GEM Capital investment group plans to invest $50 million in game developers over the next two years. The priority is studios from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Cyprus.

After three years of early access, Baldur’s Gate 3 was officially released on PC on August 3. The game immediately became a hit. Six hours after the release, 472,136 Steam users were playing the RPG from Larian Studios at the same time.

Gaming expert Simon Carless has found out what the chances are of releasing a successful game on the Nintendo Switch in 2023. To do this, he analyzed the lists of the most downloaded games in the United States.

On July 27, the Roblox open beta test for Meta* VR headsets began. According to Roblox CEO David Baszucki, in the first five days, the owners of Quest 2 and Quest Pro downloaded the VR version of the platform “much” more than a million times.

VK continues to develop the RuStore mobile marketplace. She announced that developers can now place applications adapted for Android-based Smart TV in the store.

In Russia, they may begin to grant a deferral from conscription to IT specialists not only with higher, but also with secondary vocational education in the IT field. The Ministry of Finance has sent a corresponding proposal to the government and the Ministry of Defense, the Izvestia newspaper reports.

Capcom has published fresh data on sales of “platinum” games — games that have sold over a million copies.

Nintendo reported for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on June 30. The company reported the highest operating profit in the history of the first quarters.

Nintendo has updated its game sales data for the Nintendo Switch. By June 30, 2023, it had sold a total of 1.088 billion titles.

32 employees of Striking Distance Studios, which developed the horror The Callisto Protocol, have been cut. They were fired after Striking Distance Studios and its parent company KRAFTON reviewed the studio’s priorities.

The analytical company Circana has prepared a report on the state of the American gaming market in June 2023.

Shanghai police arrested five people who forged the official merchandise of Genshin Impact. This is the second arrest directly related to the violation of the rights of the company miHoYo, in the last two weeks.

Wargaming has turned 25 years old. She decided to celebrate her birthday not only with thematic events in games, but also with charity. Wargaming announced that it has sent $ 250 thousand for medical care to citizens of Ukraine.

China is preparing new restrictions for minors. China’s Central Commission for Cyberspace Affairs (CAC) has published draft rules setting limits on the time that children can spend on mobile applications.

Playkot games are becoming more and more popular. The co-founder of the company, Alexander Pavlov, announced that in July 2023, there were four times more monthly active users in its games than 18 months ago.

Last week, WN Connect Shanghai`23 took place. We share its results and the first results of the ChinaJoy, Asia’s largest exhibition and conference of digital entertainment, held there in Shanghai.

The Merge Hotel Empire mobile game started earning $1 million a month from IAP. This was reported on Facebook* Denis Shevchenko, CEO of the Cyprus studio GreenPixel Games.

Electronic Arts (EA) reported for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on June 30. We collected the main thing from the company’s documents.

At the end of July, Sony for the first time lowered the prices of the PlayStation 5 in a number of countries, including the UK. According to GfK, because of this, weekly console sales in the British market increased by 75% in units and by 63% in monetary terms.