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News June 16, 2022

Kaliningrad plans to compensate game developers for part of the costs

Russian developers will soon be able to claim a new benefit. The authorities of the Kaliningrad region are going to reimburse them part of the money spent on the creation of games. Andrey Tolmachev, General Director of the Kaliningrad Region Development Corporation, told about this during his speech at the SPIEF.

Industry June 15, 2022

Game Insight went into self-destruction. Up to 600 specialists lost their jobs

The developer and publisher of mobile games Game Insight is leaving Russia. The company liquidates the organization and fires people. Some people are invited to support existing products in a new LLC.

News June 15, 2022

Analysts believe that CD Projekt shares will soon stop falling, but do not expect a sharp increase

Last week, CD Projekt shares fell by 9% in a day, falling to 93 zloty ($20.7) apiece. Their price has not been so low since 2017. Polish news publication today Bankier.pl it gathered the opinions of analysts about what the group of companies can expect next.

News June 15, 2022

A studio with Russian roots Hypemasters raised $3.25 million and decided to “part ways” with MGVC

Hypemasters, founded by immigrants from Russia, received investments from three companies. According to VentureBeat, GEM Capital invested $ 2 million in the studio, another $ 1 million — The Games Fund, and $ 250 thousand — Ludus.

News June 15, 2022

The British consumer protection organization called on Nintendo to investigate complaints about the drift of Joy-Con sticks

40% of Joy-Con owners for the Nintendo Switch faced stick drift, the British human rights organization Which? found out. She said that Nintendo should look into the problem and conduct an independent investigation. It is also desirable that the company “unconditionally” and free of charge replace all faulty controllers.

News June 15, 2022

Media: Bethesda’s Russian office is cutting staff and may be preparing to close

Another large gaming company may leave Russia. The Shazoo portal drew attention to the fact that resumes of employees of the Russian branch of Bethesda began to appear on job search sites. Journalists have suggested that there are massive cuts in the studio.

News June 15, 2022

VK and Lesta Games have entered into a partnership. Together they plan to develop esports and the Russian gaming industry

Lesta Games Studio will work closely with VK. The companies entered into a partnership during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Vacancies June 15, 2022

Vacancies of the week: ZiMAD, Hypercell Games and Geeky House are looking for employees

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a game designer at ZiMAD, a level designer at Hypercell Games and a game producer at Geeky House.

News June 15, 2022

The turnover of the “serious” games market will reach $32.7 billion by 2030. This is five and a half times more than in 2020

In the latest report ResearchAndMarkets.com I drew attention to the market of “serious” games — games on educational, medical or other topics that cannot be called completely entertaining.

News June 15, 2022

Meta* Adds parental controls to VR Headsets

Meta* is going to make VR headsets safer for children. She has released an update for Meta Quest with new parental control tools.

News June 15, 2022

Odeeo startup specializing in audio advertising for mobile games has raised $9 million

Israeli Odeeo announced a new round of funding. She received $9 million from investors, which she is going to spend on the development of her advertising tool.

News June 15, 2022

The studio of the co-founders of Sperasoft has opened a division in Montenegro

At the beginning of the year Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo and Alan Van Slyke from Sperasoft founded a new game studio — Arctic7. Now they have announced the first expansion, launching a division in Montenegro.

News June 15, 2022

Meta* will launch a “metaverse academy” in France. She will train specialists for the metaverse

Meta* together with the French company Simplon decided to independently train specialists who will be able to work in the metaverse. According to Agence France-Presse, they plan to open a so-called “metaverse academy” and train about 100 future professionals in the first year.

Marketing June 14, 2022

eCPM metric: why it is needed and how it is calculated

One of the central metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of advertising is eCPM. What is its difference from CPM, how it is calculated and why it cannot be unconditionally relied on, — he told in his column for App2Top.ru Mark Rodriguez, Product Marketing and Growth Manager at Appodeal.

News June 14, 2022

German Antitrust Regulator to Study How App Tracking Transparency Works on iOS

App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is a framework that iOS developers should use to request users’ permission to track personal data. The other day, he attracted the attention of the Federal Office for Combating Cartels in Germany.

News June 14, 2022

Nintendo Switch Sports became the best-selling game of May in Japanese retail

Famitsu estimated that Japanese gamers bought 1.6 million discs of games in May. The Nintendo Switch Sports was in the greatest demand — almost 420 thousand people purchased cartridges with it.

News June 14, 2022

King bought the company Peltarion, specializing in AI

King has announced the acquisition. She was joined by Peltarion, which is known for the cloud AI platform of the same name. How much the authors of Candy Crush Saga had to pay for this purchase is not disclosed.

News June 14, 2022

Wargaming will open two divisions — in Serbia and Poland

The new offices will be located in Belgrade and Warsaw. According to Wargaming, they will employ about 400 people.

News June 14, 2022

Netmarble ended the first quarter of 2022 with a loss of $40.4 million

South Korean mobile publisher Netmarble reported for the first quarter of 2022. The company reported an increase in revenue, however, it was unable to make a profit.

News June 14, 2022

Sensor Tower: by 2026, the share of revenue from games in the App Store will decrease to 43%

Mobile games will soon cease to be a category that accounts for more than half of App Store users’ spending. According to Sensor Tower’s forecast, already in 2024, non—gaming applications will overtake games at the box office – by about $ 1 billion. And by 2026, the difference will be $21 billion.