This week, people were fired at the European branch of Perfect World Entertainment. An unnamed number of employees in Amsterdam lost their jobs.

App Annie analyzed the revenue and other metrics of mobile games for 2019. And also named the most popular genres and games of the past year. 

In early November, owners of Android devices began to notice that Google Play no longer shows notifications about successful app updates. A Google representative confirmed: this is not a bug, but a feature.

The Asian video game market will continue to grow this year. Its turnover may reach $65 billion.

The Odnoklassniki social network sums up the results of the year. For the period from January to December 2019, it is going to pay ₽ 3.2 billion to game developers ($49.6 million based on the calculation that the average dollar price for twelve months was ₽64.5).

Unknown Worlds studio has sold more than 5 million copies of Subnautica. This is without taking into account free downloads from the Epic Games Store.

The Twitter microblogging service turned out to be the most effective platform for promoting PC and console games. He even bypassed a major advertising network from Google.

Since its launch on December 6, 2018, $680 million has been spent in the Epic Game Store digital store. Of this amount, $251 million fell on third-party titles.

From April 2020, the App Store will consider only games and applications with Xcode storyboards support for publication. Apple wants them to display correctly on any of its devices.

An unusual marketing move was made by the author of the indie shooter Danger Gazers. He posted his game on the torrent catalog himself, and title sales increased by 400%.

On January 23-24, a business conference for game developers White Nights will be held in Amsterdam. There will be a public interview with Maxim Babichev, Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Playrix. Come up with a question for Maxim. For the best, we give you a premium ticket to the conference.

PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.

Last Friday, World of Tanks product director Vyacheslav Makarov said he was going into politics and creating a “Party of Direct Democracy.” The continuation of the story did not take long to wait. Today Makarov announced that he is leaving Wargaming.

MediaTek is preparing a line of gaming chipsets for budget smartphones. Thanks to this, the latter will be able to support games with high requirements.

The Playable Platform advertising analytics service presented the first results of testing self-optimization ads. The CTR of such advertising in games increases by a multiple, and without the participation of live operators.

Over the past year, Facebook Gaming has strengthened its position in the gaming streaming market. By the end of December, the site’s share in this segment reached 8.5%.

Japan can follow the example of China and South Korea. For teenagers living in Kagawa Prefecture, a daily limit on the use of smartphones may be introduced. Including for mobile games.

In 2019, Rockemop GO earned $894 million. This is the fifth most profitable mobile game on the planet, and the first among geolocation games. Sensor Tower showed how much she beat her colleagues in the genre.

By the end of December App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.