The main thing for the weekend (March 25-26)

The girls who accused screenwriter Chris Avellone of sexual harassment refused to claim, and the Russian Defense Ministry said that they were trying to destroy Russia’s values and history with the help of video games — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

Chris Avellon has entered into an agreement with Karissa Barrows and Kelly Bristol, who in 2020 accused the screenwriter of sexual harassment. As compensation, he will receive a “seven-figure sum”. In a public statement, the girls admitted that Avellon did not subject them to violence, and they have no information that he ever committed violence against other women. According to Barrows and Bristol, they wanted to support women in the gaming industry, but their statements were misunderstood and interpreted as accusations of misconduct. The girls added that Avellon deserves a full-fledged return to the industry.

At the end of last week, a meeting of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor was held dedicated to the protection of Russian spiritual and moral values. One of the speakers was the head of the Information Systems Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolay Lishin. In his speech, he mentioned the gaming industry, saying that “the most terrible destruction of values and history” of Russia is taking place in it. Therefore, according to Lishin, it is now extremely important to engage in the development of domestic game development and regulation of the industry.

▪️CS:GO has again updated the record for peak online, — he set the previous record two weeks ago. According to the SteamDB service, on Sunday, March 26, the number of simultaneous players in the shooter reached 1.5 million people. This is the second result in the history of Steam. Only PUBG had a bigger peak online — 3.25 million people.