Group of companies “M.Video-Eldorado” told which physical editions of console games were in the greatest demand among Russians last year.

According to Kommersant, they are going to found a company in Russia that will develop a mobile operating system based on Android. The founders will be VK, Yandex, Sberbank and Rostelecom with the support of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants to give Russian companies the opportunity to pay for licenses for software whose developers have left the country. According to Kommersant, the ministry may allow organizations to transfer money for such software to special accounts on demand of the copyright holder.

This is reported by the VK Play playground, which interviewed 1,200 people over the age of 18.

By the end of 2024, esports courses may appear in Russian universities. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper with reference to the roadmap “New System-wide Software” (NOPO) approved on December 16.

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Alexander Khinshtein said that, according to the new law, games with LGBT propaganda should also be inaccessible to Russian users. According to him, the stores will have to delete or hide such projects for Russia.

Last week, the Russian government approved a roadmap called “New System-wide Software” (NOPO). It includes projects on the development of domestic analogues of foreign software. As Kommersant noted, the VK game engine was among such projects.

This is 10% of the total number of IT specialists working in Russian companies. Such data were announced by the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation at a meeting in the State Duma.

This was stated by the head of the Ministry Maksut Shadaev.

The Russian authorities are discussing the creation of a new federal project “The Gaming industry of the future”. Among other things, it involves the launch in Russia of a state-controlled developer and publisher called Rosgame.

Maksut Shadaev at a meeting with journalists said that the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill similar to the European DMA (Digital Markets Act). If it is accepted, Apple will have to allow Russians to install apps on the iPhone and iPad bypassing the App Store.

The developer of 3ds Max and Maya is finally leaving Russia. In the database of the portal “Fedresurs” there was information that on November 30, Autodesk started the liquidation of AUTODESK (SI-ES) – the legal entity of the company in Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education and Science and a number of other departments to develop new measures to support the domestic video game and esports industries.

At the beginning of the week, the commission of the Council of Legislators of the Russian Federation on information policy made several proposals related to video games. One of them is to introduce the identification of gamers through services like “Sber ID” and “Yandex ID”. However, at least this proposal has not yet been received by the apparatus of the Russian government.

The Center for Strategic Research (CSR) has prepared a report in which he told how it is possible to limit the Russian IT sector from foreign influence. Among other things, he suggested that IT companies coordinate with the authorities all “significant corporate actions” of foreigners.

The Commission of the Council of Legislators of the Russian Federation on Information Policy has prepared another proposal related to video games. Now she wants games for children to be researched in Russia on a permanent basis.

The proposal was made in the commission of the Council of Legislators of the Russian Federation on information policy. Officials hope the registry will help limit the spread of “harmful to children” video games in the country.

Information has appeared online that Yasha Haddazhi, the head of the Russian division of Nintendo, founded a gaming company. Legally, it is located at the same address as the Nintendo office.

The analytical resource “Check Index” has published a report on the sales of gaming equipment in Russia for the first ten months of 2022. Below are a few facts from it.