VK Group announced that self-employed developers will be able to earn money on applications in RuStore. This feature will appear in the near future.

The AppMetrica analytical service has received an update. It has a tool for tracking subscriptions.

What are the trends of the hyper—casual games market worth paying attention to at the moment, – said Sergey Martinkevich, Publishing Lead at Azur Games.

On the afternoon of May 24, the value of Embracer Group‘s shares collapsed by more than 40%. Most likely, the reason was the failure of the $2 billion deal, which the company reported in its annual financial report.

One of the largest shareholders of the Swedish gaming holding EG7 is dissatisfied with the way things are going. Alta Fox appealed to the EG7 board of directors and recommended that alternative business development options, including the sale of the company, be immediately explored.

Embracer Group reported for the last fiscal year ended March 31. She reported an increase in profits and sales, as well as the successes of Dead Island 2 and Metro Exodus.

During the presentation to investors, Sony also revealed sales of PC versions of two games: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered and The Last of Us Part I.

Sony held a presentation for investors, where it talked about the business of the company’s gaming division. We have chosen the main thing.

At the Paradox Deep Dive presentation dedicated to the company’s business processes, Paradox Interactive shared statistics on its games over the past ten years. She told which projects managed to become profitable, and which ones did not.

Computer clubs in Russia attract more and more people. According to Vedomosti, with reference to the Langame study, over the period from 2019 to 2022, the number of monthly visitors to clubs doubled to 2.5 million people.

Adobe has added Photoshop integration with Firefly, a family of neural networks that can generate art. Now the editor can “finish” the background according to the text description, as well as change, add and delete objects in images.

Enthusiast Jason Scott has published digitized audio recordings of speeches by representatives of gaming companies at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), held in 1999. The Telegram channel Gamedev suffering drew attention to this.

Deck Nine Games is another game studio that has seen a wave of cuts. According to former narrative designer Elizabeth Ballou, among others, the heads of some teams left the studio. They decided to quit voluntarily so that their subordinates would not lose their jobs.

Japanese police arrested a 52-year-old resident of Nagoya, who posted gameplay videos on YouTube. He was detained on charges of copyright infringement and publication of spoilers.

In the USA, a lawsuit was filed against Nintendo. The company was accused of unfair and immoral use of gacha mechanics in the mobile game Mario Kart Tour.

Nexters suggests calling creatives, in which funny mini-games are shown instead of core mechanics, an advertisement for non-basic gameplay. What is the reason for this, — Anton Yakovlev, CMO of the company, told in his column.

The next WN Connect will be held in Beijing this Wednesday. It will bring together representatives of NetEase, KingSoft, Xiaomi, Unity, Lilith Games and other companies operating in China.

MY.GAMES is strengthening its position in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). She announced the opening of a regional hub in the UAE capital.

InvestGame analysts reported that in the first quarter of 2023, the volume of public offerings, private investments and completed mergers and acquisitions in the gaming market decreased significantly. They amounted to $2.1 billion against $15.4 billion in January-March 2022.