The officials asked the court for 10 minutes so that they could make a speech. The ministry stressed that they do not support any of the companies, but do not agree with how the court interpreted the antimonopoly legislation earlier.

The company transferred the money to the Gerald Lawson Charitable Foundation at the University of Southern California. More than 60 university students will be able to receive a scholarship.

The check will also affect Alibaba, JD.com and Yum China Holdings, Bloomberg reports.

Just last month, American gamers spent $4.18 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to NPD Group analysts.

According to Sensor Tower analysts, in January-June 2022, American gamers spent $11.4 billion in mobile games, which is 9.6% less than at the same time a year ago. As a result, the revenue of almost all genres decreased.

Americans’ spending on video games, hardware and accessories has been falling for the seventh month in a row. According to NPD Group analysts, in June, the revenue of the US gaming market decreased by 11% compared to last year and amounted to $4.3 billion.

Another analytical company has published a study. Newzoo tried to find out what the audience of video games in the USA looks like now. We have selected the main thing from the report.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren and her colleague Mondar Jones have introduced a bill to ban anti-competitive mergers. If it is accepted, companies will not be able to make transactions more expensive than $5 billion.

California authorities may tighten the requirements for the protection of children’s data. Local officials have drafted a bill that prohibits technology companies headquartered in the state from tracking the personal information of children and teenagers. This may affect, for example, Meta, Google, Activision Blizzard and Riot Games.

In November, the earnings of the US gaming market decreased. NPD Group analysts found out that over the last fall month, Americans spent $6.3 billion on video games, hardware and accessories — 10% less than a year ago.

For gamedev, Texas is one of the most promising American states. However, it may soon cease to be so. Many experts in the gaming industry fear that the recently enacted anti-abortion law threatens both the career of developers and the work of the studios themselves.

In September, Americans spent $4.4 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to NPD Group analysts. They also write that the PS5 has overtaken the Nintendo Switch in the number of boxes sold, and Madden NFL 22 is in first place in the ranking of the best-selling games.

Strategies are the third highest—grossing genre in the American App Store. They account for 17% of the store’s revenue. Such success of the strategy is partly due to the novelties that bring the mechanics of casual games to the genre. This was told in a recent report by the analytical company GameRefinery.

The M&A boom continues in the gaming industry. Sensor Tower found out how the positions of mobile publishers in the United States have changed over the past eight months due to purchases by other companies, and named the largest publishers. Analysts looked at the situation in four mobile categories: puzzles, lifestyle, sports and hyper-casual.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused the analytical company App Annie and its former CEO Bertrand Schmitt of fraud. The regulator said they were selling confidential information about customers without their consent.

In August, American gamers spent $4.37 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to a recent report by NPD Group analysts. Ghost of Tsushima returned to the top three best-selling games, which rose 108 points in the ranking at once. But the first place went to the recently released Madden NFL 22.

Every state in the USA today has its own laws on personal data, and therefore citizens are not protected in any way in the matter of the safety of confidential information. The adoption of a single federal law can solve the problem, experts in this field believe. The closest analogue is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which operates in the European Union.According to Wirecutter, at the moment the situation with personal data in the…

In July, Americans spent $4.6 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to analysts from the NPD Group. Iron sales grew the most in annual terms. This was largely due to the high demand for the PlayStation 5.The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

The US has prepared a bill that could seriously reshape the business model of mobile stores. If accepted, it will allow developers to add third-party payment systems to applications and tell users about discounts outside of stores. The initiative has already been approved by Epic Games.