Indie studio Scavengers Studio, responsible for the Darwin Project and Season, was at the center of the scandal. Employees told about the unhealthy atmosphere in the company: harassment, sexism and moral humiliation of employees. All charges relate to its two founders — creative director Simon Darveau and his ex-girlfriend Amélie Lamarche.Season

The British studio Jagex has changed its owner for the third time. The authors of RuneScape have moved under the leadership of an investment firm Carlyle Group. It is unknown how much the investors paid. But the media suggest that the deal cost at least $530 million. That’s how much the studio was bought for last time.

Steam presented the traditional list of the most successful new products of last month by revenue. In December, the top 20 included Red Dead Online, Worms Rumble, Haven and Cyberpunk 2077, which became one of the most popular games in the history of the store.Haven

Konami’s decision to restructure internally and close several divisions was met with mixed reactions. The company soon clarified that this would not affect game development in any way.In mid-January, an announcement for investors appeared on Konami’s official website.

The Indian government has taken the fight against Chinese mobile apps to a new level. Simply blocking unwanted games and services was not enough. Now the local regulator has announced their permanent ban on the territory of the country. 59 applications, including TikTok, fell under such harsh measures.

Giveaways in the Epic Games Store are in great demand among players. This time, over 19 million people downloaded free copies of Star Wars Battlefront II during the week of the promotion in the store.

Media technology company Azerion intends to become the sole owner of Sulake, the authors of Habbo and Hotel Hideaway. Although she previously owned the majority share of the Finnish studio, now Azerion plans to acquire all 100% of the developers’ shares.

The analytical company Newzoo named the key trends in the development of the esports industry, which are worth paying attention to in 2021. Among them is the growing popularity of mobile titles and conversational streams, as well as the development of regional tournaments.The growing popularity of mobile esports

As part of the WN Dev Contest, we are launching a mini-series of interviews. In them, the jury of the competition will share tips on working in the game market. We open the cycle with a conversation with MJ Fahmi, CEO of Babil Games.

SuperData analysts summed up the results of last December in a fresh review of the digital games market, telling about the most successful projects of the month. Among them are Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite and GTA V.

Last year, MY.GAMES acquired a minority stake in Bamboo Games. Now the Belarusian company has announced the start of accepting applications for the publication of mobile games for everyone and told about the terms of profit distribution.You can apply for a publishing house by filling out the form on the official website of Bamboo Games.

It seems that Apple is seriously interested in virtual reality technology. According to Bloomberg, the company is currently working on its own version of VR helmets. The first headset will be an expensive niche product, but it will be released next year.

Friday turned into another deal for Tencent. The Chinese giant has bought a controlling stake in Klei Entertainment studio, known for Don’t Starve, a popular survival simulator with elements of roguelike. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed.

Yesterday it became known that Vicarious Visions (the authors of the successful remakes of Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater) became part of Blizzard. The studio was reorganized and assigned to work on a remake of Diablo II.

Nintendo Switch is changing the console market in the same way as the Wii did at the time, analysts at Interpret believe. She captivated an audience with games that had not been interested in them before. We are talking about people aged 45-65 years.

Free prologues on Steam can be a good marketing tool to promote the game before release. Gaming expert Simon Carless analyzed their impact on sales and adding to vishlists, describing successful and failed cases.

Chinese industrial giant Tencent is going to acquire another major asset. The network started talking that Take Two Interactive, Electronic Arts or Zynga can join the ranks of the company. The latter is called most often.

Wargaming still fails to advance in litigation with indie studio Press Fire Games (formerly known as BlitzTeam). Now the lawsuit against the former employees of the corporation was rejected by the District Court of California.

Analytical company Niko Partners told about the key events and trends of last year in the Asian mobile games market. Among them are a record number of Tencent investment deals, the growth of esports and increased interest in Genshin Impact.Genshin Impact is the most popular streaming game in China