The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced the importance of regulating in—game currencies, Tencent decided to change its investment strategy, and ZA/UM studio lost several key developers of Disco Elysium, – we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

The fact that Google refused to cooperate with the game designer, the publication 9to5Google reports. According to his sources, the company did not believe in the success of single-player games.

The antimonopoly Authority of South Korea suspects that Apple charges developers a commission of 33% rather than 30%.

The company did not tell which titles had the most downloads.

She lost the title to the manufacturer of alcoholic beverages Kweichow Moutai.

This figure was named in a recent report by the Tenjin data attribution service.

Users of the game Uma Musume: Pretty Derby appealed to the court. According to Sedaily, initially more than seven thousand gamers wanted to participate in the trial, but so far only 201 people have been allowed to participate.

On September 29, Google announced that it was going to close Stadia due to low popularity, but it seems that it forgot to warn game developers about it. At least some of them learned about the company’s plans from the news.

Now Activision Blizzard wants to get all the money that the EngineOwning portal earned from trading cheats for the publisher’s games.

Amber La Macchia voiced such a proposal during a speech at the summit held by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). She pointed out that many game developers consider crunch a minor problem and perceive it as something inevitable. However, recycling seriously affects the quality of life.

The mobile gaming market is going through hard times. According to the analytical company Sensor Tower, its revenue for July-September 2022 fell by 12.7%.

The official reason is: “The service has not achieved the success we expected.”

The distributor is going to release books about the gaming industry every month. The first book will be Limited Run: The Complete Run, in which the company will talk about its games published in 2015-2016.

The publisher thought that Cult of the Lamb would take at least a year to reach the current figures. Devolver Digital mentioned this in its latest financial report.

Nexters summed up the financial results of the first half of 2022. During this period, the company was able to increase both revenue and net profit.

The fact that the company has “low expectations” from the game, writes journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios, citing his sources.

This figure was named by Simon Carless. Let’s clarify that we are talking about the median, not the average value.

The gaming expert said that at the start, with the help of GameDiscoverCo Pro, it will be possible to see how many people have purchased the game on different platforms (Steam, PlayStation and Xbox) and in different regions. The service will also show genre coverage.

And also pay them several salaries once and issue VMI policies for families.