Google is ready to sign a settlement agreement with the attorneys general of 37 US states who accused the corporation of abusing power in the Android mobile store market. The legal conflict between them lasts more than two years.

Sumo Group Holding has announced the takeover of the British mobile studio Midoki. According to the company, the purchase will help it increase its presence in the market of free-play games and game services.

Sales of game consoles in Russia are on the rise. In a comment to the Izvestia newspaper, Russian retailers reported that PlayStation and Xbox consoles sold significantly better this August than in August 2022.

Russian gamers began to spend more on domestic playgrounds. In January-July 2023, the turnover of the sites was more than twice as high as in the same period last year.

Sales of the premium edition of Starfield alone exceeded 2 million copies, according to the analytical service PlayTracker.

The turn-based retro RPG Sea of Stars started much better than Sabotage Studio expected. In the first week, the game sold over 250 thousand copies. The company expected to achieve such sales in a year.

The IATSE trade union, which unites representatives of the entertainment industry, conducted a survey among game developers. According to its results, it turned out that over the past two years, 50% of respondents had to recycle at least once.

Action about the battles of giant robots Armored Core VI gave Starfield the first place in the top of the highest-grossing games on Steam over the past week. Both paid and freeplay titles were taken into account in the top.

Lesta Games banned employees from working remotely and changed the work schedule, the portal reports dev.by . Since September, developers are required to spend nine hours a day in the office.

Supercell has supported the newly opened Future Run studio. It is unknown how much money she gave and on what terms.

Shawn Layden, former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, called corporations that want to enter the video game market “barbarians”. In his opinion, they pose a huge threat to the industry.

Square Enix has announced that the games of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series have sold a total of over 3 million copies.

On January 1, 2024, the age limit for IT specialists to receive a deferral from conscription will rise from 27 to 30 years. The corresponding order was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Tim Sweeney is not against the Epic Games Store (EGS) releasing games created with the help of artificial intelligence. This was stated by the head of Epic Games in a comment to the developer’s tweet, who complained about the Steam rules.

On August 30, Sony announced that it would raise the cost of an annual PlayStation Plus subscription by a third in September. Investors took this decision well: at Friday’s trading, the company’s stock price rose by 3.4%.

Dmitry Chernyshenko held a digital lesson in Kazan as part of the marathon “Share your knowledge”. At it, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation called video games a powerful tool of influence and pointed out that they often substitute historical facts, as well as propagandize violence.

Royal Match is confidently moving towards becoming one of the most successful mobile games in the match-3 genre. Last month, for the first time, she collected more revenue and downloads than the hit Candy Crush Saga.

The other day, several former employees of Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) reported that the authors of Star Citizen are conducting mass layoffs. A studio representative in a media commentary called their statements a lie.