The data was published by analyst Serkan Toto, who referred to the Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories report. As he writes, in 2021, the Japanese PC games market earned ¥131.3 billion, or about $896 million. This is twice as much as in 2018.

We are studying the Steam sales chart for the 44th week of the year.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a game designer at ZiMAD, a UI designer at Funky Monkey and a CG Generalist at Airicore.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Belka Games announced the closure of the Russian office. The company has relocated more than 200 employees from it in 7 months.

The Singapore company Habby, known primarily as the developer of the mobile blockbuster Archero, has acquired a new box office hit. It’s called Survivor.io . This is a mobile clone of Vampire Survivors.

Now it can also be used from the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.

Publisher Focus Entertainment announced on its official Twitter page that more than a million people have played the second part of the adventure game A Plague Tale since its release on October 18.

Frontier Developments used to be primarily engaged in self-publishing. She created hits herself, published them herself. Her blockbusters include Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, and the Jurassic World Evolution series. Now the company is also engaged in publishing third-party projects.

One of the most striking indie games of the past year, many industry publications recognized Unpacking, a cute game that reveals the story of a girl through the things she carried through life with her.

It is reported that Apple has attracted two top managers to develop projects related to mixed reality. It is possible that the company is preparing to announce its own MR device.

Another gaming pensioner took up NFT games. Richard Garfield, the author of the most popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, is due to release Blockchain Brawlers any day now.

On behalf of five Chinese ministries, a plan was published according to which the country plans to put 25 million VR devices on the market by 2026.

Valve has added new, significantly more flexible language settings.

Following the leak about the closure of Onoma (formerly Square Enix Montreal), an official press release with new details appeared.

The Swedish gaming holding closed the Canadian studio Onoma, formerly known as Square Enix Montreal, just a few months after its purchase.

Activision announced that in the first three days of sales, which fell at the beginning of the weekend, the revenue of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reached $800 million. This is the highest-grossing opening weekend in the history of the franchise.

A little more about the Celestial Empire. The National Administration for Press and Publications of China has not issued a single gaming license for October. For the first time since July.

According to the forecast of Niko Partners, the revenue of the Chinese video game market by the end of 2022 will amount to $45.4 billion. This is 2.5% less than a year earlier. For almost a quarter of a century, there has been no drop in indicators.