Pokémon GO developers can boast of a new achievement. In total, in the five years since the release, the game’s revenue has reached $ 5 billion, according to analysts from Sensor Tower. Thus, the Niantic AR project manages to generate an average of $1 billion annually, while regularly increasing revenue.Key data

The mobile simulator of the Family Island farm from Minsk Melsoft continues to gain cash. Its total revenue exceeded the bar of $ 100 million, and monthly income — $ 10 million, — AppMagic reports.

Not all gamers reacted positively to the news about the partnership between Microsoft and Hideo Kojima. Some PlayStation fans don‘t want to see a new game by a Japanese game designer on Xbox. They even called his actions “betrayal.” Now users have created a petition demanding to cancel a possible cloud project.The corresponding petition appeared on the website Change.org , which drew the attention of users of gaming forums.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a large-scale report on the largest legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

The video game industry has set a new record for deals. Investment banking company Drake Star Partners estimated that by July 2021, the amount spent on investments and M&A transactions turned out to be almost twice as much as in the whole of 2020.

Mehmet Aydin (Mehmet Aydin) is the creator of the online farm Farm Bank, with which he drew over a hundred thousand people into a financial pyramid. In total, with the help of this scheme, he received $ 130 million, after which he went on the run. Now he has been extradited to Turkey, where he faces a term of up to 75 thousand years.

Another gaming company is preparing to enter the stock exchange. China‘s Qingci Games has filed for an IPO. The studio has six mobile games on its account, of which the most famous is Marvelous Snail — a casual game about a snail in the post-apocalypse. In China, this game holds the second place in popularity in its genre.

One of the most high-profile topics of last week was the appearance of the playerWON platform. Its goal is to embed commercials in console and PC games. However, Electronic Arts rejected reports of signing an agreement with the new site. The publisher is not going to introduce such advertising into its games yet.This was announced by an EA representative in an official comment to PC Gamer.

The summer sale on Steam continues, so there are no new games in the weekly bestseller chart, and there are almost no changes. Unless Horizon Zero Dawn disappeared from the list, instead of which Red Dead Redemption 2 entered the top.

Swedish media corporation The Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced another takeover. She was joined by PlaySimple, a mobile developer from India, known for word games Word Jam and Word Wars. The transaction amount was $359.6 million.

In March last year, Dan Houser left the Rockstar Games company, which he and his brother headed for two decades. But perhaps he will continue to play video games. Documents about the registration of a new company, in which Hauser is listed as a director, surfaced on the web.

Today, Canada is one of the most favorable places to create games. However, this was not always the case. Game consultant Pierre Moisan told about how the country has gone from an economic crisis to the creation of a thriving ecosystem for developers in just over 20 years. At one time, he helped Ubisoft open an office in Quebec, and today he works with indie studios.

Cloud gaming on Facebook is becoming more popular. The company reported that 1.5 million people use the service every month. The social network also shared plans for the development of this area and announced a partnership with Ubisoft.Assassin’s Creed Rebellion

The format of viewing ads for a fee, popular in mobile, will soon come to the market of console and PC games. The new playerWON platform will embed small videos made on the principle of TV advertising into titles. EA and Tencent have already signed an agreement with it. However, many players and some developers took this news negatively.

A gaming company with Russian roots Nexters reported for the first quarter of 2021. It turned out to be so good that the company revised its forecast for the whole year and raised its expected financial indicators.

The new game Hideo Kojima (Hideo Kojima) can be released on Xbox. According to the VentureBeat portal, the Japanese game designer and Microsoft have signed a corresponding agreement of intent. There are few details about the game yet.

The analytical company Newzoo told what will happen to the video game industry in 2021. Despite the fact that the revenue will be less than last year, the market will continue to grow. The number of gamers will jump by 150 million people.

The GameMaker Studio game engine can now again be used for free for longer than 30 days. YoYo Games studio has provided free access to the engine, but with the condition that it can be done only for familiarization.

Room 8 Studio is a Ukrainian outsourcer that helps other companies with the development and porting of games. Yesterday, the studio announced the opening of a new office in Montreal as part of its global expansion strategy.Room 8 Studio announced this on June 30 on its official website.