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Industry August 30, 2018

Evening Digest: $25 million Monument Valley, Rocket League Battle Passes, New IP from Nintendo

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for August 30.

Industry August 30, 2018

Tencent and Square Enix have announced plans to conclude a strategic alliance

Two Asian dragons decided to work together. Today, on August 30, Tencent and Square Enix announced the signing of a letter of intent. Its result will be the formation of a strategic alliance of companies.

Industry August 30, 2018

In Europe, boxes of games with transactions and loot boxes will be marked

The European rating system PEGI will begin to warn buyers of physical copies of video games about the presence of domestic purchases. To do this, a special symbol will be applied to the packaging of games with transactions. The new rule will come into force in the coming months.

Industry August 30, 2018

PwC: the Russian gaming market will reach $4.8 billion by 2022

The turnover of the gaming market in Russia will double in the next five years — from $2.2 billion to $4.8 billion By 2022, the gaming sector will overtake TV advertising in revenue and come in third place in the revenue structure of the Russian media and entertainment industry. This is stated in the study “World Entertainment and Media Review: Forecast for 2018-2022” by PwC consulting company.