Supercell, which previously supported Ukraine, announced its withdrawal from the Russian and Belarusian markets. The company has already removed titles from stores in these countries.Supercell made such a statement today on its social networks and on the official Braw Stars website.

An international company with Ukrainian companies, Room 8 Group, specializing in outsourcing, has decided to terminate cooperation with specialists from Russia and Belarus. Separately, she said that she would direct all her profits for 2022 to help Ukrainian citizens and refugees.Image: instagram Room 8 Group

Microsoft has announced its plans for Russia. The IT corporation stops “all new sales” in the country. This applies to both its products and services.

New sanctions. This time the game. The Polish holding CD Projekt is going to stop selling its games on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

Russian players can no longer buy games on Steam. The platform has blocked payment acceptance for Russian users. The exception is PayPal.

Yesterday it became known that the US stock exchange Nasdaq temporarily withdrew shares of five companies from trading in connection with US sanctions against Russia. Nexters, officially based in Cyprus, was also blocked. UPDATED: The company says that Nexters is not subject to sanctions.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced the exemption of all IT companies in Russia from income tax. He also promises not to conduct inspections in their regard, and to give their employees a reprieve from conscription. The document on this has already been signed by the President.

Since February 28, resident companies of the Russian Federation must exchange 80% of the funds earned abroad for rubles within three days from the date of their receipt. About the reasons and consequences of the decree — in our column.

The Russian authorities are considering new measures to support the IT sector. It is assumed that now, among other things, domestic technology companies will be able to apply for tax cuts, and their employees will be able to get a preferential mortgage and a deferral from conscription.

Representatives of the Russian gaming industry have published an open letter calling for “stopping [Roskomnadzor] with Ukraine.” It has already been signed by over 900 people.

The governor of one of the central banks in the Eurozone told Reuters about the imminent disconnection of Russia from the SWIFT system.

It seems that there will be no new tax for Steam, Epic Games Store and other foreign playgrounds. The Ministry of Finance of Russia stated that it was not going to finance the fund for the development of patriotic games “at the expense of any fees.”

Russian officials plan to levy another tax on foreign gaming stores: Steam, Epic Games Store, PS Store and others. They want to send the money collected with its help to the fund for the support of patriotic games. UPDATED: The Ministry of Finance of Russia has denied information about plans to finance the development of such games at the expense of new taxes.Black Book

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation proposed to equate large playgrounds with audiovisual services. In this case, services like Steam, Origin and PS Store will be required to comply with the requirements of the law on “landing”.Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Russian gaming retail is still alive. The total sales of console games in retail last year amounted to 1.8 million. The figure is not very large, but it is at the level of the pre-pandemic indicators of 2019.

The day before yesterday we wrote that in Russia they are going to issue grants for the development of patriotic video games. The Internet Development Institute (IRI) will distribute them. Is this so and how much is such a grant news at all?

Today it became known about the launch of an accelerator in Kaliningrad for game developers based in Russia. It’s called PlayPort and is aimed at novice gaming teams. Money is not promised to all participants, only training and expertise.

The Russian state plans to stimulate the domestic development of patriotic video games. It is going to do this with the help of grants.

The Russian government is considering new ways to regulate the gaming industry. First of all, we are talking about controlling the market of in-game items and skins, which they want to bring out of the gray zone. The authorities do not like that such purchases are not taxed and can be used for money laundering.CS:GO