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News December 27, 2023

Media: Blizzard may return the games to China. She could resume the partnership with NetEase

Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase could sign a new partnership agreement to publish games in China, according to a number of Chinese media. The previous agreement expired almost a year ago.

News December 27, 2023

Shares of Chinese gaming companies began to recover after the softening of the position of the authorities

The morning of December 27th began for Chinese gaming giants Tencent and NetEase with an increase in the value of shares. This is due to the promise of the Chinese authorities to review restrictions affecting the local industry and the issuance of a new batch of licenses for games.

News December 26, 2023

Against the background of a 10% discount, Baldur’s Gate 3 once again topped the weekly top sales on Steam

As part of the “Winter Sale” on Steam, which started on December 21, Larian Studios has put a small 10% discount on Baldur’s Gate 3. The effect was not long in coming.

Results for 2023 December 25, 2023

“Personalization of content for different segments of players has become even more important,” Pavel Ignatov from Balance said about the results of 2023

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Pavel Ignatov, CEO at Balance, a company that specializes in gaming LiveOps.

News December 25, 2023

The State Duma proposed to regulate in-game advertising

Russian MPs want to limit the duration and frequency of advertising in video games. The draft amendments to the federal law “On Advertising” have already been submitted to the State Duma for consideration.

News December 25, 2023

The game “Russ vs lizards” was included in the top 20 most highly rated Steam games for 2023

Developed by the Russian indie studio The Bratans, the game “Russ vs Lizards”, according to calculations by the analytical service SteamDB, turned out to be one of the most highly rated games of the year. She took the 15th place in the chart.

Results for 2023 December 25, 2023

“In connection with neural networks, the importance of localization engineers and quality specialists has increased,” Pavel Tokarev, CEO of Inlingo, on the results of 2023

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Pavel Tokarev, CEO of Inlingo outsourcing studio.

News December 22, 2023

Versus Evil publishing house announced its closure

Known for launching The Banner Saga and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, publisher Versus Evil has ceased to exist.

News December 21, 2023

Atari purchases a stake in tinyBuild for $2 million. tinyBuild’s shares increase in value by 70%.

The companies Atari and tinyBuild have entered into a strategic partnership. As part of this, Atari will invest $2 million in the publisher of Hello Neighbor and will become the owner of approximately 7.5% of tinyBuild.

Results for 2023 December 21, 2023

“Now successfully selling a story adventure is a task with three stars,” Artyom Koblov from perelesoq on the results of 2023

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the game teams. This time we talked with Artyom Koblov, founder and creative director of perelesoq studio.

News December 21, 2023

Sony may make cuts to Insomniac Games and close one of the internal studios

Kotaku editors have studied some of the documents that got online after the hacker attack on Insomniac Games. She discovered that the studio was trying to optimize costs and was preparing for layoffs.

News December 21, 2023

The number of players in Starfield has grown by a million in a month

Bethesda has announced a new Starfield achievement. Since its release in September 2023, 13 million people have played the space RPG.

HR December 20, 2023

The winners of the 2023 Gamedev HR Awards were Playkot and Ravenage

The WN Talents recruiting agency has announced the results of the vote for the 2023 Gamedev HR Awards. The winners by number of votes are the game studio Playkot and the publisher Ravenage.

Results for 2023 December 20, 2023

“We have held a record number of events for us,” Pavel Ryakkonen from WN Media Group said about the results of 2023

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Pavel Ryakkonen, CEO and founder of WN Media Group.

Results for 2023 December 20, 2023

“A good year for Belka,” Alexander Bogdanov from Belka Games said about the results of 2023

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the game teams. Next up is an interview with Alexander Bogdanov, CEO of Belka Games.

News December 20, 2023

Data on sales of Sony games on PlayStation leaked to the network

Among the leaked Insomniac Games documents, a table with game sales data from Sony’s internal studios and its partners was found. It is assumed that the figures relate only to the PlayStation versions and are relevant for February 2022.

News December 20, 2023

More than 17 million people have played Fallout 76

This figure was announced by Bethesda, the company that developed Fallout 76. The game reached the mark of 17 million people five years after its release: It was released in November 2018 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

News December 19, 2023

Google will pay over $600 million to Americans affected by the high commission on Google Play

In September, Google agreed with the U.S. attorneys general to settle a lawsuit related to Google Play’s monopoly on the Android store market. The terms of the settlement agreement have now become known.

Results for 2023 December 19, 2023

“The company’s turnover has increased by 30%,” Alexey Pechenin from Infinite Art Solutions said about the results of 2023

On this frosty Tuesday, we continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Alexey Pechenin, founder of the outsourcing studio Infinite Art Solutions.

News December 19, 2023

Rostec is considering developing a video game that will “broadcast the right national values”

Rostec State Corporation is interested in video games. She is considering the possibility of developing a game based on the art project “Fighting Monsters”, in which military equipment is depicted in the image of fantastic animals. According to the company, this way it will be able to promote important values for Russia.