Last night, the Raven Software studio successfully voted for the creation of the Game Workers Alliance trade union. 19 people were in favor of unification, and three were against it.

Today, the direct merger of Take-Two Interactive and Zynga began. Now the mobile company is considered part of the publisher of Grand Theft Auto.

The regulator plans to take up changing the rules regarding the publication of positive paid reviews online. He wants to tighten them up.

The startup is called BUD. It was launched in 2019 and is known primarily for the eponymous social sandbox with 3D avatars.

The figure was shared by the Chinese Gaming Industry Committee. How much less is not specified, but 43% of parents surveyed said that last year their children played “much less often” than in 2020.

At the end of April, Bloomberg reported that a number of investment companies had expressed interest in buying Ubisoft. Now there is information that the publisher listens to offers, but is in no hurry to conclude a deal.

This became known from the second volume of the book Ultimate History of Video Games, excerpts from which have recently appeared online.

Exactly a week has passed since the release of the Russian mobile marketplace NashStore. Against this background, the company “Digital Platforms” decided to share the first results of his work.

The increased control by the authorities and the consequences of the pandemic have seriously affected Chinese tech giants, including Tencent. According to a number of media reports, large-scale cuts have begun in the company.

GfK has published a fresh chart with games showing the best physical sales in the UK over the past week. This time it was led by Horizon Forbidden West, which increased sales by 94% after Sony released the first official bundle for the PS5.

The companies themselves did not disclose the size of the grant. Cyberia Limited noted only that “there are enough funds to develop an AA game.” But according to Kommersant’s sources, the Internet Development Institute (IRI) allocated 260 million rubles to developers.

Valve‘s portable PC has ceased to lead the Steam bestseller chart. Last week, the first place went to the vampire survival V Rising. The set for him — Founder’s Pack: Eldest Bloodline — also got into the rating, taking the fifth place.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma that abolishes the punishment for parallel imports to Russia, and rumors have surfaced about Electronic Arts’ plans to sell the company — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

Game outsourcing developer Virtuos enters the Vietnamese market. The company announced that it has become the owner of the Glass Egg studio, based in Ho Chi Minh City. The size of the transaction is not disclosed.

Matthew Karch shared his opinion during the presentation of the quarterly report of Embracer Group, the parent company of Saber Interactive. He noted that now the success of the games is much more influenced by the quality of the titles themselves, the hype on social networks and the reviews of influencers.

Another Swedish gaming company has released a financial report. The Thunderful Group said the first quarter of this year was “weak.” Although its revenue increased by 7.3% to $61.4 million, operating profit fell seriously to $524 thousand.

Swedish publisher G5 Entertainment shared the results for the first three months of 2022. He said that the situation in Ukraine affected the financial performance of the company, nevertheless, the quarter was quite successful.

VK Play playground tried to make a portrait of a Russian gamer. She interviewed about two thousand people aged 15 to 54 years and learned a little about their preferences.

On May 17, Electronic Arts released a mobile version of Apex Legends. The game started well. According to AppMagic, by yesterday evening, the shooter’s revenue on smartphones reached $1.56 million.