On the eve of the autumn WN Conference, which will be held in Limassol on September 8-9, App2Top.ru and Talents In Games is conducting a survey on the salary level in the gaming industry in Cyprus.

A new day is a new financial report. South Korean Krafton shared the results of the first half of 2022, reporting record net profit and success of PUBG.

Formally, Hiroyuki Kobayashi left the Japanese company on March 31, but until today he has not publicly announced this.

On August 11, the global release of the Tower of Fantasy MMORPG, resembling the sci-fi version of Genshin Impact, took place. After that, the title immediately broke into the top 10 most downloaded games in the App Store in 90 countries of the world, and in the USA, Japan, South Korea, and even took first place.

Electronic Arts (EA) has repeatedly faced criticism of loot boxes, however, the company does not intend to abandon their sale. In a statement to Eurogamer, she said that she does not want to deprive players of the opportunity to spend money if they want to.

As part of the deal, Unity will work together with CACI International to develop human-machine interfaces. The company’s management noted that the deal is of a strategic nature — Unity hopes that in the future its engine will be used more often for projects of the US government.

The third news today about the finances of gaming companies. Now the report for the second quarter of 2022 has been released by Rovio.

Newzoo analysts have studied the situation on the Spanish gaming market. According to their data, there are now 31.7 million gamers in the country, of which 83% not only play, but are also actively interested in the industry as a whole.

In two months, a new hearing will take place in the scope of the proceedings between Epic Games and Apple. The companies will have 20 minutes each to protest the court decision made a year ago.

The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. It should be noted that this purchase will allow Soedesco to gain a foothold in the Spanish market — in the spring, the Dutch publisher launched its first foreign publishing division in Madrid.

Journalist Tim Gettys during the podcast Kinda Funny Games stated that some publishers are “afraid” to release games simultaneously with the release of God of War: Ragnarö k. Companies want to give Tom more space to avoid competition.

Every year Riot Games tells how the company is doing with diversity. In a recent report, she touched on the topic of salaries. Riot Games stated that it no longer sees a statistically significant difference in the incomes of women and minorities compared to other employees in the same positions.

Swedish G5 Entertainment has also prepared a report for the second quarter of 2022. Sherlock became the main hit of the period — it earned more than other games in the App Store and Google Play, generating 19.5% of the company’s net revenue alone.

On August 9, the 14th season of Apex Legends started. The very next day, the Respawn Entertainment project attracted more simultaneous Steam players than ever — 511,676 people.

Today, VK shared the financial report for the second quarter of 2022. The group of companies reported that the revenue of the gaming direction fell by 17% due to the strengthening of the ruble and the lack of new releases.

How much Spin Master paid for the developers, and on what terms the transaction took place, is not disclosed. As the company hopes, the purchase will help increase the share of revenue from video games from 10% to 20%.

The complaint was filed anonymously. It affected not only the American Nintendo, but also the recruitment agency Aston Carter.

The corporation mentioned this in a report for the Brazilian regulator, which is checking the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.

Godot-developers have launched a studio. It’s called W4 Games. She will be engaged in strengthening the ecosystem of the engine.