The Tagansky court of Moscow imposed a fine of 1 million rubles on the Singapore company Proxima Beta, the “daughter” of Tencent. It did not localize the personal data of Russian PUBG Mobile players.

Starward Industries studio told about the first sales of the science fiction thriller The Invincible, based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem, in a note to investors.

Embracer Group has published a financial report for July-September 2023. In it, the Swedish company reported that for the first time in history it fired about 900 people in a quarter — this is 5% of the staff. Despite everything, she is confident that as a result of the restructuring, she will only become stronger.

CD PROJEKT has announced the appearance of a mod editor for The Witcher 3. The company stated that the toolkit will allow you to create both completely new content and upgrade existing ones. The news has serious business prerequisites.

Newzoo analysts estimate that in the first half of 2023, the ten largest public game publishers earned a total of $54.4 billion. Most of all — Tencent, Sony and Apple.

Tencent has released a report for the third quarter of 2023, which ended on September 30. The Chinese giant reported that all its divisions had increased revenue.

The Chinese holding company ByteDance is negotiating the sale of the Moonton mobile studio, sources tell Reuters. According to their information, there is at least one company from Saudi Arabia among the potential buyers.

About this in an interview with the publication “Газета.ги ” said Daniil Kosachev, a game designer based on the meme slasher.

Ten years after its release, the Japanese battler Monster Strike continues to be one of the most popular and popular mobile games in its homeland. This is reported by Sensor Tower analysts.

Publisher Humble Games has joined the list of gaming companies that have carried out layoffs. In a statement to the media, he confirmed that on November 13 he parted with a number of employees.

Digital Bros has announced plans to cut 30% of the staff, or about 130 people. The company decided to change its business strategy and reorganize its publishing divisions and development studios.

The demand for literature related to the gaming industry has increased in Russia, “LitRes” reports. In January-October 2023, the service bought 20% more books on such topics than in the same period last year.

On October 27, two indie developers Joe Henson and Joure Visser released the horror DON’T SCREAM into early access on Steam. In a conversation with gaming expert Simon Carless, they talked about the success of the game.

Neil Newbon is an actor who played Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 and received the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023. In his acceptance speech, he admitted that the gaming industry had saved his career.

On Thursday, November 9, the Government of the Russian Federation held a meeting with representatives of the Russian gaming industry. According to Kommersant, it discussed a bill on the mandatory transfer of servers of popular games in the country to Russia.

On the topic “What are the tasks of advertising?” and “Do games need advertising at all?”, the editors of App2Top talked with Kirill Oreshkin, former co—head of the Wargaming advertising agency and author of the course “How to make advertising for games that will work?“.

Amazon Games vice President Christoph Hartmann said in a letter to employees that massive layoffs took place in the Amazon gaming division. The thing is that the company has adjusted its approach to doing business.

The Australian studio Samurai Punk announced the closure. She disbanded the entire team, but promised to continue supporting the games in the foreseeable future.

South Korean publisher Neowiz acquired 21.26% of BLANK Studio. Game Studios, which was opened this spring by several former leading developers from CD PROJEKT RED. The purchase cost the company $17 million.