At the beginning of September, the regulator noted that companies can avoid a detailed audit if they prove that their deal will not have a negative impact on the gaming industry.

Game consultant and journalist Daniel Camilo is sure of this. According to him, Western companies have a chance to get a license only if they want to publish a well-known mobile game and have already enlisted the support of local partners.

In a letter to employees, Forrest Li, CEO of Sea, said that in the near future the company is unlikely to be able to attract investments and with their help fix its financial situation. Therefore, the management decided to cut costs. In particular, it will refuse compensation payments until Sea becomes profitable again.

Timberborn was released in early access on PC exactly a year ago — on September 15, 2021. It was developed by indie studio Mechanics.

Andrew Wilson told about this at the Goldman Sachs conference. The head of Electronic Arts (EA) said that there is a direct link between how long gamers play and how much money they end up spending. Therefore, the company is interested in having as much fascinating content as possible in its titles.

According to the Financial Times, the British regulator will begin checking the deal in detail this week. In the EU, an in-depth investigation will start after Microsoft officially hands over all the necessary documents to Brussels.

The fact that David Berger (David Berger) may leave the studio, was reported by the portal Lords of Gaming. The developer himself did not publicly announce his departure, nor did 343 Industries and Microsoft write about it.

This figure was named by Astute Analytica. For comparison: last year, the genre’s revenue was 2.5 times lower — $937.6 million.

The Tokyo Prosecutor’s Office believes that Tsuguhiko Kadokawa paid ¥69 million or $481 thousand to Kadokawa Corporation to become one of the sponsors of the Olympics in Japan.

According to Famitsu, in August, Japanese gamers bought 83 thousand cartridges with Nintendo Switch Sports.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a data analyst at Dankolab, a UX designer at Funky Monkey Studio and a DevOps engineer at WN Media Group.

According to Apptopia analysts, prices in iOS apps could have grown so much because of Apple‘s new privacy policy. They noticed that IAPs were getting more expensive at the same time as the average effective installation price (eCPI) was increasing.

Apple‘s plans became known from invitations to an online event that the corporation sent to developers. The text of such an invitation was published on Twitter by marketing expert Eric Seufert.

According to Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki, the company is going to sell over 5 million copies of the game.

Kolibri Games studio told about the success of the game on Twitter.

The new studio is located in Copenhagen. It is reported that it operates under the control of THQ Nordic, a subsidiary of Embracer Group. Despite this, Campfire Cabal has retained its creative independence.

On October 13, corporate tariffs for using Unity will increase. According to the company, it “has not raised prices for almost three years.” The developers are not thrilled.

Apex Legends Mobile was released on May 17. Within 12 days of its release, it was the first game by the number of downloads in the Japanese App Store and Google Play. In the top 10, Apex Legends Mobile lasted 54 days.

Almost nothing is known about the game, except that it is called the All-star Street Ball Party. Against the background of the incident, NetEase shares have risen by 5.7% and are now trading at a price of $92.48 apiece.