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News July 10, 2023

“M.Video-Eldorado”: console sales in the Russian retail network increased “more than twice” compared to last year

Russians are increasingly buying game consoles. This is reported by the trading network “M.Video-El Dorado“. According to its data, the demand for game consoles among Russians in the first six months of 2023 increased by 70% compared to the same period last year.

News July 10, 2023

The main thing for the weekend (July 8-9)

Baldur’s Gate 3 has raised revenue thanks to the scandal, Chinese case manufacturers are hinting at the imminent launch of a new Switch, Dota 2 is celebrating its anniversary — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

News July 7, 2023

The Lineage developer company has fallen in price to the level of 2017

On July 7, the share price of the Korean company NCSOFT sank to 279.5 thousand won ($214.9) apiece. This happened after an unsuccessful beta test of the MMORPG Throne and Liberty, which has been in development for more than 11 years.

News July 7, 2023

Niko Partners: more than a third of gamers in Asia are women

The analytical company Niko Partners conducted a study on female gamers in Asia. It turned out that their share in the region reached 37%.

News July 7, 2023

Study: in four years, there have been 2.5 times more game studios in Brazil

The Abragames Association has published a 149-page report on the Brazilian gaming industry. We share facts from it.

News July 7, 2023

SEGA postponed plans to develop blockchain games

The Japanese company SEGA has become cooler about blockchain games. She suspended the development of her own projects and stopped issuing licenses to create blockchain games for her largest IP.

News July 7, 2023

Whaleapp, the studio of the co-founder of Plarium, has earned $80 million on mobile games in five years

In 2018, Ilya Turpiashvili, one of the founders of Plarium, opened the Whaleapp studio. In an interview with Ctech By Calcalist, he said that to date, the mobile games developed by the studio have earned a total of $80 million.

Industry July 7, 2023

6 most popular types of business offers in the gaming industry – ZiMAD experience

Which business proposals are most often faced by a game publisher, – Yana Vesnina, M&A manager at ZiMAD, told in her column for App2Top.

News July 7, 2023

The creator of Sonic received two and a half years in prison, but with a probation period

The Tokyo District Court has sentenced game designer Yuji Naka for insider trading. He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison with a probation period of four years.

News July 7, 2023

Sales of Street Fighter 6 exceeded 2 million copies

Fighting game Street Fighter 6 has overcome a new milestone. Capcom announced that the game was purchased over 2 million times in a month.

News July 6, 2023

The state of Colorado will introduce a tax deduction for game developers

Colorado Governor Jared Schutz-Polis has signed a bill granting a tax deduction to creative companies. Both film studios and game developers will be able to count on it.

News July 6, 2023

IO Interactive has opened a studio in the UK

The authors of Hitman have begun expansion into the UK market. IO Interactive has announced the opening of a branch in Brighton, which will help with the development of an action about James Bond (James Bond) and a multiplayer fantasy RPG.

News July 6, 2023

Two thirds of game dev specialists in Lithuania work in companies with Belarusian roots

There are 2,200 game dev specialists in Lithuania, according to the Lithuanian Association of Game Developers (LZKA). Most of them are employees of companies founded by Belarusians.

News July 6, 2023

The president of Nintendo has earned 23 times less than the head of Playtika over the past year

Nintendo has revealed the salary of its president Shuntaro Furukawa for the year ended March 31, 2023. It turned out to be more modest than that of the heads of a number of other gaming companies.

News July 6, 2023

Embracer Group raised $183 million after issuing new shares

Swedish holding Embracer Group has announced the issue of 80 million new shares. On their sale, the company earned 2 billion Swedish kronor, or about $183 million.

News July 6, 2023

South Korean rating agency accused of embezzlement of tens of thousands of dollars

The South Korean government has conducted an audit of the activities of the Games Rating and Administration Committee. It came to the conclusion that the agency illegally spent $46 thousand on bitcoin mining.

Books July 6, 2023

Books: Russian published “Skyrim. The history of the creation of the great game”

The book “Skyrim. The history of the creation of a great game.” It is dedicated to both aspects of development and the world of the game. The author of the work was the French journalist Franck Extanasié.

News July 5, 2023

Andrey Kuzmin, the creator of “Vangers”, will enter the Hall of Fame of the Russian video game industry

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI) decided to posthumously induct Andrey KranK Kuzmin, founder of K-D LAB and KranX Productions studios, into the Hall of Fame dedicated to Russian games.

News July 5, 2023

Japanese TBS Television has opened a game development studio

One of the largest TV companies in Japan, TBS Television, decided to take up video games. She announced the launch of her own studio — TBS Games.

News July 5, 2023

Germany has cut the budget of the program for financing gaming companies

The German authorities will invest less in video games. The GamesWirtschaft publication reported that in 2024, German gaming companies will be able to receive a total of only €48.7 million in subsidies. For comparison: in 2023, €70 million was allocated for subsidies.