We continue the series of interviews in which we summarize the results of the year together with experts and top managers of the gaming industry (and related ones). This time we talked with Vladimir Obruchev, the head of the game direction at the Bombora publishing house.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a global report on legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

The Esports Charts portal reported that League of Legends broadcasts scored over 615 million hours of views in 2022. This is more than for any other esports game.

Tim Sweeney commented on Twitter on the scandal surrounding the publication on ArtStation of images created by neural networks. He stated that the ban on such works goes against the values of Epic Games, the parent company of the site.

Another achievement has been submitted to the Chinese hit Genshin Impact. According to Sensor Tower analysts, the revenue of the mobile version of the game has already exceeded $ 4 billion.

Summed up the results of the year together with Tanya Moroz, VP for Customer Success in Appodeal. She spoke about trends in the mobile advertising market, plans for the next year and the company’s successes.

It took almost eight years for an indie bagel about dark, dark dungeons and heroes with neuroses to achieve this indicator.

We summed up the results of the year together with Dmitry Bobrov, CEO of ZiMAD Studio. He spoke about the company’s releases, a noticeable drop in revenue per user and the tightening of platform policies.

SteamDB has compiled a list of the highest-rated games released on Steam in 2022. The leader of this year was Vampire Survivors, which received 97.5% positive reviews.

The book “Programming in Unreal Engine 5 for a beginner igrodel appeared on sale. Fundamentals of the Blueprint Visual Language”. This is the work of two Russian authors: Olga Maksimenkova, Candidate of Technical Sciences and researcher at the HSE, and Nikita Veselko, Product Owner at the IThub games studio.

Enthusiasts from Hidden Palace have posted a new batch of game prototypes in the public domain. Now they have released an archive that includes 207 prototypes for the Xbox 360 and 114 prototypes for the Nintendo Wii.

Lumikai has studied the situation in the Indian gaming market. According to the research, in the next four years, the market’s revenue will grow by an average of 27%.

The Game Awards 2022 ceremony was marked by a lengthy speech by Christopher Judge, who received an award for the role of Kratos in God of War: Ragnarök. According to the organizers, it lasted 7 minutes 59 seconds, as a result of which it surpassed in duration all the speeches of thanks both at the TGA and at other ceremonies.

We are studying the Steam sales chart for the penultimate, 51st week of 2022.

Minecraft has become the most popular game in Russia over the past 18 years according to Google users, ArtStation began hiding images with a protest against neural networks, the media learned that Sony does not see a competitor in the Game Pass — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

We continue the series of interviews in which we summarize the results of the year together with experts and top managers of the gaming industry (and related ones). This time we talked with Kirill and Roman Gursky, the leaders of the gaming direction of the GEM Capital investment group.

We talked about the results of the year with Nikolay Bondarenko, CEO of Aurum Dust studio. He shared the details of the development of The Way and talked about the most notable TBS during the reporting period.

The blockchain company Mythical Games has sued the publisher Fenix Games and its three founders, who previously worked at Mythical Games. She claims that top managers stole her business plan and lured potential investors to her new firm.

This number includes sales of both the title itself and its paid DLC.