Minecraft‘s audience has reached 480 million users. Most of the user accounts are registered in China.

There are almost equally many men and women playing in the world. Do their methods of choosing games differ in the West, Newzoo found out.

Until November 25, Google Play users can vote for the best game of 2019. The winners will be announced on December 3.

Apple Company is working on products with augmented reality. In 2022, Apple may introduce an AR headset. A year later — AR glasses.

The authors of Call of Duty: Mobile have achieved a higher level of engagement than the developers of mobile Fortnite. As a result of the first 14 days after the release, Call of Duty: Mobile has higher revenue and engagement levels than Fortnite over the same period.

U Mail.Ru Group has a new blockbuster in its portfolio. On October 20, the company released American Dad! Apocalypse Soon. Last weekend, the project’s revenue from IAP exceeded the $1 million mark.

The authors of Angry Birds actively resort to machine learning for the development and operation of games. In the near future, they want to go even further. Rovio plans to create “individualized” games using artificial intelligence.

Two months have passed since the release of Apple Arcade. During this time, 30 new projects have appeared in the subscription service. Thus, the number of games has grown to 100.

Nintendo will play an important role in promoting Tencent in the West. Chinese and Japanese giants can create a line of console games for gamers in the USA and Europe.

Death Stranding failed to top the UK chart last week. Moreover, its initial retail sales were 36% lower than those of Days Gone.

Already two games from the portfolio of the Russian Playrix have earned over $ 1 billion. Gardenscape s had previously reached this mark. Now Homescapes has joined her.

Yesterday, Microsoft began shipping the HoloLens 2 AR headset. These mixed reality glasses are designed for corporate clients.

A product from Valve may appear on the market of gaming cloud services. Its name — Steam Cloud Gaming — is contained in the code of the corporate website.

It’s time to report for the third quarter to Activision Blizzard publisher. Both financial indicators and the size of the audience continue to decline.

Russian ZeptoLab has announced the creation of a new division — ZeptoLab Green. It will develop the Om Nom brand, which includes the popular Cut the Rope series of games.

Take-Two, as part of a conference call, shared the results for the second fiscal quarter. The publisher’s revenues increased by 74%, including thanks to the launch of new parts of Borderlands and the NBA.

Sony veteran Shuhei Yoshida has moved to a new position in the company. He has led a new program to support indie developers on PlayStation platforms.

Wanted: author of marketing videos at Beresnev Games, heads of testing and analytics departments at MY.GAMES and concept artist at Deus Craft.

Tencent has increased its portfolio of Scandinavian assets. The company has invested $4 million in a team from Sweden — Stunlock Studios. And thus solved her financial problems.