Series like Fallout prevent Russians from dreaming of a bright future, Steam experienced a tax payment glitch - the most interesting news for May 6

A brief digest of everything that happened in the entertainment industry worldwide over the last day.

• "We are very sorry": Valve sympathized with players who could not purchase the Steam Controller before speculators. Valve's new controller caused a stir
• Series like Fallout prevent Russians from dreaming of a bright future — an official suggested creating more positive fantasy. The Presidential Administration pondered the role of fantasy and dystopias in shaping the image of the future
• Steam experienced a tax payment glitch — gamers fear that they or Valve will have problems. Some Steam Controller buyers raised the alarm, as they do not want to have problems with the US tax authorities and other countries
• NTE developers squeezed the maximum out of Unreal Engine 5 – Neverness to Everness was launched on a 2013 Pentium. Time to turn on "potato mode"
• Big score: a teenager bought a pickup point in the Leningrad Oblast to steal video cards from it. The damage from the young fraudster's activities amounted to 1 million rubles
• HBO renewed the "Harry Potter" series for a second season and introduced a new showrunner. This looks like a mere formality, as the show was initially announced as a long-term adaptation of the entire Harry Potter series, designed for ten years or slightly more
• Resident Evil Requiem dataminer discovered a cut merchant, missions, buffs for Leon, and an investigation mechanic. During development, Capcom decided to abandon some ideas
• Zenless Zone Zero broke after the release of update 2.8 — miHoYo presented the first fixes. Players are encountering bugs, and some devices have major optimization problems
• Ray tracing didn't meet expectations? Most players ignore NVIDIA technology. RT is practically useless in online games where high FPS and visibility are important
• "Chainsaw Man" set a Crunchyroll record and pushed MAPPA towards global expansion — studio head. Crunchyroll's viewership statistics are confidential, so it's hard to say what kind of record is being referred to