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The redditor KeiraFaith drew attention to this. He recalled that the creation of Genshin Impact alone cost miHoYo $100 million. Officially, up to $200 million can be spent annually to support the game. Given that the game has been in operation since September 2020, Genshin Impact’s budget is now possibly approaching the $500 million mark.

In the first quarter of 2022, the Chinese gaming industry earned more than $12 billion. The market continues to grow, and mobile games account for the bulk of revenue.

Activision Blizzard reported on the first quarter of 2022 (ended March 31). Compared to last year, this time the company’s results were much more modest. In the period from January to March, her earnings amounted to $1.77 billion.

The founder and CEO of Roblox, David Baszucki, may receive a compensation payment of about $233 million in connection with the company’s success.

Financial results for the 4th quarter and for the entire last year of Nexters have been published. The central figure is $562 million. It was to this level that the company’s cash receipts rose from January to December 2021.

Two and a half years ago Activision Blizzard released a mobile version of Call of Duty. Over the past time, gamers have spent over $1.5 billion in it. This allowed Call of Duty: Mobile to become the third highest-grossing mobile shooter in 2021.

In the summer, MY.GAMES and Google launched a business accelerator for mobile developers Game Drive 2.0. Now the companies have summed up the results. One of the finalists of the program was the Novosibirsk studio Game Maverick — it will receive an investment of 15 million rubles.

It seems that there will be no new tax for Steam, Epic Games Store and other foreign playgrounds. The Ministry of Finance of Russia stated that it was not going to finance the fund for the development of patriotic games “at the expense of any fees.”

Russian officials plan to levy another tax on foreign gaming stores: Steam, Epic Games Store, PS Store and others. They want to send the money collected with its help to the fund for the support of patriotic games. UPDATED: The Ministry of Finance of Russia has denied information about plans to finance the development of such games at the expense of new taxes.Black Book

Yesterday’s ban on Free Fire in India seriously affected the creators of the Battle royale. During the day, the cost of Sea — the parent company of Garena — decreased by $ 16 billion. Investors fear that the ban of the game may be just the beginning of the company’s problems.

Swedish publisher with Russian roots G5 Entertainment shared a financial report for 2021. The company managed to earn over $140 million. At the same time, most of the revenue is provided by G5’s own games.Jewels of Rome

Five years ago, Fire Emblem Heroes was released. During this time, the tactical RPG earned almost $1 billion on iOS and Android. The game remains Nintendo’s highest-grossing mobile title by a large margin.According to Sensor Tower, the total revenue of Fire Emblem Heroes amounted to $959 million for the entire time of operation.

Meta company reported for 2021. It seems that Apple’s new privacy policy has cost Facebook almost $10 billion in lost advertising revenue over the past two quarters. After the publication of the report, the company’s shares lost a lot in value.Analyst and marketing expert Eric Seufert drew attention to this.

Sony’s gaming division shared its results for the third fiscal quarter (ended December 31). Despite generally good performance, sales of games and hardware have fallen. The company is unable to cope with the demand for the PS5, which now lags behind the PS4 in terms of the number of devices sold over the same period.The main thing from the financial report

Electronic Arts reported for the third fiscal quarter (ended December 31). Total cash receipts turned out to be a record, despite disappointing sales of Battlefield 204 2. The franchise is not being written off, but Apex Legends has now become the flagship shooter for the publisher.The main thing from the financial report

Video game fees on Kickstarter have declined. In 2021, game developers were able to attract “only” $21.8 million with the help of a crowdfunding platform. At the same time, the number of successful campaigns has increased.

Consulting firm Games One told which game companies’ CEOs earned the most in 2020. Three people have an annual income of over $ 100 million. Among them are Robert Antokol from Playtika and Bobby Kotick from Activision Blizzard.

In the first week of January, Genshin Impact achieved another achievement. According to the analytical service AppMagic, user spending in the game on mobile platforms has exceeded the $3 billion mark since its release.The total revenue of Genshin Impact in the App Store and Google Play since August 2020 amounted to $1.8 billion (after deducting the share of stores and taxes).