Last Friday, the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) opened the reception of competitive applications for the creation of Russian content in the digital environment. Games are also accepted for the competition.

A little morning analytics. VK Play and ResearchMe conducted a survey of almost 2,000 people across Russia (aged 18 and over). The majority of respondents who noted that they have a computer said that they use it for games.

Anton Gorelkin, a State Duma deputy and deputy chairman of the Information Policy Committee, noted in his Telegram that today “it is urgently necessary to create your own game engine.”

Russian gamers have become more economical. This conclusion was reached by the specialists of the Moscow Credit Bank (MKB), who studied the expenses of their customers for the first five months of 2022.

Yesterday, the Russian government officially submitted to the State Duma a bill on the creation of a so-called “single app store”. If it is accepted, then this store will be mandatory pre-installed on smartphones sold in the country.

Russian IT companies appealed to the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadaev with a request not to simplify the requirements and not to change the order in which new products are included in the register of domestic software. The association “Domestic Software” believes that because of this initiative, many direct clones of foreign applications will be able to get into the registry.

Rosgvardiya may appear in video games. State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein wrote a letter to the director of the Rosgvardiya with a proposal to use video games to create a positive image and “glorify” the law enforcement agency.

This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev in an interview with the RBC TV channel. He explained that mostly those IT specialists who “left on emotions” and could not find a job quickly returned.

Gaming experts, together with lawyers, have begun working on a draft law on the regulation of games in Russia, Vedomosti reports, citing two sources. If it is accepted, then Russian developers will be able to count on at least three support measures.

The administration of St. Petersburg became interested in the metaverse. According to the vice-governor of the city Stanislav Kazarin, she wants to use metaverse technologies for state platforms.

Russian developers will soon be able to claim a new benefit. The authorities of the Kaliningrad region are going to reimburse them part of the money spent on the creation of games. Andrey Tolmachev, General Director of the Kaliningrad Region Development Corporation, told about this during his speech at the SPIEF.

The head of the Fair Russia — For Truth party, Sergei Mironov, said that recently websites with games for children of “extremist orientation created in Ukraine with the support of American special services” began to appear on the network. The politician did not like the situation, so he suggested that Roskomnadzor ban all such projects.

In March, many gaming companies left Russia and disabled payments for local gamers in their projects. Scammers decided to take advantage of this. The Group-IB company found 246 sites where it is allegedly possible to buy in—game currency or cards to replenish the wallet in the PlayStation Store – with their help, attackers steal bank card data.

Игровая площадка VK Play и ResearchMe решили узнать, как российские родители относятся к увлечению детей видеоиграми. Выяснилось, что 63% не думают об этом ничего плохого, а 25% даже хотели бы, чтобы их ребенок связал с видеоиграми карьеру.

Об этом сообщают «Ведомости» со ссылкой на отчет Mediascope. Как пишут журналисты, в своем исследовании компания смотрела на предпочтения россиян в возрасте 12-64 лет.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced this during a speech to the participants of the Leaders of Russia contest. According to him, such a figure could be seen on SIM cards.

This is reported by “TASS” with reference to the statement of the President of the Russian Federation of Computer Sports Dmitry Smith. According to him, recognition will allow holding official competitions on the territory of the country like the Cup of Russia for games included in the discipline program.

Expected news from data.ai (formerly App Annie). The weekly revenue of mobile games in Eastern Europe has significantly decreased in recent months — from $50 million to $30 million. Of course, because of Russia.

This is reported by “TASS” with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Finance. It is not specified from what moment this rule will take effect.