From the new documents in the case of Epic Games and Apple, it became known about the decline in revenue forecasts for the Epic Games Store. The company expects that the store will remain unprofitable for a long time and will begin to bring minimal profit only from 2025.The document was provided by EGS General Manager Stephen Allison at the end of November.

MGVC, the investment arm of MY.GAMES, has announced fresh deals. The company decided to support two studios at once: Square Triange and Talerock. In total, she invested $2 million in them.

The Jordanian publisher Tamatem Games, specializing in mobile games, has conducted a new round of financing. The company received $11 million from investors, including Krafton.

There have been changes in the analytical company devtodev. She has allocated part of the business related to outsourcing game support to a separate new brand — Ansvery.

We continue to sum up the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Victoria Belyaeva, head of the AppQuantum Business Development department.

App2Top.ru I conducted a live broadcast with Kirill Zolovkin, an indie developer and founder of the Heart Core studio. We discussed the problem of the shortage of personnel in the Russian game market, the nuances of development for PC and consoles, and also talked about the pros and cons of the GameMaker engine.

Last week, the hashtag #GameDevPaidMe started gaining popularity on Twitter again. Under it, gaming specialists from all over the world share their salaries. We chose the most interesting of the tweets.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Roman and Kirill Gursky, the leaders of the gaming direction of the GEM Capital investment group.

On December 4, the official release of Icarus, a survival simulator developed by the studio of Dean Hall, author of DayZ, took place. The game immediately turned out to be the top seller in the weekly Steam chart.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Mikhail Katz and Sergey Evdokimov from the consulting Aream & Co.

Several successful indie developers have expressed complaints about the Metacritic rating system. They face a paradox: their games are sold in hundreds of thousands or even millions of copies, but the specialized media often ignore such projects. Due to the lack of ratings, small studios eventually lose some financial and business opportunities.Clone Drone In The Danger Zone

The Japanese gaming market is the third largest in the world. In a recent report, the analytical company Newzoo told how many gamers there are in the country now, which games they prefer and how much they will spend on them in 2021.

Against the backdrop of the failed launch of Battlefield 2042, Electronic Arts announced the restructuring of DICE and shooter-related divisions. The global plan is to build your own universe within the franchise. We are talking about both entering the mobile market and the possible application of new business models to future brand games.Permutations

Apple has a backup plan on how not to lose money if it cannot reject the court’s decision in the proceedings with Epic Games. The company is thinking about taking a commission on all in—app purchases – it doesn’t matter if they are made through its payment system or bypassed.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Ivan Fedyanin, co-founder of the Ducky publishing house.

Apple also decided to sum up the results of 2021. Following Google, she shared her selection of the best mobile games this year. For example, the company called League of Legends: Wild Rift the main game for the iPhone.

A new book about video games has appeared on the shelves of Russian stores. It’s called “Esports. Games, money, two clicks.” It was written by William Collis, one of the founders of the Gamer Sensei platform and the esports organization Team Genji. We share an excerpt of the book.

Yulia Chernenko, a leading game designer at Owlcat Games, spoke about her work on Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The list of topics covered includes the main tasks of a game designer, communication with other departments, as well as the pros and cons of working with someone else’s role—playing system.

USM Holding, owned by Alisher Usmanov, sold its stake in VK to SOGAZ Group. Now the majority of the company’s shares are at the disposal of Gazprom-related structures. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.On its website, SOGAZ announced the purchase of a 45 percent stake in the capital of MF Technologies JSC, which owns 57.3% of VK votes.