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News Yesterday

AppMetrica has improved its integration with Yandex Advertising Network and Adfox, simplifying access to mobile analytics

Recently, Yandex enhanced its AppMetrica platform. Users of its two promotional solutions — the Advertising Network (hereafter RSYa) and Adfox — now have the ability to connect to the service “in just a few clicks.”

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“This is no longer a license fee but a royalty”: Unity demands at least $500,000 per year from the creators of Rust

Founder of Facepunch Studios, Garry Newman, criticized the annual fees his studio must pay Unity.

News Yesterday

BioWare’s Head Discusses How the Studio’s Approach to Game Development Changed After a Series of Failures

Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier talked with BioWare head Gary McKay about the development of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the studio’s reorganization.

News Yesterday

The number of child gamers in the US has decreased by over 2 million since 2022, but they have started watching streams more frequently

In its new study, the analytics company Circana uncovered an interesting trend: there is a decline in the number of players in the youngest age category (2-12 years old) in the USA.

News Yesterday

The number of child gamers in the USA has decreased by over 2 million since 2022, but they have started watching streams more frequently

In its new study, the analytics company Circana uncovered an interesting trend: there is a decline in the number of players in the youngest age category (2-12 years) in the United States.

News Yesterday

The browser version of Hero Wars generated over $650 million in eight years

GDEV has shared a new milestone for the flagship game in its portfolio. Specifically, its desktop version, which is named Hero Wars: Dominion Era (the mobile version is called Hero Wars: Alliance).

News Yesterday

The mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket was downloaded over 10 million times in two days

On October 30, The Pokémon Company released a new card game from the franchise for mobile devices. The project already boasts excellent metrics.

News Yesterday

68% of Russian gamers purchase licenses after testing pirated versions of games

According to the latest survey by XYZ School, Russian gamers are increasingly moving away from pirated games in favor of licensed ones.

News Yesterday

Phasmophobia has sold over 20 million copies

Kinetic Games Studio announced that sales of Phasmophobia have surpassed 20 million copies sold, four years after its release.

Analytics November 1

How to improve the metrics of a hyper-casual game by enhancing its sound?

Experts from the indie studio koro.games shared with App2Top their experience of improving game performance through enhancing the audio experience.

News November 1

Meta Report: Cumulative losses of the XR division have exceeded $50 billion over four years

The corporation released its financial report for the third quarter of 2024, which ended on September 30. Its XR division, Reality Labs, continues to incur substantial losses.

News November 1

Roblox Report: DAU reached a record 88.9 million, with revenue surpassing $900 million

Roblox has released its financial report for the third quarter of 2024, which ended on September 30. In brief, all of the company’s key indicators are in the positive.

News November 1

Remedy Report: More than Double Revenue Growth and Transition to Self-Publishing Games

Remedy Entertainment reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024. We’ve highlighted the key points.

News November 1

CD Projekt has set an ambitious goal—to achieve nearly a billion dollars in net profit over four years

The CD Projekt Board of Directors has put forward a series of resolutions for consideration at the upcoming shareholders’ meeting. One of these resolutions is directly related to the company’s revenues.

News November 1

The peak online player count for the open beta test of Monster Hunter Wilds reached 463,000 players on Steam

Capcom has announced that an open beta for Monster Hunter Wilds will be held from November 1 to 4. The testing immediately caught gamers’ attention, with the Steam concurrent players count surpassing 463 thousand within hours.

News November 1

The Communication Workers of America union accused Sony of increasing its monopoly after the recent closure of two studios

The Communications Workers of America (CWA, the U.S. communications workers union) criticized Sony for closing Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi, accusing it of attempting to strengthen its monopoly on the market.

News November 1

Online Dragon Age: The Veilguard on Steam surpassed 70,000 players—the best result among EA’s story-driven games

The release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard took place on the evening of October 31. Within a few hours, the game’s peak online presence on the Steam platform reached 70,414 players.

News October 31

Paradox Interactive’s operating profit increased by 67% in the third quarter

The Swedish company Paradox Interactive shared its financial results for the third quarter of 2024. Below are the key figures from the report.

News October 31

Valve has mandated that game developers disclose the presence of anti-cheat systems that operate at the kernel level

Valve has added a feature to Steam that allows developers to specify the anti-cheat systems used on game pages.

News October 31

Sales of the Call of Duty franchise have surpassed 500 million copies, second only to Mario

Activision Blizzard has revealed the sales figures for the Call of Duty brand shortly after news of the record launch of Black Ops 6. The series has surpassed 500 million copies sold since the release of the first game in 2003.

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