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Writer: Okami, Super Bus
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North America
1. In addition to the announced "Xbox amp; B In addition to the Game Show, Xbox will also hold FanFest offline free events in Los Angeles, Madrid, Toronto, Melbourne and other places
2. Xbox announced 12 Star Wars-themed controllers to celebrate Star Wars on May 4th. War Day
3. New York City officials have sued Activision Blizzard CEO for using acquisitions to evade responsibility for wrongdoing at the company
4. Activision Blizzard accused of threatening employees to "stop online" Talking about wages and working conditions”
5. Activision Blizzard tells its shareholders to vote down anti-harassment and discrimination proposal: It would be a waste of resources
6. Blizzard hires former Disney executive Serve as its first cultural director
7. Activision believes that the reason for the poor sales of "Call of Duty: Vanguard" is the story background of World War II
8. Activision Blizzard confirms more than 3,000 people Employees are developing the "Call of Duty" series of games, accounting for nearly one-third of Activision Blizzard's total employees; it is rumored that "Call of Duty 19: Modern Warfare 2" will release a trailer on June 2
9. Activision’s “Call of Duty Fund” has provided civilian jobs to 100,000 veterans and will invest $30 million to support goals over the next five years
10. “Overwatch League” has launched this year However, the viewership of the BETA version of Twitch plummeted from millions to a few thousand
11. The second season of "Halo: Infinite" multiplayer mode "Lone Wolf" is now officially launched
12. The Warcraft IP mobile game "Warcraft Arc" was announced; the rumored Warcraft project "like Pokémon Go" was canceled
13. The mobile game "Rainbow Six M" has been released The United States, Mexico, Canada and other places have launched closed A-tests
14. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Sony’s $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie
15. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent plans Overturning the Roe Vs Wade ruling and returning the power to adjudicate abortion crimes to the states; Bungie publicly condemned the ruling on Twitter and stated that it "will not shy away from politics"
16. NetEase established the first first-party in the United States Studio Jackalope Games, led by Jack Emmert, who has participated in "City of Heroes" and "Neverwinter Nights", will focus on developing PC and console games
17. NetEase invested in the company and was established by former Blizzard and Riot employees The Theorycraft Games studio's project "Loki" released the first batch of environmental concept maps
18. Intel CEO predicts that the shortage of semiconductor chips will continue until 2024
19. Hosted by Geoff of TGA The Summer Game Fest online conference will be held on June 10th
20. The Strong Museum in the United States announced the final list of the "2022 World Video Game Hall of Fame", "Zelda: Ocarina of Time" "Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)", "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Civilization" are selected
21. TennoCon, the annual celebration of "Warframe", will return in July
22. "Fortnite" Canadian anchor Chi announced
ca series of skins; in addition, a two-week (fortnight homophonic) Star Wars special event has been launched
23. The trailer for "Apex Legends" Season 13 and the new hero "Newcastle" will be released on May 5 Monthly launch
24. 2K announced the departure of the head of Hangar 13, the studio for "Mafia" and "Mafia"; another new "Mafia" game is in the early stages of development.
