Zynga has decided to diversify its portfolio with marketing assets. It includes the Chartboost platform, specializing in mobile advertising and monetization. It cost $250 million.

Indie studio Metacore has again received a large tranche from Supercell. This time, the Finns opened a credit line for her for $ 180 million. The money will be used to scale Merge Mansion, a project combining merge mechanics with meta in the spirit of Homescapes.

By the end of 2021, the total revenue of the gaming industry will be $175.8 billion, according to Newzoo analysts. This is 1.1% less than it was last year. Among the main reasons for the decline: lack of equipment due to supply problems, postponement of game releases and restriction of IDFA on iOS.

Apple‘s lawyers asked the court to invalidate the testimony of Lori Wright, vice president of Xbox. She appeared in court as a witness on the part of Epic Games and, among other things, said that Microsoft does not receive any profit from the sale of consoles.