At the release of Google Stadia, users and reviewers noted that the site needs to be improved. But over the past 40 days, she has not received a single update.

British scientists have calculated the number of workers in the country’s gaming industry and their contribution to the economy. They also named the largest British cities by the number of gaming companies.

On January 23-24, the gaming business conference White Nights Amsterdam 2020 was held in the capital of the Netherlands. It was visited by 1,346 guests from 50 countries.

Niantic‘s substantial income comes from real-world competitions among Pokémon GO players. In 2019, the studio earned $249 million from such events.

The launch of the Epic Games Store led to a decline in sales on all PC platforms, including Steam. This was stated by NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella.

There are two big surprises in the UK chart. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot bypassed the last Call of Duty, and the third “Witcher” it goes back to the top lines — 5 years after the release.

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.