3D developer Maxon won Epic MegaGrant in the amount of $ 200 thousand. The funds will be used to strengthen the integration between Unreal Engine and Cinema 4D.

Among Us continues to set records. The indie project has risen to the eighth place in the list of the most popular games in the history of Steam, beating such hits as GTA V and Destiny 2.According to the GitHyp portal, on September 12, Among Us broke the mark of 304,325 simultaneous players on Steam.

A couple of days before the official announcement, details about the new Oculus VR glasses leaked onto the Internet. Apparently, Oculus Quest 2 will receive a Snapdragon XR2 chip from Qualcomm and a resolution of “almost 2K for each eye.”

The remake of the first two parts of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series has reached the mark of 1 million copies sold. It took the game less than two weeks to do this.As Activision Blizzard notes, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 set a record.

Electronic Arts will continue to rebrand and this time will take up updating the Origin store. The new desktop application will be called EA Desktop and will become a “new generation PC gaming platform”.

In August, American players spent $3.3 billion on games, hardware and accessories. The growth in annual terms was almost 40%, and the best-selling game of the month in the USA was Madden NFL 21.The report on the situation in American was prepared by The NPD Group, and the main data was shared by analyst Mat Piscatella.

The online event “Gamedev HR Awards 2020” will take place tomorrow at 12.00. It is dedicated to achievements in the field of personnel management in the gaming industry. The participants of the event will present and defend their implemented HR projects.

The American studio with Russian roots Donut Lab has raised $ 1.6 million for the game Kids vs Zombies. Zombie celebrities like Kojima and Trump will appear in the project, and the authors initially saw actor Danny Trejo as one of their characters in the game.

The indie game Among Us became a real phenomenon on Steam only two years after its release. At some point, the developers even wanted to close the project due to unprofitability, but changed their mind in time.Brief chronology

App Annie studied the mobile market and stated: in the first half of 2020, gamers spent 20% of the time spent on games for royal battles. At the same time, mobile battle royals accounted for only 3% of downloads.

New details of Unity Software‘s release on the New York Stock Exchange have become known. The initial public offering (IPO) will take place this Friday. The company plans to earn $ 1.2 billion on it, not $ 100 million, as previously reported.

The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China has published a list of games that violate local laws on privacy and cybersecurity. Among them are Subway Surfers, Plants vs. Zombies 2 and other popular projects.Analyst Daniel Ahmad drew attention to the news last weekend.

NVIDIA is ready to acquire the developer and licensor of ARM processors for an industry record $40 billion. However, before that, the deal will have to be approved by regulators from several countries.Transaction Details

There will be no deal between TikTok and Microsoft. China’s ByteDance has decided to enter into a partnership agreement with Oracle. It is not yet known whether the White House will accept such a turn of events. But it’s worth considering that Oracle management employs people with close ties to the presidential administration.

Apple has announced changes to the list of App Store rules. Now streaming services like Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now can formally appear in the store. However, there were some pitfalls.

The Government of the Polish Republic has taken an unexpected measure. The state invites Belarusian IT companies and Belarusian IT specialists to move to them. Promises to create comfortable conditions and contribute to the search for offices, investors and transportation of relatives.

A new study of the Chinese market by Niko Partners has shown that 76% of 720 million local gamers live outside major cities. They generate the bulk of the revenue.Key data from the study

Apple is on the verge of a new trial. This time Facebook complained about her. The social network has told the European Commission that the “apple” company prevents competition on its platform. Facebook reminded the European Commission that the App Store remains the only platform through which developers can distribute their iOS products.

South Korean developer Pearl Abyss released Black Desert Online back in 2015. But even after five years, the game continues to earn. Moreover, of the $1.7 billion she has earned over the entire time, almost half of the amount came in the last 17 months.