The main thing for the weekend (October 22-23)
ZA/UM is being sued by the chief designer of Disco Elysium, Apple will allow advertising games on the main App Store, Electronic Arts was criticized for the insufficient number of black presenters in the show, — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.
▪️The chief designer of Disco Elysium Robert Kurvitz (Robert Kurvitz) sued the former employer ZA/UM. The first hearing in the case will be held on November 28. There is no information about the nature of the proceedings, but earlier this month it became known that after the success of the game, investors began to interfere in the development processes of the second part. This led to their conflict with the key developers of the project. As a result, the latter were forced to resign.
▪️Apple informed developers that advertising inventory will appear on the main App Store from October 25. That is, in addition to the cards “Game of the day”, “Applications of the day” and various collections, there will be a card with the advertised program. Ads can also now be placed in the “You may like” section.
Steam online gaming service reached 30.032 million players on Sunday. The previous maximum of the gaming store in terms of the number of users on its pages at the same time was 29.96 million people. That’s how many players entered it at the same time in March of this year.
Independent studio Odyssey Interactive raised $19 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Makers Fund. As for the studio, it was founded by four veterans of Riot Games and is currently preparing for a full-fledged release of the Omega Strikers free-play competitive game (3-on-3 isometric football).
▪️Electronic Arts was condemned for insufficient representation of black players in the framework of Behind The Sims Summit (a recent b2c event dedicated to the future of the series). Critics noted that there was only one black person among the presenters. On Saturday, Electronic Arts said it was a mistake. The company also said it would try to be better.
▪️Another small scandal, but with the participation of Activision Blizzard. The players found an error in the description of one of the purchased items in Diablo Immortal. He did not give the damage bonus that was prescribed. As a result, the developers thanked the players for their care and removed the damage previously prescribed there from the description. This offended the community, whose representatives believe that the company should have reimbursed the cost of the item to buyers who were previously misled.
