support of this and several other titles is now being handled not by Tencent itself, but by its newly created “daughter” Shenzhen Tencent Tianyou Technology Limited.

As part of the report for the fiscal year, Bandai Namco announced a new achievement of the Elden Ring. According to the estimates of the Japanese publisher, the game was able to overcome the milestone of 13.4 million by the end of March, i.e., a little more than a month after the release.

Last July, Activision Blizzard was at the center of a discrimination and harassment scandal. Ten months later, the company stated that the DFEH accusing it violated the requirements for filing a lawsuit.

Unity summed up the results of the first quarter of 2022. The company’s losses continued to grow and now amounted to $171.2 million. This is more than half of the revenue. In total, Unity earned $320.1 million in the quarter — 36% more than a year ago.

Gaming companies continue to publish financial reports. Next up is Electronic Arts (EA), which shared the results for the 2022 fiscal year. It ended on March 31.

Sony, Nintendo and Zynga have published financial reports, Chinese teenagers have been banned from donating to streamers and streaming themselves, and Stardew Valley sales have surpassed the milestone of 20 million copies — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

This is stated in the joint report PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet. According to their data, almost half of this time was spent on Facebook Gaming* — 109 million hours. The second place went to YouTube Gaming — 90.2 million hours. Twitch closes the top three with 24.8 million hours.

The company wants to name the new foundation Halliday — in honor of James Halliday, a character in the book “The first player to get ready.” Now Sfermion is looking for investors who will give it the necessary $100 million. She has already attracted about a fifth of the amount.

The ban began to take effect yesterday, May 5. In an official blog, Google stated that, if desired, developers providing “important services” can make their applications completely free.

Riot Games continues to expand the staff of its Riot Entertainment division. She announced that she was hiring four executives who would be responsible for the development of film, TV series and music.

In April, an enthusiast under the nickname foone asked Microsoft to share the sources of 3D Movie Maker, an old program designed to teach children how to make three—dimensional cartoons. He assured the corporation that he wants to expand the project’s capabilities and adapt it to modern devices. As it turned out, Microsoft doesn’t mind at all.

The amount of the investment was not disclosed, but it is known that Jump Crypto, Tribe Capital and Republic Crypto participated in the financing round. All of them also promised to help the messenger with the support and promotion of the title.

Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation published a list of goods that can be imported into Russia without the permission of the copyright holder. Now the department has officially approved it.

Pac-Man Community is a new adaptation of the classic arcade game about Pacman, developed exclusively for Facebook Gaming*. Yesterday, after four months of beta testing, Genvid Technologies and Bandai Namco announced the official release of the game.

The new specialist will be responsible for creating a “diverse, inclusive and fairer work environment,” Blizzard Entertainment said in a statement. Apparently, in this way the company wants to try to improve its reputation, which has suffered amid a series of scandals in Activision Blizzard.

The analytical company Sensor Tower looked at how the ten largest mobile streaming services were doing in the first quarter of 2022. According to her, Twitch was not only able to gather the largest daily audience, but also became the second in revenue.

This statement was published by People Can Fly studio as part of the financial report for 2021. The developers indicated that Square Enix should pay royalties as soon as the sales of the game compensate the publisher for the costs of development, publication and marketing. Since this didn’t happen until December 31, the studio assumed that Outriders still hadn’t paid off by that time.

At the end of January, Sony announced that it was going to buy Bungie for $3.6 billion. Almost four months after that, the US Federal Trade Commission became interested in the deal, sources tell The Information.

This is reported by Kommersant with reference to three sources from the gaming industry. According to the publication, the reason was sanctions. Because of them, the company will most likely no longer be able to publish games on Google Play or the App Store, which means it will lose the opportunity to bring them to foreign markets.