Activision Blizzard and YouTube have signed a streaming deal. It gives the latter exclusive rights to broadcast the publisher’s esports matches. These rights used to belong to Twitch.

One of the subgroups of the Embracer Group holding (formerly known as THQ Nordic AB) has opened a Swedish studio. The staff of the new developer is six people.

Newzoo CEO Peter Warman spoke at the White Nights business conference in Amsterdam. He shared his vision of the market and some figures.

The studio Playful is undergoing restructuring. Within its framework, “a significant number of employees” were dismissed.

In 2019, the American gaming market totaled $35.4 billion. This includes revenue from the titles themselves (including mobile) and in-game content.

In the last month of 2019, digital game sales rose to a record $9.8 billion. This was reported by the analytical firm SuperData.

Stardew Valley has reached a big milestone. The hit sold 10 million copies on all platforms.

The Cyberpunk 2077 team asked for outside help. According to media reports, three local studios were involved in the work on the title. They are jointly trying to optimize the game for consoles.

Paradox Interactive wants to give players access to DLC by subscription. The service will be tested on Europa Universalis IV players.Europa Universalis IV

Clarity has appeared in the adopted law on pre-installations of Russian software on smartphones. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) told what software needs to be pre-installed on the gadgets being sold.

“Yandex.Cash Registers” in partnership with Newzoo presented an analysis of the Russian gaming market. According to their data, the turnover of the industry in the Russian Federation has doubled in five years.

Italian Digital Bros. will buy out a third of the publisher Starbreeze. The latter, we recall, has been trying to improve things for more than a year.

The Swedish Stillfront Group will replenish the portfolio again. Her choice fell on the mobile developer Storm8.

Potential deal of the month. Chinese giant Tencent wants to fully buy out Funcom. He is ready to pay $148 million for all shares of the Norwegian studio.

The developer and publisher of Daybreak Games underwent a restructuring. Its result was the creation of three new studios.

The investment case of the Russian-British investment company 110 Industries came to us. It says that the company is involved in the emergence of games such as Hellblade, Hitman 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Artifact. However, do not rush to applaud: this may not be true.

Grand Theft Auto V turned out to be the best-selling game in the United States over the past ten years. The title was released in September 2013.

Wanted: Senior screenwriter at RJ Games, Unity developer at Axlebolt Publishing and 3D artist at Azur Games.

The organizers of the GTP Indie Cup Winter‘20 competition have opened the acceptance of applications from indie developers. The works are accepted until February 29.