A book about the history of the gaming industry in the post-Soviet space has been released for sale. It’s called “Our Game”. Judging by the announcement, its authors on 368 pages tried to cover all segments of the domestic market — from the development itself to localization and journalism.

A public interview with Jaakko Harlas will take place at White Nights Moscow 2018. He’s from Supercell. We suggest asking him questions about investing in game teams. We will give the two best authors a premium ticket to the conference.

Time of permutations. Blizzard President and CEO Michael Morhaime has stepped down from management. He managed the company for more than 27 years.

Playrix is doing great. Her mobile blockbuster Gardenscapes will soon become one of the billionaire games. By the end of September, the total earnings of the project for all time amounted to $880 million.

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Not everything is fine in the game kingdom. A massive campaign of game developers has begun on Twitter. With the tag #AsAGamesWorker, they tell what they are not satisfied with in the industry.

Google is ready to change PC gaming. The company has officially announced a streaming service Project Stream, which will allow you to play high-performance projects directly in the Chrome browser.

A sudden scandal. CD PROJEKT company announced the receipt of a letter from representatives of Andrzej Sapkowski. According to the document, the writer demands additional royalties from the company for the rights to the Witcher series of games.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 1.

With the support of the Russian publisher Destiny.Games, an MMO platform is currently being developed on The Abyss blockchain. The project is already making progress. In May, he raised $15 million for development as part of a DAICO campaign (an ICO analogue). We talked with Zhanna Goranskaya, Director of platform Development, about what The Abyss will be like.

On Steam, the leader in the number of sales over the past week was a game that is focused exclusively on the Chinese audience and has no English localization.

Last Sunday, the Chinese giant Tencent announced the start of restructuring. The announcement took place against the background of the unfavorable situation in the gaming industry of China.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 28.

The story of Vivendi’s sale of its stake in Ubisoft has dragged on. Back on March 20, it was announced that Vivendi would get rid of the developer’s shares. But, as it became known today, the company will finally say goodbye to the assets of the authors of Assassin’s Creed only in March next year.

Today, on September 28, it became known that Konstantin Sakhnov, the head of the Rocket Jump gaming department, is leaving the company. He announced this on his official Facebook page.

White Nights Moscow 2018 will be held on October 16-17. A round table on PC publishing will be held as part of the conference. We suggest asking the participants questions. The authors of the two best ones will receive a premium ticket to the event.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 27.

Despite the partnership with Bluehole and a stake in Epic Games, the Chinese Internet giant Tencent also decided to play on the battlefield of royal battles. The company has released its own game in this genre on the Western market (i.e. on Steam). Users already call the game “the right PUBG”, and the game itself shows good metrics for a young product.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 26.