We are studying the Steam sales chart for the 46th week of the year.

The media learned about VK’s plans to develop its own game engine by the end of 2025, one of the composers of God of War: Ragnarök said that she was not indicated in the credits of the game due to non-compliance with the “minimum criteria”, and the French authorities extended the tax benefits program for game developers for six years, – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

On November 4, the official release of Goddess of Victory: Nikke took place on Google Play and the App Store. In the first 14 days since its launch, its revenue reached $62.1 million. At its peak, the game earns $5-6 million a day. More about it — in our material.

The PETA organization made such a request to Santa Monica Studio. She suggested calling the mode “PETA mode”.

Exactly one month has passed since the release of the Marvel Snap collectible card game, developed by the creators of Hearthstone. It turned out to be quite successful for the project.

China’s NetEase reported for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. We look at the company’s indicators.

The German government has announced that it will allocate €70 million in grants to German developers next year. Previously, it had invested €20 million less for the development of game development in the country.

The owners of the NashStore reported on the indicators of the Russian mobile marketplace in the official Telegram channel of the platform.

On November 17, the National Press and Publications Administration of China (NPPA) issued licenses for publishing 70 online games in the country. Among them was Metal Slug: Awakening — Tencent is responsible for its release.

Epic Games has updated the lawsuit against Google, adding more details about Project Hug, a program designed to keep major developers on Google Play and prevent competition. According to the authors of Fortnite, Google has concluded at least 24 deals, including with Activision Blizzard.

A veteran of the Japanese gaming industry, Yuji Naka, was among the suspects in insider trading in shares of the developer studio Dragon Quest Tact. This is reported by FNN Prime Online.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. Wanted this week: CG Generalist at AIRICORE, Lead UA Manager at Dankolab and Senior 2D concept environment Artist at ExoGenesis.

Rollic Games, part of Zynga (which itself is part of Take-Two), was joined by the German developer and publisher Popcore Games. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A young Cypriot game development studio Eschatology Entertainment raised $4 million during the seed round to develop an AAA first-person shooter.

According to the Automaton portal, two former Square Enix employees were suspected of trying to make money on Dragon Quest Tact. Allegedly, shortly before the announcement of the game, they intentionally bought cheap shares of the Aiming studio in the amount of $ 336.3 thousand, in order to then sell them more expensive.

This was announced by the CEO of the Swedish holding company Lars Wingefors (Lars Wingefors) in the framework of the financial report.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has published a list of donors who donated money to the organization to support refugees from the territory of Ukraine. In the top of the main benefactors is the developer of Unreal Engine and Fortnite.

For Chinese gaming companies, a “black streak” may end. On November 16, the state newspaper The People’s Daily published an article calling for a closer look at the positive aspects of video games.

The head of the NetEase partnership department, Simon Zhu, wrote on LinkedIn that he spent ten thousand hours in Warcraft, Starcraft and Overwatch and is now “heartbroken” because of the closure of games in China. He also spoke sharply about the people who made the decision: