News: Industry

Rumors about the PlayStation Plus service update have been circulating for a while – since December of last year. At that time, the new project had the working title Spartacus. Finally, Sony officially revealed what the future holds for PS Plus. As expected, Sony has merged PS Plus with another online service, PS Now, and […]

In China, it is now prohibited to livestream unauthorized games. This is a new step in the broader crackdown on the gaming industry aimed at cleansing content that the government does not approve of. The country’s National Radio and Television Administration stated that platforms of all kinds must not broadcast games not approved by relevant […]

Epic Games raised $36 million for humanitarian aid to Ukraine on the first day of sales of the new Fortnite season’s battle pass. The campaign will last for another 2 weeks. The entire amount collected will be distributed among the international non-profit organization Direct Relief and three UN funds. Epic Games concluded a charitable campaign […]

Skydance New Media, a new studio led by award-winning writer and director Amy Hennig, will collaborate with Lucasfilm Games to create an adventure game with an original story set in the Star Wars galaxy. Hennig, one of the creators of the first three Uncharted games at Sony’s Naughty Dog studio, has a track record of […]

Valve has stated that they are working on reinstating Steam payments for Ukrainian developers. Valve has not yet been paying Ukrainian game developers for sales on Steam, but the company has stated that they are working on resuming payments. About two weeks ago, Valve announced that it had suspended payments to Russian and Belarusian developers […]

On May 25th, observant Steam users or just lucky ones were able to take advantage of a system error on the digital platform to download or purchase new games. Earlier, all of these games were unavailable to residents of Russia. Some fortunate individuals managed to acquire S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 and other creations from well-known studios. But […]

The website of the developers of the shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl has been added to the list of blocked websites following the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office (check through VPN). This information is reported by Gamedev.dou.ua. Apparently, this happened because the official website of the studio gsc-game.com contains information about the […]

CD Projekt RED studio-company has addressed all gamers from Russia and Belarus as they have currently withdrawn all their games from sale, both past and future titles. The message about this and the notification appeared on the company’s VK and Twitter accounts. This message was also published in groups dedicated to “The Witcher,” “Gwent: The […]

Over the past few weeks, Wargaming has conducted a strategic review of its business operations worldwide. The company has decided that it will not own or operate its business in Russia and Belarus and will exit both countries. As of March 31, the company has transferred its live games business in Russia and Belarus to […]

Nowadays, everyone is talking about business in the modern world, and it all started with actress Kim Kardashian, who said that success cannot be achieved without effort and getting off the couch. Similarly, streamer Caitlyn Amouranth also supports Kim, despite society’s criticism, as they believe that Kim was born into a wealthy family and got […]

On March 24, 2022, Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the developers GSC Game World by adding it to the list of prohibited websites. This action was taken due to perceived anti-Russian propaganda from the developers, although the developers themselves do not share this view. Previously, the developers had stated that they would not release the […]

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced today that their software will no longer be available in Russia. What does this mean? Russian gamers will no longer be able to purchase PlayStation (PS) 5 consoles or games from the PS Store, as well as discs in retail stores. The company has imposed these sanctions, which means that […]

Recently, an anonymous post on 4chan revealed details about a new Sony subscription service priced at $60. Sony has been preparing to respond to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass for a long time, as they have remained silent and provided no information about the new subscription. The new leak suggests that the service will be called […]

EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts that develops and publishes sports video games, has announced on their official Twitter account that they will be removing the Russian national team and clubs from their FIFA game series, including FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile, and FIFA Online. This decision is in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and […]

Activision Blizzard has announced the suspension of new game sales in Russia, as stated by the company’s president, Daniel Alegre, in a public letter to employees. This step prevents Russians from making any new transactions with the company, including both purchasing their games and making in-game purchases. The press release does not specify whether the […]

Businessman Elon Musk has stated on Twitter that he believes full Steam support on Tesla’s infotainment system in the long term is more logical than adapting specific games for it. This comment came in response to questions from IGN journalist DMC Ryan. Currently, some Tesla models’ infotainment systems already support certain specially developed or adapted […]

Fortnite has raised $36 million for Ukraine in just one day. Epic Games, which pledged to donate all proceeds from the game Fortnite for two weeks to support Ukraine, has collected $36 million in just one day. This was announced by the official Fortnite Game Twitter account. Together we’ve already raised $36 million USD for […]

Epic Games has announced that it will donate all proceeds from its game Fortnite during the period from March 20 to April 3, 2022, to humanitarian aid for people affected by the war in Ukraine. Additionally, Xbox will participate in this initiative and also contribute all its Fortnite revenue for this period, which will help […]