Diablo Immortal became the worst game according to Metacritic users, Kojima announced a collaboration with Sony and Microsoft at the same time, and the head of the Embracer Group commented on the deal with Saudi Arabia — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.
▪The user rating of the PC version of Diablo Immortal dropped to 0.2 points out of 10 on Metacritic. This made the game the lowest rated in the history of the service. The mobile version is not doing much better — gamers rate it by 0.5 points.
Over 30 million people have played in Sea of Thieves. The developers mentioned this during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase.
The creators of Fallout 76 also boasted of success. They reported that the number of users in their project has reached 12 million people.
▪At the presentation of Xbox and Bethesda, Hideo Kojima officially confirmed that he is making a game for Microsoft. Soon Kojima Productions studio clarified — this does not mean that it will stop working with Sony.
Some gamers took the news of Kojima’s cooperation with Microsoft badly. After the announcement of the partnership, the network recalled a petition launched last year demanding the cancellation of the new game. At the moment, it has been signed by 1,637 people.
Izvestia found out that since March 10, the number of ads for the sale of PlayStation and Xbox consoles on the Yula and VKontakte Ads services has increased by an average of 40%. PS4 Pro started selling the most actively — there were 70% more ads with it. This happened against the background of the temporary withdrawal of Sony and Microsoft from the Russian market.
▪On June 8, Savvy Gaming Group from Saudi Arabia bought a stake in Embracer Group for $1 billion. The other day, the head of the holding decided to explain the deal with “a company from an undemocratic country.” He stated that Embracer Group is open to investors from any region. In addition, there have been organizations located in the Middle East, Asia and Africa among the shareholders before.