The PlayTracker platform drew attention to the situation. According to her, the rapid growth of online began in January 2022. If last year the average figure was kept at the level of 300-800 people, then in January the number of simultaneous Metal Gear Rising players on Steam reached two thousand.

It took the shooter a little less than a year to do this — recall that the game was released in June 2021. As noted in CI Games, sales of Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 are going faster than its predecessor.

Musk wrote about his attitude to the game on Twitter. He also said that he passed the Elden Ring playing as a magician, and always carried a sword or katana with him.

Epic Games has achieved a small victory in a legal standoff with Google. At the request of the developers, the court forbade the removal of the Bandcamp music platform from Google Play for using a third—party payment system in it – at least while the proceedings are ongoing.

The Government’s Commission on legislative Activity has already agreed on amendments to the tax Code prepared by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance. This is reported by RBC.

Reggie Fils-Aimé shared his opinion in a conversation with The Washington Post. He said that over a long career he had worked in many companies with trade unions. In his experience, the creation of a trade union is neither good nor bad. It’s just a situation that a manager should be able to work with.

Six months ago, the Communications Workers of America union said that Activision Blizzard allegedly illegally monitors its employees, threatens them and prohibits discussing a number of issues related to working in the company. For example, the salary and working conditions. He also pointed out that the policy regarding social networks is too broad.

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.