Tencent has closed PUBG Mobile in China. For a whole year, the shooter has not received permission from the local authorities to monetize.

In March, Electronic Arts ended its financial year. And his last quarter was not easy for the company. Despite the growth of digital sales, EA’s profit has fallen several times.

The Bavarian authorities have proposed a bill concerning advertising and monetization in mobile games. The initiative is aimed at clarifying the provisions of the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in force in Germany.

About 200 Riot Games employees staged a strike in Los Angeles, publicly condemning the actions of their leadership.

Apple returned to publishing games after 10 years. The company has released a free game Warren Buffett’s Paper Wizard from Wildlife Designs studio in the App Store.

Wanted: 2D artist at BERESNEV GAMES, Director of Game Design at Awem Games and Senior marketing analyst at Game Insight.

Last year’s freezing of game licensing in China made itself felt. According to Niko Partners, revenue from desktop online games in China in 2018 fell to $15.2 billion.

Residents of Russia consider online games to be the main threat on the world Wide web. At least, that’s what the Youth Parliament at the State Duma says.

The mechanics of battle passes work great not only in shooters. This proves the successful experience of Supercell.

For the gaming industry, cosmosim Star Citizen is a unique phenomenon. The game is being developed with the money of players who have invested as much as $242 million in Star Citizen. This made it the most expensive gaming project in the history of crowdfunding. However, in seven years she has not gone beyond the alpha stage.

In early May, Zynga summed up the results of this year’s first fiscal quarter. The company reports revenue of $265 million. $246 million came from mobile. This is more than the company has ever earned in its history on mobile games. However, this happens against the background of financial losses.

Mobile startup GameClub Inc. intends to give a second life to old premium games. To do this, he has already raised $2.5 million. This money will be used for the official launch of the company at the end of 2019.

Activision Blizzard summed up the results of the first financial quarter of this year. It ended for her on March 31. The company’s consolidated net revenue was $1.8 billion. This is $140 million less than in the same period a year earlier.

The analytical firm Apptopia has identified the most successful publishers in the hyper-casual market. To do this, she estimated the total downloads of hyper-casual games from October 2018 to March 2019.

Tim Sweeney’s company has dealt one of the strongest blows to Valve. She acquired the authors of the Rocket League game. The latter is one of the most popular projects on Steam.

The CEO of Apple made a statement about the new Arcade game service. According to him, games for him are suitable for the widest range of users.

Steam Store has passed a new milestone. Over 16 years, more than 1 billion accounts have been created in it.

The troubles with Anthem don’t end there. While BioWare is trying to fix the systems in the game, user interest in it is steadily declining. Because of this, Anthem started having problems with the selection of teams to play together.

Google Play has removed part of the catalog of games and applications from the Chinese DO Global. 46 products of the studio, partially owned by the giant Baidu, have already disappeared from the store.