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The Guillemot family is against the sale of Ubisoft. On the contrary, she wants to completely buy out the company

Last week, there was a rumor about a possible sale of Ubisoft. Today is a new speculation on the topic. There was talk that the Guillemot family, on the contrary, plans to strengthen its position in the gaming business.

News May 4, 2022

A gaming exclusive has appeared on Netflix. Its developers assure that they do not have to worry about monetization

The novelty is called Relic Hunter: Rebels. This is the first mobile game of the Brazilian Rogue Snail. It’s hard to call the studio famous, but the authors of the cult Knights of Pen work in it & Paper.

News May 4, 2022

The founder of Electronic Arts as an adviser joined the board of 110 Industries

The controversial 110 Industries is getting better. An investment company with Russian roots has announced a significant addition to the board of directors.

News May 4, 2022

The problematic remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Changes the development team

Something is wrong with creating a new version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. After criticism of the announcement from the players, several postponements of the release and months of silence, the game changes the team.

Games May 4, 2022

AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of April 2022

By the end of April App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

Vacancies May 4, 2022

Vacancies of the week: Daily Magic, Evrika Games and Sigma are looking for employees

We are publishing a new pool of gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a leading game designer at Daily Magic, a leading product manager at Evrika Games and an art director at Sigma.

News May 4, 2022

The UK authorities are preparing to issue requirements for how mobile stores should protect privacy

In the UK, they plan to strengthen control over the App Store, Google Play and other mobile stores. The government stated that they do not protect user data well enough, so officials decided to draw up special regulations for stores.

News May 4, 2022

Roblox finally transfers employees to a hybrid work format

Another gaming company decided that its employees do not have to be in the office all the time. Roblox announced that now, if desired, teams can sometimes work from home. But there are several conditions.

News May 4, 2022

Korean Monoverse, specializing in gaming NFT, received $3.1 million

The money was given by the investment company Korea Real Estate Investment and Trust. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

News May 4, 2022

NFT sales are down 92% from their peak in September

The Wall Street Journal drew attention to the drop in interest in NFT. As the publication pointed out, with reference to NonFungible data, since September, the average number of transactions with tokens has fallen from 225 thousand to 19 thousand per day.

News May 4, 2022

Four studios immediately left the PlayStation program for Spanish indie developers due to “unjustified expectations”

This decision was made today by the teams of Broken Bird Games, Gatera Studio, Moonatic Studios and Tapioca Games. The developers did not explain the reasons in detail, but, apparently, they could not agree with the organizers of the PlayStation Talents Games Camp.

News May 4, 2022

The platform for game services AccelByte raised $60 million

The main investor was SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment, NetEase and Galaxy Interactive have also invested in the platform.

News May 4, 2022

The Government of the Russian Federation launches a preferential mortgage at 5% for IT specialists

This was announced by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He clarified that only employees of accredited IT companies will be able to take out such a mortgage. The maximum loan amount in the million-plus regions will be 18 million rubles, in other regions — 9 million rubles.

News May 4, 2022

The president of Zynga decided to leave the gaming industry

Bernard Kim announced on LinkedIn that on May 31, he will become CEO of Match Group, a well-known online dating service Tinder.

News May 4, 2022

AppLovin subsidiary has bought a mobile clone of Wordle

A game called Wordle! now owned by Lion Studios Plus. How much the purchase cost is not reported. The terms of the transaction are also unknown.

News May 4, 2022

Bungie opposed the possible abolition of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States

Destiny developers have stated that every person should have freedom of choice in all spheres of life — this also applies to reproduction. Bungie has promised to support its employees who may be affected by the decision of the US Supreme Court.

News May 4, 2022

The main thing for the weekend (April 30 – May 3)

Embracer Group announced new purchases, there were rumors of a deal between Square Enix and Sony, and Elon Musk criticized the App Store commission — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

News April 29, 2022

Rovio shares rose 21.5% after the release of the financial report

According to Bloomberg, this is the largest daily growth for Rovio since the company went public in 2017. At the moment, one of its shares can be bought for €8,54.

News April 29, 2022

Rovio: Russia accounted for 1.7% of gaming revenue in January-February

Finnish Rovio has published a financial report for the first quarter of 2022. Despite the general decline in the mobile frituplay market, the creator of Angry Birds managed to achieve a good income. In three months, the company earned €85 million — 26.6% more than a year ago.

Mobile gamers Spent more than $3 billion on Genshin Impact

The Guillemot family is against the sale of Ubisoft. On the contrary, she wants to completely buy out the company

A gaming exclusive has appeared on Netflix. Its developers assure that they do not have to worry about monetization

The founder of Electronic Arts as an adviser joined the board of 110 Industries

The problematic remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Changes the development team

AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of April 2022

Vacancies of the week: Daily Magic, Evrika Games and Sigma are looking for employees

The UK authorities are preparing to issue requirements for how mobile stores should protect privacy

Roblox finally transfers employees to a hybrid work format

Korean Monoverse, specializing in gaming NFT, received $3.1 million

NFT sales are down 92% from their peak in September

Four studios immediately left the PlayStation program for Spanish indie developers due to “unjustified expectations”

The platform for game services AccelByte raised $60 million

The Government of the Russian Federation launches a preferential mortgage at 5% for IT specialists

The president of Zynga decided to leave the gaming industry

AppLovin subsidiary has bought a mobile clone of Wordle

Bungie opposed the possible abolition of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States

The main thing for the weekend (April 30 – May 3)

Rovio shares rose 21.5% after the release of the financial report

Rovio: Russia accounted for 1.7% of gaming revenue in January-February