The main thing for the weekend (July 23-24)

Riot Games has pledged to pay $ 100 million to employees affected by discrimination, China has offered to simplify the licensing of games, and Sony is rumored to have faced a data leak — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

A California court has agreed to the terms of a settlement agreement between Riot Games and employees who accused the company of discrimination four years ago. Now the developers must pay the plaintiffs $100 million. In addition, Riot Games will be under independent supervision for three years.

A number of media outlets reported that Tencent intends to close Huanhe, one of the largest NFT trading platforms in China. It also turned out that the Platform and Content Group division responsible for Huanhe was the hardest hit by recent layoffs at the company.

According to the SCMP, 27 Chinese government organizations, including the Ministry of Commerce, advocated easing the process of checking games before issuing a license. They hope it will help the local gaming industry. What exactly the officials proposed is not specified.

▪️Co-founder of the XboxEra website Nick Baker and Jeff Grubb from VentureBeat believe there has been a leak in Sony’s gaming division. Most likely, it was within the framework of it that a video with the gameplay of the remake of The Last of Us was “leaked” to the network. The extent of the leak is still unclear, but Baker hinted that he himself will soon be able to share information on at least God of War: Ragnarök.

Blizzard said that Diablo Immortal downloads exceeded 20 million. The company did not say how much the game earned, but, according to the AppMagic service, the title’s revenue on mobile alone reached $77.6 million. Recall that Diablo Immortal was released on June 2 on smartphones and PCs.