The main thing for the weekend (May 14-15)

Activision Blizzard showed a tool for assessing the “diversity” of characters, Krafton reported record revenue, and data appeared that almost 900 thousand applications could disappear from Google Play — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

Activision Blizzard has introduced the Diversity Space Tool, which evaluates how characters in games differ from the “norm”. To do this, he analyzes the gender of the characters, their age, appearance, nationality and sexual orientation. Shortly after the announcement, the company faced a barrage of criticism due to its too cynical approach.

▫️Krafton has published a financial report on the results of the first quarter of 2022. During this period, it earned a record $407 million — 75% of revenue came from PUBG Mobile.

Square Enix has indicated in its financial report that it plans to buy or create several game studios. The company did not specify where they will be located and what they should do. Recall that just two weeks ago Square Enix announced the sale of Western studios and a number of franchises for $ 300 million.

▫️Valve can add a quiz function to Steam, said SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik. He noticed a mention of this in the files that are posted on GitHub. It is assumed that the quizzes will be somehow connected with the sale of games.

Animoca Brands, specializing in gaming NFT, announced that it wants to enter the educational market and engage in education. She hopes that this way she will be able to make the blockchain more popular.

The CNET portal estimated that 869 thousand applications on Google Play have not been updated for two years — this is almost a third of the store’s library. Earlier, Google said that in the fall it will stop showing such projects in the search results of the store, unless the developers release an update.