The year 2023 started unsuccessfully for Ubisoft. Against the background of recent problems, the capitalization of the French publisher sank to € 2.67 billion. Now it is once again priced cheaper than CD PROJEKT.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week we are looking for: UI/UX designer at Lesta Games, game designer at ZiMAD and a leading recruiter at WN Media Group.

The TASS agency noticed in the roadmap “New System-wide Software” (NOPO) fresh details about the game engine that VK is working on.

Google and NVIDIA have shared with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) information about the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. According to Bloomberg, citing sources, in their statements, the companies supported Sony‘s concerns and indicated that this purchase could harm competition in the markets of cloud services, subscriptions and mobile games.

Maxim Donskikh accused Igor Matsanyuk, chairman of the board of directors of Game Insight, of fraud. In a Facebook post* he wrote that four years ago Matsanyuk did not give him a “large” amount of money when he was dismissed from the company.

Denis Kachura, the arbitration manager in the bankruptcy case of Game Insight in Russia, spoke about what is happening in the publishing house of mobile games. He stated that in his many-year career, he had never encountered such defiant and ugly behavior of the company before.

This is stated in the Gamesight report on advertising platforms for game developers.

Ghost Ship Games has bought a minority stake in the VR studio Bolverk Games from the investment firm Capnova. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The Chinese giant NetEase continues to expand into the international market. The company has announced the opening of its first Spanish studio. It is located in Barcelona.

Yesterday’s announcement by Ubisoft about changing financial plans and canceling three games had a negative impact on the company. On the morning of January 12, the value of its shares fell by 21% to €18.83 apiece. They haven’t traded so cheaply since September 2015.

John Smedley will no longer head Amazon Game Studios San Diego. He decided to leave the company and try his hand at something new.

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the purchase of another 1.06% of Nintendo. Now he owns a share of 6.07%.

Insider Jeff Grubb claims that Ubisoft is trying to sell the company. According to him, the French publisher approached several similar companies with a deal proposal, but they “just laughed.”

On January 11, Ubisoft released a report in which it spoke about the difficult financial situation. The French company said that the sales of new products did not meet expectations, because of poor macroeconomic conditions and changes in the gaming industry. Against this background, Ubisoft decided to make several adjustments to its plans.

In the 90s, John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, periodically lent to developers, helping them get back on their feet. Most of them never returned the money, but not American McGee — two decades later, the creator of “Alice” suddenly repaid his debt.

In February 2020, Counterplay Games closed the Duelyst tactical card game. Three years later, the studio decided to share the source code of the project and publish it on GitHub.

The other day Garth DeAngelis announced on Twitter that he was leaving Firaxis Games. He has worked in the studio for more than 14 years.

The British Catalis Group is expanding. She was joined by Secret 6, which helps other developers with creating art and testing games. How much the purchase cost is not reported.

Blizzard Entertainment may soon name a new company that will publish its games in China instead of NetEase. According to Chinese insider and esports player Lao Dao (老刀舅舅), now the developer is choosing between two publishers.