The British antitrust regulator has published new preliminary findings regarding the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. He no longer believes that the deal will cause significant damage to competition in the console games market.

OpenAI continues to expand ChatGPT capabilities. She announced support for plugins with which a chatbot can connect to third-party services and search for fresh information on the web.

11 years have passed since the release of the Japanese Puzzle & Dragons mobile battler, but this does not prevent the project from still making good money. Sensor Tower estimates that by the end of February, Buttler’s revenue exceeded $6.7 billion.

US Senator Maria Cantwell is alarmed by the situation on the AAA games market in Japan. At the last meeting in the US Senate, she accused Sony of monopoly, saying that the company owns 98% of the market.

VK Group has revised the policy regarding the commission in RuStore. She announced that from April 1, she will reduce the commission from 15% to 0.9%-3.35%, depending on the payment method chosen by the user. The new conditions will be in effect until the end of the year.

Take-Two Interactive may have made a new purchase. The network noticed that the subscription service GameClub, which specializes in retro mobile games, came under the control of the company.

The third material, completing a series of articles about the monetization strategy of Belka Games. It is dedicated to the company’s work with advertising, the cultivation of personnel and trends in the niche.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a game analyst at ZiMAD, a chief accountant at WN Media Group and a leading game designer at SVMD.The selection was prepared by Marina Lopatina, Director of Business Development of Talents In Games.

Microsoft has been trying for several years to reduce its negative impact on the climate. Now she has announced a new initiative. At the GDC 2023 conference, Microsoft presented a set of tools for eco—friendly game development – the Xbox Developer Sustainability ToolKit.

The Polish company Huuuge Games, which develops mobile games in the genre of social casino, is preparing for cuts. She announced that she will lay off 10% of employees by the end of next month.

By the end of the year, Unreal Engine Marketplace, ArtStation Marketplace and other Epic Games trading platforms will become a single platform “for searching, exchanging, buying and selling digital assets.” It’s called Fab.

Metacritic portal has published a list of the highest-rated publishers for 2022. The first place in it went to Sony, and Microsoft, which was in the lead a year earlier, did not get into the top this time.

Not a day without news about AI. This time the info guide is from Unity. The company is working on an AI ecosystem that will “put AI game development tools in the hands of millions of creators.”

On March 22, Epic Games released a beta version of Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), an application with which gamers can make games inside the Battle royale. The company also announced that it will share Fortnite revenue with the authors of such content.

Atari has agreed to purchase Night Dive Studios, an American company that is currently working on a remake of the original System Shock. The maximum amount of the transaction can be $20 million.

The Vedomosti newspaper, citing a government representative, reports that there may be one more gaming association in Russia. She will be engaged, in particular, in the development of the export potential of the Russian games.

The Bombora publishing house announced the appearance on the Russian shelves of the book “Fallout. Chronicles of the creation of the legendary saga“. The book is written by Erwan Lafleuriel, editor-in-chief of IGN France. It is primarily dedicated to the world of the game and aspects of its plot.

We could not pass by the announcement of the sequel to one of the most popular games in the world (recall that DAU Counter-Strike on PC consistently holds above 1 million).

Chinese giant Tencent has set a new anti-record. The company reported that it earned $79.6 billion last year — 1% less compared to 2021. This is the first drop in Tencent’s annual revenue since at least 2004, when the company went public.