Blizzard shared details about the release of Diablo Immortal in the Asia-Pacific region. China, with the exception of certain regions, was not on the list of countries.

Capcom has shared updated data on sales of the Monster Hunter franchise. Since 2004, the total circulation of all games in the series has exceeded the mark of 84 million copies.

The next game in the Mass Effect series has acquired a senior narrative director. He became an experienced screenwriter Mary DeMarle, who previously worked for Eidos Montreal and Ubisoft.

The first speaker of the WN Conference in St. Petersburg was Sergey Zykov, Account Director of SoftClub. In his report, he tried to answer an urgent question: “Is there a chance to continue making and selling games while staying in Russia?”Sergey Zykov

Polium has introduced “the world’s first console for Web3 games”. It is equipped with a button for instant access to the crypto wallet. However, the device was criticized online.

NetEase now helps with the entry into the mobile market not only Blizzard, but also Bungie. It is said that the studios have been working together for more than two years on a mobile shooter game in the Destiny universe.

A business conference for game developers and publishers WN St. Petersburg 2022 starts today. It is opened on our pages by the post of Pavel Ryakkonen, CEO and founder of WN Media Group.

British indie developers surveyed 1,300 colleagues about how much they get. Based on the data obtained, a table was prepared from which you can find out the median salary for almost 50 specialties.

Russian officials are increasingly talking about the need to support the Russian gaming industry. Now the working group “Development of computer sports in the Russian Federation” under the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports has spoken about this.

This was announced by the publisher in his blog. Azur Games has collected the last billion downloads in less than a year.

While the mobile games market is sinking by an insignificant 6.6%, the mobile AR games market may lose significantly more by the end of 2022 – as much as 20%.

There has been a decline in mobile. User spending on mobile games fell by 6.6% year-on-year. If by the end of January-June last year they amounted to $44.1 billion, then for the same period this year they reached $41.2 billion.

Last Friday, the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) opened the reception of competitive applications for the creation of Russian content in the digital environment. Games are also accepted for the competition.

Chinese gaming giant NetEase has published a corporate report highlighting the state of affairs in the company. Among other things, a special place in it was given to the R&D conducted in the company.

We study in detail the Steam sales chart for the 26th week of the year.

In June, the WN Dev Contest game project competition ended. More than 150 developers from 49 countries took part in it. We tell you how the contest went and who won.

The loot boxes are under attack again. Spanish officials have submitted a bill that obliges games with gambling mechanics (such as gacha, for example) to identify their users.

The worldwide release of Diablo Immortal took place on June 2. It’s time to sum up the first results. To do this, we turned to the data of the AppMagic analytical service.