25. Research agency Newzoo predicts that the revenue of the global game market will exceed 200 billion US dollars in 2022, and predicts that the revenue of the US market will exceed that of the Chinese market
26. AppLovin acquires the top iOS game in the United States " Wordle!》 (It is an app of the same name. The popular Wordle was acquired by the New York Times for a seven-figure price in January this year)
27. Reggie, the former president of Nintendo North America, expressed his belief in blockchain The value of games, such as "Animal Crossing", which allows players to sell their own creations
28. Netflix shows the first demo of the 3D animated series "Sonic Prime"
29. American Toys Company Hasbro launches Mario-themed "Monopoly"
Europe
1. IGN and SIDE Global collaborated to host In The Game for Ukraine live broadcast, aiming to provide Ukraine with Humanitarian Relief
2. Acquisition maniac Embracer Group bought Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, SE Montreal*** 3 studios for US$300 million, plus "Tomb Raider" and "Deus Ex" ”, “Thief” and “Kain’s Legacy”; at the same time, SE will retain IP such as “Life is Strange”, “Justified” and “Pioneers”; Square Enix said that this transaction will enable the company to develop in blockchain, Make more investments in artificial intelligence and cloud
3. Embracer disclosed that the "Tomb Raider" series has sold 88 million copies; the total sales of "Deus Ex 3 and 4" exceeded 12 million; however, "Marvel's Avengers" and "Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy", which were also acquired, may cause losses to SE of up to US$200 million; in addition, "Pioneers" that has not been sold is also at a loss
4 . Ubisoft's stock price rose last week due to acquisition rumors; Ubisoft founder Guillemot's family is considering working with a private equity firm to acquire Ubisoft shares to prevent other acquisition offers; Ubisoft's stock price rose 10% on Wednesday
6. UK Physical Weekly Chart: "Nintendo Switch Sports" ranks first. Although its UK launch sales are not as good as its predecessor "WiiSports" series, it still has sales nearly six times that of "Fitness Ring"; "Lego Star Wars" ” dropped to second place; affected by the arrival of PS5, the sales of “Gran Turismo 7” and “Horizon” surged to the top four
7. Tencent Games opened a new studio in Liverpool, UK, with currently 12 employees members, planning to provide support for game development in Tencent's cooperative studios
8. French publisher Nacon has established a new development department in Italy, Nacon Studio Milan, or is developing a new "Terminator" survival game
9. Polish studio The Parasight’s “Blacktail” will be published by Focus Entertainment
10. British Indielab launches a new game support program aimed at developing the business and growth potential of small and medium-sized studios
11. "EVE Online" by Icelandic company CCP Games announced that it has cooperated with Microsoft Excel to seamlessly export various data from the game
12. The BBC will hold a game music-based game for the first time this year Concerts with the theme of
indicated that consumers’ awareness of cloud gaming has increased by 30% over the past year and a half
14. GameStop stores in Germany have now begun accepting pre-orders for “Titanfall 3”
15 . The spring 1.08 patch of "Sifu" has been launched, updating difficulty selection and other functions
16. The Lamborghini e-sports team launched the third edition of The Real Race, a world-wide e-sports competition
17. Steam 2022 AG France Spring Direct Conference will start on May 6. More than 40 French and French-language games will be previewed or released
Asia/Oceania
1. Following After Xbox recruited an acquisition manager last week, Sony also started recruiting an acquisition management director this week
2. PS Now announced the last games released before the merger with PS Plus, "Soul Calibur 6" and "Naruto: Ultra Ninja Storm 4" "Blasphemy"
3. Sega announced that it will announce more news about "Sonic: Frontier" in the near future
4. The wife of the late Nexon founder Taking over as the new CEO
5. Naoki Yoshida said that the development work of "Final Fantasy 16" is about to be completed and a trailer will be released soon
6. Capcom signed an agreement with the Japan Volleyball Association Three-year sponsorship agreement
7. The non-profit organization Women in Games opens a branch in Asia
8. Odaiba, Japan holds the AR virtual wave boxing competition HADO, which currently has 39 Teams from countries and regions participate in the competition
9. Sqaure Enix’s mobile game “NieR Reincarnation” will have content linkage with “Final Fantasy 14”
10. Affected by global turmoil and chip Due to shortages and the Shanghai blockade, Nintendo expects Switch sales to drop by 10% this fiscal year, with only 20 million units sold. 11. Nintendo’s total mobile game revenue is close to 1.8 billion US dollars, of which "Fire Emblem Heroes" "The largest contribution, followed by "Animal Crossing Pocket Camp" and "Mario Kart Tour"
12. "Resident Evil RE: Verse" Stadia version has passed the European PEGI rating, but Capcom has not yet Announcing the official launch date
13. "Shenmue" series producer Yu Suzuki said that there are currently no specific plans for "Shenmue 4"
14. Shareholders of Singaporean gaming technology giant Razor overwhelmingly voted Voted to privatize the company
15. Sensor Tower data shows that the total revenue of the mobile version of "Genshin Impact" has exceeded 3 billion US dollars. This data only includes Google Play and App Store, and does not include the Android version in China.
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Writer: Okami, Chaoba
Producer: Chaoba
This article is reproduced from the WeChat public account "Youhuo Research Institute" ”, all contents are compiled and written by current students.