Under the terms of the deal, Cualit will change its name to The Sandbox Uruguay and will support “critical” tools and infrastructure for the company. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to sources close to the company. According to them, Apple has also accelerated work on the rOS operating system for the headset. According to sources, all together this means that the release of the device may take place in the next few months.

The Game Data Library project continues to disclose sales data in Japan. This time he said that the Nintendo Switch became the third best-selling console in the history of the country.

In early January, Take-Two announced plans to acquire Zynga for $12.7 billion. But in order for the purchase to take place, both companies, among other things, had to get the approval of shareholders. Now they have it — the owners of the shares of Take-Two and Zynga supported all the proposals related to the deal.

According to the Game Data Library, this has happened only 10 times in the entire history of the Japanese market. According to his calculations, 6,225 Xbox Series consoles and 2,693 PlayStation 5 consoles were sold in the country last week.

Two years ago, Focus Entertainment took over M&A. It was joined by five gaming companies, including the creators of Metal Slug Tactics and Necromunda: Hired Gun. In an interview with the GamesIndustry portal, the French publisher spoke a little about his approach to transactions.

This is reported by Reuters with reference to four people familiar with the issue. According to the publication, the platform expects to increase advertising revenue and the time that users spend in TikTok in this way.

Next week, on May 26, the third online conference for HR specialists of the gaming industry Talents In Games: HR Conference 2022 will be held. We tell you what is in her program and who might be interested in her.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch mentioned the success of the game during a conversation with investors. According to him, Evil Dead: The Game performed better at the start than World War Z did at the time and received higher ratings on Metacritic than Dead by Daylight.

This statement was made by the president of the corporation Brad Smith (Brad Smith) during an interview with the Belgian edition of L’Echo. He said that the deal is already entering the middle phase. But in any case, a lot still needs to be done.

VK has announced that it is starting to accept applications for paid internships in its game studios. The company has provided a choice of three areas: game content adaptation, analytics and game design.

This is stated in the draft federal law on the Russian mobile marketplace, which was reviewed by Kommersant. The full list is not disclosed, but most likely there are 10 companies in it that are members of the RuStore expert council. Among them are VK itself, Yandex, Rostelecom, Gazprom-Media and Sberbank.

This is stated in the joint report of StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg . GTA V has become the most popular game on Twitch again — it has 127 million hours of views (60% more than in March). In addition, Elden Ring has been in the top for the third month in a row, this time taking ninth place. Streams on it have collected 36 million hours of views.

On May 17, early access to the vampire survival V Rising was opened on Steam. In two days, the number of simultaneous users in it reached 70,256 people (according to Steam DB).

The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Aim Lab will now become the official training ground for Valorant — there shooter users will be able to practice shooting.

Swedish Embracer Group reported for the fiscal year ended March 31. During this period, the company managed to increase revenue by 89%, and game sales — by 116% at once.

This is reported by Kotaku, who received a copy of the letter for Electronic Arts (EA) employees. It is assumed that the reduction may affect about 100 support specialists, many of whom work with FIFA 22. Their tasks will be outsourced.

Blizzard has new problems. Nathan Harris sued the company on behalf of his child, claiming that it misleads underage Hearthstone users.

A new selection of gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a senior game designer at Perfect Play, a Unity developer at Hypemasters and a graphic designer at QMobi.