The analytical company GameRefinery summed up the results of the second quarter and told about the main mobile genres and publishers in the USA, Japan and China. For example, American gamers like to play puzzles and give a lot of money to Roblox — it accounts for over 5% of the country’s gaming revenue.

Last July, Vladimir Kharitonchik, a programmer at Playtika, died on a business trip to Turkey. Portal dev.by prepared a large material in which he told how the company reacted to the death of an employee and what his family wants.

We continue to share new details about the Activision Blizzard scandal. Yesterday, hundreds of employees went on strike and once again voiced their demands to the management and personally to Bobby Kotick. Meanwhile, Ubisoft employees supported their colleagues and reminded them of similar problems within their company.

Despite the high effect of last year’s lockdowns, the financial indicators of MY.GAMES continue to grow. In the first six months of 2021, it earned 22 billion rubles. In its report, the company also shared metrics of its key games.Revenue growth in the first half of the year was 18% compared to the same period in 2020.