Blizzard representatives told the PC Gamer portal that Geoff Goodman decided to quit at the beginning of the year. The reason for the designer’s departure is not explained.

According to the calculations of MTS-Bank, for the period from March to August 2022, the traffic of streaming platforms in Russia increased by an average of 30%. The company did not share figures for all major platforms, but noted that the traffic of its MTS WASD service jumped by 120% at once (and the average viewing time of streams — by 11% to 68 minutes).

According to the NPD Group, the last time the revenue of the gaming market in the United States grew in annual terms was back in December 2021.

The Japanese company said it continues to investigate the situation with the hacking that happened in early July. Bandai Namco apologized to those who may have been affected by the leak and said it had stepped up security measures.

It became the most popular tweet about video games.

This is the conclusion reached by the Solitaired portal. As part of his research, he analyzed 150 games with the highest rating on IMDb, released between 1985 and 2022.

This was written on Twitter by a user under the nickname teapotuberhacker. The hacker who leaked GTA VI materials to the network had the same nickname.

The cost of apps and in-app purchases (with the exception of auto-renewing subscriptions) will change on October 5. This will happen in all countries that use the euro, as well as in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden and Vietnam.

Over 4 million people have participated in the Star Citizen crowdfunding campaign for ten years.

The FBI, as well as the US Department of Justice, was contacted by Uber, which was also recently hacked. She believes that the same hacker group — Lapsus$ – is behind the attack on her, Rockstar Games, Ubisoft, Nvidia, Microsoft and a number of other technology companies.

Jeronimo Barrera, a former vice president of Rockstar Games, also joined the board of consultants of the platform.

Shawn Layden said on LinkedIn that he has been working with the Chinese giant since August. He advises Tencent‘s gaming division, helping it develop in an industry to which Leyden “devoted most of his career.”

The figure was named by Sensor Tower analysts. They looked at the performance of the game from the release date (September 28, 2020) to August 2022.

Last week, the authors Alan Wake and Control officially announced the opening of the first foreign office. It is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

The PUBG Battle Royale will be blocked in Afghanistan (TikTok social network will also be banned). This statement was made by the Ministry of Telecommunications of the country. Recall that for the last year it has been headed by the Taliban terrorist group banned in Russia.

A letter confirming the leak was published on the official Twitter account of Rockstar Games.

A new gaming company has appeared in Yakutia. It’s called Rubedo Games. Most of the team consists of former MYTONA employees. The release of her first game — a two—dimensional “bagel” – is scheduled for next year.

The morning publication in Vedomosti touched a nerve with many. It noted that, perhaps, companies such as Playrix and Wargaming will place their products in VK Play. However, the expert who suggested this is clearly not very deeply immersed in the topic.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Azur Games announced the sale of shares in studios located in Russia (as well as Belarus). The official reason: the desire to focus on other markets.