Last Tuesday, Amazon announced a partnership with the British independent game studio Glowmade. The developers are planning an online cooperative game, but there are no details yet.

Genshin Impact was first released in the Tencent MyApp store. Against this background, there was news that miHoYo has signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese giant. We can talk not only about various promotional activities, but also about a reduced commission.Genshin Impact

Tim Sweeney said that Apple has blacklisted the Fortnite game in its ecosystem. Battle Royale will stay there until the court hears all appeals in the Epic Games case. It may take about five years.

The author of the bestseller “Blood, Sweat and Pixels” believes that the release of Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a strategic move by Sony. The company decided to close the autumn release window with a colorful indie project against the background of God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West transfers.

Nexters has shared its financial results for the first time since going public. In the first half of 2021, it increased revenue by more than half. But at the same time, Nexters’ losses also increased — by eight times at once.

The autumn session of the WN Conference will be held in Moscow on October 13-14. It will be held in a hybrid format: participants will be able to discuss the latest news, share expertise and attend lectures both offline and online.

Russian games perform well in sales. Yesterday they got three lines at once in the world’s top 10 Steam bestsellers, including the first one. It’s about Potion Craft and World War Z: Aftermath.

Roblox is preparing to implement voice chat on its platform. However, only users over the age of 13 will be able to use the new feature. To do this, the company has implemented a special age verification system based on documents and photographs.The verification system became available in Roblox on September 21.

GEM Capital acted as an investor in the Moscow game studio VEA Games and allocated $ 2 million for the development of the game Nikoderiko: The Magical World.

The Swedish holding Embracer Group has become the owner of another Russian studio. Through a subsidiary of Saber Interactive, he acquired the Saransk company Bytex. The transaction amount is unknown.

Wanted: game designer at Matryoshka Games, producer at FunPlus and project manager at Last Level.

In August, German indie developer Arnold Rauers switched his games in the App Store to a free-play distribution model. After that, the total monthly revenue of his titles increased by 41%.

Global brands are actively pursuing a course of promotion through the gaming industry. From September 21, a limited collection of clothes and items inspired by the images of the fashion house Balenciaga is available in Fortnite.

Chinese police conducted a major operation to arrest gaming scammers. In total, 469 people were detained during the day, who operated in 35 cities. On behalf of the girls, they lured men into games and forced them to spend money on various cosmetic items.JX Online 3

French startup Sorare raised $680 million. He operates an eponymous NFT game about football, the results of players in which depend on the performances of real athletes. According to the results of the round, the company’s valuation amounted to $4.3 billion.Sorare announced the completion of a new round of investments in its blog.

The harassment and discrimination scandal at Activision Blizzard has attracted the attention of another agency. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched its own investigation into the company.

Electronic Arts (EA) is trying to restore its reputation after the scandals with loot boxes in FIFA Ultimate Team. She decided to introduce content preview packs into games on an ongoing basis — Preview Packs. This system has already appeared in FIFA, but temporarily.

MY.GAMES company has become bigger. She announced the takeover of Bamboo Games, a Belarusian publisher of hyper—casual games. The size of the transaction will be at least $2 million.

Indie developer Jan Wojtecki shared his experience in promoting his Pawnbarian bagel. Having no funds for at least some marketing, he managed to collect more than 10 thousand vishlists on Steam by the release. The developer spoke about working with streamers, game festivals and other effective promotion channels.