It is not yet known about the sales of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, but the game already has something to brag about. She got a big background stretch on the Steam homepage. Previously, no domestic premium project has received such a feature on the Valve* platform.

Another project of Russian developers is conquering the world. The adventure card game Black Book has surpassed the mark of 100 thousand copies sold in 20 days since its release. Four times faster than the Desolate survival at the time, but still not as fast as some other domestic titles.

Apple has received a warning from the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia. It is connected with the ban on informing users about alternative payment methods in iOS applications. The FAS believes that the company is abusing its position in the market and demands to eliminate the violation by September 30.

The MY.GAMES brand found out that almost half of Russian gamers want to develop games, but for various reasons they can’t do it. Therefore, the company, together with FEFU, has prepared a list of programs that provide education in game development. The list includes universities, colleges and courses for children.

Versus.legal continues the cycle of analysis of foreign jurisdictions and special economic zones (SEZ) in Russia for doing business. Articles about Cyprus, Ireland, Delaware and the Kaliningrad Region SEZ have already been published. This time she decided to stay in Russia and turn to another interesting option for moving IT companies to the Murmansk region.

The St. Petersburg studio Unfrozen has raised $ 1.7 million for further development. She is known for the tactical role-playing game Iratus: Lord of the Dead. The investor was GEM Capital.

The VERSUS.legal law firm continues a series of articles on jurisdictions for doing business. This time we will talk about the Kaliningrad region — a special economic zone (SEZ), where there are tax breaks for IT companies.

Russian officials have prepared a plan for the development of cloud gaming. According to their estimates, by 2030, the export of domestic services should grow to $160 million — 55 times more than it was in 2020. The Innovation Promotion Fund, which will allocate special grants, should help in this.

By the end of 2022, esports disciplines will appear in Russian universities. Rostelecom proposed the idea to the Government. The company is confident that video games will make students more creative and stress—resistant, as well as teach them how to work in a team and make quick decisions.

App Annie analysts told about the most popular and popular mobile games in Russia in the second quarter (April-June). Brawl Stars, released three years ago, became the leader at the box office, and the new Fidget Toys 3D was the best in downloads.

It is now possible to buy shares of large gaming companies on the Moscow Stock Exchange. Among them are Activision Blizzard, Sony, EA and others. Trading is carried out through an exchange-traded investment fund (ETF), and the commission will be 0.9% per annum.The auction began on July 14, the official website of the Moscow Stock Exchange reports.

Where in Russia you can get a state diploma in game development — in the material for App2Top.ru Maria Kochakova, founder and CEO of the Narratorika School of game Screenwriters, told us.

Publisher and developer of mobile games with Russian roots Green Grey has announced its second public deal over the summer. The company in partnership with game designer and producer Grigory Dorogov opens a studio for the development of casual games NPU Games.

The story around the Atomic Heart trailer and the song “Music Connected Us” used in it continues to unfold. The head of the Mundfish studio, Robert Bagratuni, responded to the public claims of the founder of the Mirage group, Andrei Lityagin.

With App2Top.ru representatives of the Mirage group contacted. They declared the legality of removing the Atomic Heart trailer from Mundfish and revealed how the situation with the trailer looks from their side.

Publisher and developer of mobile games Green Grey announced its first public deal. The company invested $ 4 million in the shooter studio Developers Unknown. The co-founder of the latter is Renat Yudinov, who previously worked on the Corsairs series.

Gaming sales continue to grow in Russia. In the first five months of 2021, the number of in-game purchases in app stores increased by 30%, according to the Yumopeu electronic payment service. We share the main thing from the report.

Igor Dyatlov, who founded XYZ School in 2017, announced on his VKontakte page that he was forced to leave his company a year and a half ago. According to his version, the partners, who are now business leaders, were forced to resign by threats.

In the final third reading, the State Duma of Russia adopted the so-called “landing” bill. As soon as it comes into force, all foreign IT companies whose daily audience in Russia is more than 500 thousand people will be required to have an official representative office in the country.