Activision Blizzard decided not to release Diablo Immortal in Russia, tinyBuild gave employees the opportunity to take unlimited vacations, and Meta* faced a lawsuit due to patent infringement in Quest 2, – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.
▪Diablo Immortal will not be released in Russia. This was reported by Blizzard support in response to a DTF request. According to the publication, the game will not be available on both PC and smartphones. In other countries, the release of Diablo Immortal is scheduled for June 2.
Embracer Group will try to preserve the legacy of the gaming industry. To do this, she created an archive with 50 thousand copies of video games, consoles and game accessories in Karlstad, Sweden — Embracer Games Archive. In the future, the company is going to establish cooperation with museums and researchers around the world.
▪tinyBuild has allowed employees of the publishing division and two internal studios to take unlimited vacations. The experiment will last until the end of the year.
▪Journalist Jacob Wolf found out that a number of Overwatch League and Call of Duty League teams owed Activision Blizzard $390-420 million. According to him, in the fall of 2020, the company postponed the deadline for accepting payments on franchises until 2022 due to the pandemic. But now the league members are trying to move it to the beginning of 2024.
▪Immersion Corp. sued Meta*. The company stated that the Meta Quest 2 VR headset violated six patents related to the transmission of tactile sensations at once. She demanded that Meta* pay compensation and stop using patented technologies.
*The organization’s activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation.