The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants Apple to allow Russians to install iOS apps not only from the App Store. The department plans to submit the relevant bill to the State Duma during the spring session.

Michael Douse, director of publishing at Larian Studios, inadvertently revealed the size of Baldur’s Gate 3 audience. He mentioned the number during a discussion about mod support.

25 million people played in Palworld, Suicide Squad did not meet the expectations of Warner Bros., the Battlefield game director left Electronic Arts, – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Last year, the Roblox game development community earned more than ever. Bloomberg noted in the company’s financial documents that the total amount of payments amounted to a record $740.8 million.

The launch sales of the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor car scooter exceeded all the expectations of the developers. Funday Games announced that the game has reached the mark of half a million copies sold just a week after it was released in early access.

There are no more game engines in the registry of domestic software. On February 20, UNIGINE was removed from it by the decision of the expert council under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

Elden Ring continues to actively buy. After the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion was shown, the developers reported that the game took a little less than two years to sell 23 million copies.

In January 2018, Autodesk stopped supporting the Autodesk Stingray engine, formerly known as Bitsquid. However, the instrument continues to live. Developer Andy Touch noticed that it was used by the authors of the popular shooter Helldivers 2.

The head of Microsoft’s gaming division, Phil Spencer, gave an interview to journalist Stephen Totilo (Phil Spencer). He spoke about recent layoffs at the corporation, the growing popularity of cloud games and console strategy.

On January 19, Palworld was released in early access. The Pokemon game with guns immediately became a hit: in less than two weeks, it sold 12 million copies on Steam and attracted 7 million subscribers to the Game Pass. The analytical company Newzoo looked at what other results the game achieved in January.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is selling great. Owlcat Games studio announced that the game has crossed the milestone of half a million copies sold in a month since its release.

Sloclap studio, which created Sifu, shared the latest figures on fighting game sales in honor of the game’s birthday. In early February, she turned two years old.

We continue the cycle dedicated to projects that are in search of investments and publishers. Next up is material about a turn—based role-playing game from the German-based GG Studio.

Edinburgh-based Rockstar North regularly enjoys the right to tax benefits in the UK. The Scotsman claims that between April 2015 and March 2023, the company requested a tax deduction from the country’s authorities in the amount of £360.3 million ($453.7 million).

The Helldivers 2 co-op shooter remains one of the most money-making games of February on Steam. It once again took the first place in the weekly Steam bestseller chart, including taking into account free games.

The Steam team shared the platform’s statistics for 2023. It turned out that by some indicators it was a record.

The Build a Rocket Boy studio, founded by former Rockstar North president and GTA series producer Leslie Benzies, has cut some of its staff. This is reported by the PCGamesN portal with reference to its own sources.

Nintendo is another major gaming company whose shares have fallen in price. As Reuters noted, on the morning of February 19, their value fell by 6%. The reason was the news that Nintendo allegedly began to warn partners about the delay in the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 until the first quarter of 2025.

Sony’s market value declined sharply after the publication of the quarterly report for October-December 2023, CNBC writes. The report was released on February 14, and by the evening of February 16, the company was estimated to be $10 billion cheaper.