Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey has announced his retirement from the studio. He has worked at Media Molecule for over 17 years.

The proceedings between Nexon and Ironmace studio over the Dark and Darker code and assets have reached court. On April 14, a South Korean publisher filed a lawsuit in the Washington District Court, accusing the developers of copyright infringement.

There is one less person in the Halo team. The Windows Central portal writes that the creative director of the series Frank O’Connor (Frank O’Connor) no longer works at Microsoft.

The Japanese company SEGA has made an offer to buy the creators of Angry Birds for € 706 million ($ 775.8 million). Earlier, the media reported that she was ready to pay $1 billion for Rovio.

Astrum Entertainment and MY.GAMES have entered into an agreement regarding the Warface shooter. Under its terms, Astrum Entertainment got the rights and brand of the game, and MY.GAMES got its code.

Morning surprise from The Wall Street Journal. The publication reports that SEGA is close to acquiring Angry Birds developers.

German InnoGames, known primarily for Forge of Empires, has announced a restructuring. In the near future, the company will lay off 75 employees.

VK has published a report on the most popular RuStore games among Russians. Judging by it, the most active in the country are downloading action games, puzzles and simulators.

One of the largest shareholders of Playtika got rid of 300 thousand shares of the Israeli company. According to a statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he sold them for $3.52 million.

On April 12, the “Association of Professionals of the Operating and Game Development Industry” (A PRIORI) was established in Russia. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to the data of the SPARK-Interfax database.

At the beginning of April, VK Play told about the games for which films gamers from Russia would like to play. Now, in a new study, she, along with the direction of “Games” in Skillbox, found out what gamers think about movie adaptations of games.

Yandex has launched a new section in the developer console on its gaming platform. It is called “Metrics”. The page displays the indicators of the games themselves and their advertising, and you can also see trend lines there.

Another gaming company has decided to finally leave Russia. Nintendo, in a comment to the Eurogamer portal, announced that it was engaged in the liquidation of the Russian division.

Time magazine published a list of the hundred most influential people in 2023. It includes Hidetaka Miyazaki, head of FromSoftware and creator of Dark Souls with Elden Ring.

The purchase of Activision Blizzard could cost Microsoft more than $68.7 billion. According to Bloomberg, according to some investors, Activision Blizzard has every reason to demand a large amount from the corporation if the deal cannot be closed on time.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. Wanted this week: delivery director at Playkot, chief accountant at WN Media Group and sound designer at ExoGenesis.

On April 12, NVIDIA released RTX Remix, a modding platform that allows you to create HD remasters of games. The company immediately shared the source code on GitHub.

The Game Association has published a report on the situation on the German gaming market in 2022. According to him, the year was a record. For the first time in history, the market revenue exceeded the milestone of €9.87 billion.