Embracer Group wants to perpetuate in history as many titles as possible, released during the entire existence of the video game industry. To do this, the Swedish holding has begun work on the construction of an archive, which will contain a collection of games from different consoles, eras and countries.

The number of gamers is growing in the USA. Their share of the total population of the States reached 73% (last year 67% considered themselves players).

Only half of the population is familiar with video games in Russia. According to VTsIOM, 48% of Russians have never played on any devices, and 33% have abandoned this hobby.

Over 10 years, Kickstarter backers have donated a total of $1 billion to gaming projects. Of these, only $236.5 million went to video games (excluding mobile titles).

A selection of 10 books dedicated to significant events, personalities and titles in the video game industry.

The Chinese authorities have announced an unofficial boycott of online video games from South Korean studios. This point of view is stated in the largest Korean newspaper “Joseon Ilbo”. According to the journalists of the weekly, the decision of the Chinese administration is political in nature.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has included “gaming disorder” in the draft of the new edition of the international classifier of diseases. It will be released this year.

British human rights activists and politicians have been thinking about the limits of what is allowed in video games. The reason was the latest trailer for the Detroit: Become Human adventure game with scenes of domestic violence.

On the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, there are three failures for one successful video game financing campaign.

The public discussion about the monetization of video games through loot boxes did not affect the sales of large titles, according to the analytical company NPD Group.

The Chinese Football Super League (CSL) announced its intention to invest $15 million in the creation of online games in the football manager genre over 6 years.