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Today, Roblox is already something much more than a game designer for young and not-so-young users. Third-party developers can earn serious money on it. And only a matter of time was the appearance of teams that help them earn even more. Gamefam is one of them. Ultimate Driving

Play Ventures venture Fund has closed a new round of investments worth $135 million. The company, which has already invested in more than 20 studios, will spend these funds to support novice game developers.Now the total amount of funds raised has reached $175 million, according to an official statement from Play Ventures.

The analytical company App Annie has published a report on the state of the mobile market for the first quarter of 2021. During this time, users spent $ 22 billion on games, and the total market turnover reached $ 32 billion. The first three months of 2021 were also the most successful period since the beginning of the pandemic.General data

Monster Hunter Rise has every chance to become a new big hit in a series of games about hunting fantastic creatures. Despite the initial exclusivity for the Nintendo Switch, shipments of the title exceeded 5 million copies in just a week.

Valheim dominated the list of the best-selling Steam games for two months. However, now the first line was taken by the Polish action Outriders, showing excellent online at the start. Also in the top ten is Cyberpunk 2077, for which a major patch has recently been released.According to the results of the week that ended on April 4, Valheim dropped immediately to fourth place.

A rare cartridge from one of the first versions of Super Mario Bros. it was sold at auction for $ 660 thousand. The box has lain unopened for almost 35 years. Now it’s the most expensive copy of a video game in history.This was reported on the Twitter account of the Heritage Auctions auction.

For the fourth year in a row, Supercell‘s revenue is falling. At the same time, most new IP addresses are closed before reaching the world release. Against this background, the Finnish company took drastic measures. Today, on April 2, she announced three new mobile games at once. All of them are based on the Clash brand and all are in the early stages of development.

Newzoo has prepared a report on mobile games based on popular non-gaming IP. It turned out that Chinese projects based on “Journey to the West” earn almost 2.5 times more than all Marvel titles. Analysts also believe that franchise games will play a key role after the changes in the rules regarding IDFA.Game Data

Chinese TiMi Studios is part of Tencent and is known for such hits as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. Last year, its revenue reached a fabulous $10 billion. Now the company intends to make not only mobile games, but also projects for other platforms.This is reported by Reuters with reference to two sources familiar with the situation.

Yesterday, the release of the cooperative action Outriders from the studio People Can Fly took place. The online project instantly exceeded 100 thousand people. This is the best start among all Square Enix games released on Steam.Already three hours after the release, 111,953 people were playing Outriders at the same time, according to SteamDB.

Throughout March, there was an active discussion in Russian educational circles about the law on the regulation of educational activities. Despite the fact that scientists and artists opposed it with a united front, it was first adopted by the State Duma, and yesterday, March 31, the Federation Council also approved it. This means that the law will most likely come into force very soon (unless the president refuses to sign it, which is unlikely). We…

Three Kingdoms Tactics, published by the Chinese company Alibaba, has become one of the highest-grossing iOS games of this year. In three months, she earned $194.8 million. Its total revenue for the entire period of operation amounted to more than a billion dollars. According to Sensor Tower, the game is now available in only eight countries.

Microsoft will supply the US army with 120,000 special AR glasses based on HoloLens 2. The updated device allows you to see in the dark and display additional information on the screen. The amount of the contract, calculated for more than 10 years, is $21.8 billion.Photo: Microsoft

Gaming startup Manticore Games has closed another round of investments. The company has raised $100 million to develop its Core platform, which is positioned as “Roblox for adults”. Games created by users should become part of a single multiverse.

The analytical company Nielsen decided to close SuperData. He does not talk about the reasons, but hints that the gaming data market is full.

Epic Games is going to hold another round of investments worth $ 1.7 billion. After that, the valuation of the company, which still remains private, will reach $28 billion. Plans for an IPO are still out of the question.Bloomberg sources report that Epic Games has already reached an agreement to receive $1 billion.

Polish publisher All In Games has sold the rights to the Ghostrunner game franchise to the Italian publisher 505 Games. The transaction amount is relatively small. IP was estimated at €5 million.

Yesterday’s announcement of the new strategy had a negative impact on CD Projekt shares. Analysts believe that it lacks specifics. Serkan Toto, CEO of the consulting firm Kantan Games, was one of the first to draw attention to the fall.