COVID-19 has brought the moment when games will no longer be sold at retail. This opinion was expressed by Frontier Developments CEO David Braben.

Keywords Studios group has conceived a massive purchase of gaming outsourcers affected by COVID-19. For this purpose, she needs to raise $122 million.

Many gaming companies have increased revenue thanks to the pandemic. But the coronavirus can still negatively affect the gaming industry, according to the head of Xbox Phil Spencer (Phil Spencer). This impact will become noticeable by March 2021.

China’s largest gaming conference — ChinaJoy 2020 — will take place. The organizers did not cancel the event, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The Russian IT industry is already facing losses in the 2nd quarter of this year. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Communications, IT companies will lose 30 billion rubles due to the coronavirus.

The CEO of Activision Blizzard in the role of Captain Obvious. Bobby Kotick predicted a new rise of frituplay. This is due to high unemployment in the era of the coronavirus crisis.

MY.GAMES investigated the state of Russian PC gamers during quarantine related to the pandemic. It turned out that 53% of respondents continue to work/study. Moreover, 41% of respondents find home mode easy.

In March, the organizers of E3 announced the cancellation of the exhibition due to the coronavirus. But a lot of game publishers and the media are preparing their own events to replace it. We publish their calendar for June.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 quarantine, Russians have been showing increasing interest in games and, in particular, in esports. This conclusion is made by industry representatives interviewed by Kommersant.

The coronavirus crisis has hit Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform will lay off up to 45% of its staff due to a sharp reduction in revenue.

Russian film director Timur Bekmambetov “entered” the games. His technology startup has created a browser title about COVID-19.

App Annie, one of the leading Western analytical platforms, is cutting staff due to the “financial impact caused by the spread of the coronavirus.”

Part of this amount was collected with the help of Magic Jigsaw Puzzles players.

Due to the coronavirus, SuperData has adjusted its forecast for the augmented reality (XR) market. According to new data, the XR industry will earn $6.3 billion this year. This is less than expected.

Playrix has announced plans to support its employees in quarantine. She will make a one-time payment to all employees in the amount of 50 thousand rubles ($ 650).

Russia has a “special way”. This conclusion can be made by reviewing the latest App Annie data. The analytical company reports that after the introduction of a self-isolation regime in the country, downloads of mobile games in the country increased by only a few percent. But the installations of business applications jumped sharply – almost twice.

The positive impact of the coronavirus on the metrics of mobile games was revealed by Sensor Tower. Last March was recognized as the best month in terms of installations and user expenses in Europe in history.

All major events in Germany will be postponed until August 31, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. This means that one of the main gaming exhibitions of the year — Gamescom 2020 — will not take place.

The coronavirus forced Newzoo to adjust the forecast for the esports market for 2020: this year, many esports events were postponed.