The most popular iOS gaming requests in the USA are Helix Jump and Granny. In Russia, players are also actively looking for a “grandmother”, but the game “Clover” is no less popular with them.

Nordisk Film, which became a minority shareholder of Avalanche Studios last year, has now acquired the entire studio. The transaction amount was $103 million (€89 million).

The popular Subway Surfers mobile runner by Kiloo and SYBO Games has marked a new download record — the game has been downloaded more than 2 billion times.

Epic Games has launched a joint program with the Interactive Gaming Ventures investment fund — indie developers making games on the Unreal Engine 4 engine will be able to receive up to $5 million from the fund.

Japanese publisher Gumi Inc. has officially announced the creation of a $30 million Gumi Cryptos investment fund. The fund is intended for investments in projects using cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

On June 27, the traditional Finnish Game Day will take place in St. Petersburg. This is a networking event for companies interested in establishing and strengthening ties with the Finnish gaming industry.

The titles of the Troll Face Quest franchise on mobile have gained more than 100 million downloads. This was announced by the publishing company Spil Games, noting that 90% of the installations of their games are organic.

The acquisition of Gram Games mobile games studio cost Zynga $250 million, becoming the most expensive purchase of the company in recent years.

A selection of comments and conspiracy theories of social media users about PUBG Corp.’s lawsuit against Epic Games.

Mobile hit Pokémon GO studio Niantic has passed the milestone of 800 million downloads. This was announced by the head of The Pokémon Company publishing house Tsunekazu Ishihara at a press conference in Tokyo.

In cooperation with the Finnish startup TeacherGaming, the Swedish company Paradox Interactive has developed an educational version of its urban planning simulator Cities: Skylines, on the basis of which school lessons can be conducted. 

The Irish provider of technical services for game developers Keyword Studios has acquired the creative agency Fire Without Smoke for $6.9 million (£5.2 million).

The success of Pokémon GO has had a strong impact on the Pokémon Company: its just-announced titles, announced for the Nintendo Switch, are somehow repelled by the development of Niantic.

The PayPal payment system and the analytical company SuperData Research studied the costs of gamers: how much they spend on buying games and game content, how much they donate to game streamers and where they prefer to buy new titles.

Wanted: Special effects designer at Belka Games, lead Unity developer at FunCorp and lead level designer at Azur Games.

Former Ubisoft executive producer Stefan Delacroix (Stéphane Decroix) has been appointed head of game development at the Swedish company Starbreeze. At Ubisoft, Delacroix worked on the Watch Dogs franchise, and at Starbreeze he will be responsible for the development of The Walking Dead, Crossfire, Payday and other titles.

The private equity fund of Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks, turned its attention to the gaming market and invested $200 million in the French developer and publisher of mobile games Voodoo.

The British developer and publisher of video games Codemasters officially goes on the stock exchange this week. According to preliminary estimates, the market value of the creators of the DiRT and GRID racing franchises was £280 million ($373 million).

The net profit of the publisher of the Pokémon franchise in 2017 decreased by 55%, but still became the second largest in the history of the company. This was reported by game analyst Serkan Toto, referring to information from the Japanese government publication Official Gazette.