A collector’s edition of the diaries of the famous game designer Jordan Mechner has been published. Now readers can not only learn how Prince of Persia was created, but also see sketches of different stages of the game, author’s notes on the margins of pages and comments about the future of the story.

The analytical company SuperData has adjusted its forecast for the augmented reality market for the third time. According to new data, by the end of the year its revenues will amount to $6.7 billion, and investments in VR and AR studios will approach $1 billion.Remark: it is not completely clear from the published reports what kind of data the company takes into account when talking about market turnover.

At least two dozen publishers worth paying attention to are currently working on the hyper-casual games market. How to choose the right one, — says in his column on App2Top.ru Nadav Ashkenazy, CEO of ironSource marketing company and Supersonic Studios game publishing house.

Riot Games has released an open beta of League of Legends: Wild Rift, a mobile version of its popular MOBA. Now the game is available only in seven Asian countries, and in Russia it will launch in December.Wild Rift is an adaptation of the PC version of League of Legends, some elements of which have been specially modified or adapted for mobile devices.

Jason Schreier, who wrote the bestseller “Blood, Sweat and Pixels”, presented his next work about the gaming industry — “PRESS RESET: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry”. Now he will tell you what happens to developers after the studios are closed.

Genshin Impact has become one of the largest launches in the history of mobile games. In its first month, the title raised $245 million. This is more than it was at the start of Fortnite, Lineage 2: Revolution and Fire Emblem Heroes.

Game installations of the mobile publisher BoomBit began to grow after the reorientation to the hyper-casual market. Now the number of downloads of the company’s projects has exceeded 800 million.In the first nine months of 2020, BoomBit games were downloaded 164 million times, which is 230% more than the same figures last year.

Mobile publisher Scopely has closed a Series E funding round, during which it raised $340 million. Moreover, just a month ago, the company intended to “raise” only $200 million.

Ubisoft continues to rebrand. Now the company is renaming Uplay+ to Ubisoft+ and making it a multiplatform service. Already on November 10, Ubisoft+ will be integrated into Amazon Luna, and a little later into Google Stadia.

Sony has published a financial report for the second fiscal quarter (July-September 2020). The gaming division turned out to be the most successful and earned almost $5 billion. At the same time, most of the revenue came from digital versions of games and in-game purchases.Basic figures

On September 30, Microsoft successfully closed the first fiscal quarter of 2021. The revenue of the gaming segment alone turned out to be better than ever before in the history of the company’s first quarters.

Sweden’s gaming industry has remained profitable for 11 years in a row, Swedish analysts say. Its turnover grew by 23% and reached the $2.7 billion mark. However, all this happened in 2019.

Developer and publisher Wargaming has closed the R&D division. Information about this in the letter App2Top.ru the company’s press service confirmed.

Wanted: game designer at Social Quantum, producer at RJ Games and technical artist at Melsoft Games.

After allegations of harassment, Chris Avellone was suspended from working on several projects, including Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Now one of the girls who denounced the famous game designer has become the leading narrative designer of the game.Samantha Wallschlaeger, who previously worked at Monolith and Bioware studios, announced her appointment on her personal Twitter.

A 20-minute documentary about the creation of Alien: Isolation was released on the NoClip channel. The developers told how they were inspired by the very first Ridley Scott movie and made the first prototype secretly from SEGA.

Another price increase. Apple has warned about plans to increase the price tags for applications in several countries at once, including Russia.

Alibaba Group declined to name the positions because they negatively affect internal communication and initiative within the company. They were replaced with so-called “functions”.In Russia, Cainiao Network, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, joined this experiment.

The organizer of esports events from the “Celestial Empire” Versus Programming Network (VSPN) held a Series B funding round for $ 100 million. Now the company plans, among other things, to build an esports research institute.