They continue to invest in the gaming blockchain. The Beijing startup Cocos-BCX, which creates a blockchain platform for game developers, announced the attraction of a large tranche. $40 million was invested in the startup.

We are opening a regular series of articles “The publisher is wanted”. As part of the cycle, development teams can talk about themselves, their project, and why they need a publisher.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 12.

The analytical company Newzoo told how much the leading mobile game publishers earned in the first half of 2018. In particular, the earnings of Playrix amounted to $ 634 million, and Supercell — $ 762 million.

The App Annie platform has published an index of the most downloaded and highest-grossing games in August. With an eye on him and the DataMagic service, we note which games were the main breakthroughs of last month in terms of downloads and sales.

The Russian Internet giant has announced an educational initiative. This September Mail.Ru Group will start conducting courses in two state universities dedicated to the creation of video games — “Game development on Unity” and “Testing of game projects”.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 11.

Wanted: Head of Analytics at KamaGames Studio, Game localization manager at Playkot and advertising purchasing manager at Wargaming.

At the congress of the Russian Society of Political Scientists, Sergey Kiriyenko, the first deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, touched on the topic of video games. He noted that they are a space of political struggle, and therefore they need to be treated accordingly.

67% of Americans play video games. The research company EEDAR came to these conclusions after conducting a survey on the gaming preferences of US residents.

Bad news from China. The stop of video game licensing, which began in March, is being delayed. There is a high probability that the Chinese authorities will not allow the publication of any new games in the country for the next six months.

The preliminary program of the gaming business conference White Nights Moscow 2018 has appeared. Speakers include Supercell, Playrix, Pixonic and Game Insight. The details of the program are in our material.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 10.

The number of mobile gamers in China is comparable to the combined population of the United States and Japan. 459 million people play on smartphones and tablets in China, and the total population of the USA and Japan is 455 million citizens.

On September 8, 2017, the royal battle of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) broke the mark of 1 million users who are in the game at the same time. Since that day, her online has never dropped below.

The Epic Games experiment went well. The company has proven that many downloads on Android can be typed without Google Play. Only within the beta for a limited number of Android devices, its blockbuster Fortnite generated 15 million installations in three weeks.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 7.

The former marketing manager of Motion Twin, Steve Filby, told in detail how one of the main indie releases of this summer, metroidvania Dead Cells, was progressing.

The Vivox in-game communication service, which is used by the developers of League of Legends, Fortnite, Paladins and Rainbow Six Siege, has become free for small projects.