The European Union (EU) is aware of the social and economic value of video games, especially those that are developed online, and in addition to demanding greater protection for their users, the European Parliament proposed the organization of annual online video game awards.

In a report approved this week by 577 votes in favor, the MEPs collected different proposals and claims for the video game sector, which in addition to being “very innovative” directly employs more than 90,000 people in the European Union.

They also represent “a crucial part of the cultural and creative ecosystem, since they represent more than 50% of the added value of the overall market for audiovisual content in the EU.”

For this reason, they seek to reinforce the protection of users of online video games and guarantee a safe gaming environment, through greater transparency regarding the content and purchase policies of the products or the age group to which they are directed.

They emphasize that video game developers must refrain from promoting addiction and must take into account the age, rights and vulnerabilities of children, as stated in the text approved by the European Parliament.

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Source: Gameindustry

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The CEO of the video game giant Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot indicated that the company will continue to do research regarding the implementation of non-fungible tokens (NFT).

The company has a project called Quartz, which is currently in a research phase, which aims to determine if games can be created based on NFT.

Guillemot seems to walk back on some of those comments, emphasizing that, at this stage, Ubisoft is primarily looking to find out how NFTs can be applied to games and whether they will benefit players or not.

“We are very aware of the cloud, of the new generation of voxels, and we are studying all the capabilities of Web3. We have recently tested some things that are giving us more information about how it can be used and what we should do in the universe of videogames,” said the executive.

In December of last year, the company had made its first official announcement regarding the foray into the world of NFTs, which was accompanied by the launch of a beta version of Quartz, which was intended to offer token-based entertainment.

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Ubisoft’s online services went down last week during an incident that the video game company has acknowledged as “cybersecurity”, and which has led to the reset of the company’s access passwords.

Ubisoft is investigating with “external experts” the “cybersecurity incident” that temporarily interrupted some games, systems and services, as reported by the company through an official statement.

The company assured that “there is no evidence” that the personal data of the players has been affected, and internally it has executed the reset of all access passwords.

This incident began in the early hours of March 3 and lasted until past noon, when Ubisoft accounts began announcing the restoration of affected services.

Ubisoft has been the victim of various cyberattacks throughout its history, which has repeatedly affected the operation of its games and services. This situation was repeated recently, since the company suffered from an attack that temporarily lowered its servers and for which millions of players were affected around the world.

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Ubisoft will continue to develop games classified as ‘Triple A‘ but its efforts to increase the audience will be directed to the free titles (free to play) of its main franchises.

This week, the company presented the financial results corresponding to the closing of its fiscal year, which ended in March. During the meeting, the head of Finance, Frederick Duguet, commented on the development and launch strategy, in which the Triple A is maintained but also seeks to promote free games.

Specifically, Duguet noted that the launch of three or four ‘Triple A’ games per year “is no longer an adequate indication of the dynamics of value creation” of the company. Although they will maintain the premium and free launches, the objective they have set is to increase the audience, and for this they will focus on the free entry games.

These types of games usually include in-app purchases, compared to premium titles that are usually one-time payment to play. However, the manager indicated that they are “building high-end free games to have a trend towards ambitious ‘Triple A’ in the long term.”

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The video game company Ubisoft confirmed its presence at the E3 2021 video game fair through the conference called Ubisoft Forward, which will take place on June 12.

The E3 fair will be held digitally between June 12 and 15, and has the confirmed attendance of Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Konami, Take-Two Interactive, Warner Bros. Games and Koch Media, to which it now joins Ubisoft.

The conference can be followed digitally, like the rest of the E3 festival, and will begin on Saturday, June 12 at noon, as detailed by Ubisoft on its official website.

Although the developer has not advanced any news, fans have responded to the Twitter publication with multiple requests in tweets referring to the Rayman saga, requesting the presentation of a new title for the Ubisoft video game.

In addition to digital, E3 2021 will be a free event, a year after the organization suspended the 2020 edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The format will be virtual with online presentations, according to the Video Games Chronicle, although the organization did not initially have the support of video game studios.

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