ResearchAndMarkets.com posted a report on the development of the African gaming market after the pandemic. According to the study, in the period from 2021 to 2026, it will grow by 12% annually.

Racing games are very popular among players. According to a new study by Newzoo, almost a quarter of all gamers call them one of their favorite genres. At the same time, racing fans earn more on average than other players.Most of all, racing is played on consoles

The new generation consoles have just gone on sale, but Newzoo has already prepared a report on the most popular games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the USA. Sony’s audience traditionally prefers exclusives, while Microsoft users prefer subscription games and multiplatform.Note: The MAU data only counts players from the USA and is taken as of November 15.

According to the results of the third quarter, Google became the largest mobile publisher in the world by the number of installations. This is reported by Sensor Tower in a new report. Facebook, Voodoo and ByteDance were also in the lead.Sensor Tower collected data for the period from July 1 to September 30, 2020.

Almost a third of gamers have a subscription to platforms with games. Moreover, 80% of them would like to use several subscription services at once. Such data was shared in a recent report by Simon-Kucher & Partners.

App Annie studied the mobile market and stated: in the first half of 2020, gamers spent 20% of the time spent on games for royal battles. At the same time, mobile battle royals accounted for only 3% of downloads.

A new study of the Chinese market by Niko Partners has shown that 76% of 720 million local gamers live outside major cities. They generate the bulk of the revenue.Key data from the study

A new survey showed that 24% of European residents were introduced to video games for the first time during quarantine. At the same time, after the lifting of strict restrictions, the number of hours spent in games began to decrease.The British company Ipsos MORI has published a new study of the European gaming market, comparing the involvement of gamers during and after quarantine.

Almost 40% of the world’s population are gamers, said the research company DFC Intelligence. Half of the players choose mobile.

The National Literacy Trust of Britain has published a new study in which it analyzed the impact of games on the lives of teenagers. Scientists have come to the conclusion that gamers often improve literacy, creativity, empathy, and also improve their mental state.As part of the study, researchers interviewed 4,600 British teenagers aged 11 to 16 years.

In early July, the GMTK Game Jam was held, where 5,400 teams competed in creating games. According to the survey results, most of the participants used the Unity engine. But there is a caveat – two-thirds of the best games are made on GameMaker.

The publisher of Tank Stars and Tomb of the Mask analyzed its Russian audience and found out what they play and how much they pay in games in Russia.

Last year, a lot of games in the “battle royale” genre were released on Steam. However, most were unable to keep an active audience after the launch.

They accounted for 56% of the $9.37 billion that was spent by North American gamers in 2018.

This is 13% more than a year earlier.

They accounted for 5.7% of the posted gaming vacancies in the CIS.

The first three positions are headed by games from Asia.

The App Annie platform has published an index of the most downloaded and highest-grossing games in August. With an eye on him and the DataMagic service, we note which games were the main breakthroughs of last month in terms of downloads and sales.

67% of Americans play video games. The research company EEDAR came to these conclusions after conducting a survey on the gaming preferences of US residents.