Bloomberg sources claim that the Twitch streaming service is waiting for mass layoffs. According to their information, Amazon, which owns it, is preparing to cut more than a third of Twitch’s employees — about 500 people.

Steam has relaxed its policy regarding games created with the help of artificial intelligence. Now developers can release such games on the site, but only if certain conditions are met.

In a recent report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Unity announced plans to conduct a record round of layoffs. She decided to lay off a quarter of the staff, or about 1,800 people.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the game teams. Next up is an interview with Ilya Vasiliev, CEO of Innova.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Marina Lopatina, Director of business development at the recruitment agency WN Talents.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Grigory Bortnik, editor—in-chief of the InvestGame analytical resource.

The final publication of the year.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Vitaly Agafonov, head of the Nau Engine product.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Denis Shergin, CEO of UNIGINE.

The Chinese giant Tencent has become significantly less invested in foreign companies, the GameLook portal reports, citing data from IT Juzi (IT桔子) analysts. In 2023, the holding concluded 37 such deals, which is the lowest figure in the last ten years.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the game teams. Next up is an interview with Alexander Pavlov, co-founder of Playkot.

In early December, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the LDPR party, appealed to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation with a proposal to introduce labeling for children’s video games that have loot boxes and, in general, the opportunity to shop. According to the Izvestia newspaper, the ministry did not agree with his idea.

Nintendo named the games that were most actively purchased from the Nintendo eShop by Japanese residents in 2023.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 with the gaming (or related to the gaming sector) teams. Next up is an interview with Polina Zalyaeva, business development manager at the Artvostok outsourcing studio.

WN Media Group has big plans for 2024. The company plans to hold more than 30 events for the gaming industry. One of them will be a large-scale conference in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Next year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea will spend 67.9 billion rubles, or about $52.5 million, on subsidies to Korean gaming companies. This is reported by the GameMeca portal.

We continue to summarize the results of 2023 together with the game teams. Next up is an interview with Albert Zhiltsov, director of 1C Game Studios.

Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase could sign a new partnership agreement to publish games in China, according to a number of Chinese media. The previous agreement expired almost a year ago.

The morning of December 27th began for Chinese gaming giants Tencent and NetEase with an increase in the value of shares. This is due to the promise of the Chinese authorities to review restrictions affecting the local industry and the issuance of a new batch of licenses for games.