The growth rate of the global video game market is ahead of experts’ forecasts. In 2017, gaming industry revenues will reach a value of $116 billion, an increase of 10.7% compared to last year, according to the analytical company Newzoo.

It’s too early to bury singles. That’s what SuperData thinks. According to her, in October, the digital versions of Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Middle Earth: Shadow of War and South Park: The Fractured but Whole for three earned $160 million.

People with a penchant for gambling should not be allowed to the loot boxes, says a Reddit user with the nickname Kensgold. He told how he spent more than $10 thousand over the past two years on game content. He managed to break with addiction only thanks to a psychotherapist.

In Australia, Christmas has started ahead of schedule. Manufacturer of slot machines Aristocrat Leisure makes a gift for itself. He is going to acquire Big Fish Games from the horse racing company Churchill Downs for $990 million in cash.

Digital distribution of video games will completely replace retail in the next 5 − 20 years. Karl Slatoff, the president of Take-Two Interactive publishing house, thinks so.

While some are looking for new ways of game monetization, others continue to earn steadily on midcore games. The revenues of the German studio Goodgame Studios have crossed the $1 billion mark since the company was founded in 2009.