Apple has named the winners of the Apple Design Award, which is awarded to mobile applications and games for the best design. This year, four games became finalists, among which there is Genshin Impact.

Supercell has started issuing licenses for its brands to teams in which it had previously invested. A few days ago, a new project in the Boom Beach universe was released in softlonch. It is made by Space Ape Games, a British studio known for Clash of Clans clones.

The studio Mythical Games, which developed the online game Blankos Block Party, has raised $ 75 million for the development of its business and the development of new projects. The company relies on so-called “playable NFTs”, allowing players to buy and sell characters created by them.Blankos Block Party

Yesterday, US President Joe Biden revoked the orders of his predecessor Donald Trump, who demanded to ban TikTok, WeChat and a number of other Chinese applications in the country. Instead, he ordered to carefully study all applications from “foreign opponents” and assess their danger.

Many Chinese gaming companies have rather harsh working conditions — specialists work six days a week from 9 am to 9 pm. However, Lightspeed & Quantum studio, owned by Tencent and developed PUBG Mobile, decided to fight crunches. To do this, she made a number of small concessions for her employees.This was reported by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

Roblox allows users to embed special players into the games they create, through which music can be played. Major music labels don’t like it. They accuse the company of lost profits and demand at least $200 million in compensation.The lawsuit against Roblox was filed in the Central District Court of California, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Google has allowed Android developers to register in a program that reduces the commission for a portion of the amount earned on Google Play to 15%. At the same time, she told about the conditions of participation.

January-March was very successful for the hyper-casual genre. Its quarterly downloads increased by 76% compared to October-December 2020. The number of sessions also increased by 36%.

The mobile gaming advertising market is going through a bad time. In many regions of the world, there was a significant reduction in the number of mobile game advertisers and creatives in May.

The Finnish gaming organization Neogames has prepared a report on how 2020 went for the Finnish video game industry. Its total turnover increased by 9% and reached the level of €2.4 billion. Despite the fact that mobile remained the main platform for local developers, more and more studios began to make games for consoles.

LoopMe and IDC presented a joint study on the prospects of mobile gaming after the end of the pandemic. Companies have concluded that record activity will fall by a quarter in the next couple of years. Mobile market revenue growth is also expected to slow significantly after a record 2020.The study is based on a survey that involved 3,850 smartphone users from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Brazil and Singapore.

The “White Nights” are returning to Northern Venice. WN Media Group shared details of the upcoming summer session of WN St. Petersburg. It will be held offline (but there will also be an online part on the WN Hub). There will also be an exhibition of developers, a pre-party and a big party at the Flying Dutchman.

Alexandra Kurdyumova, Senior Partner of the VERSUS.legal law firm, said App2Top.ru about a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Capcom related to the illegal use of other people’s photos in their games. We discussed the legal specifics of the case, the statute of limitations and the available evidence base.Note: You can read more about designer Judy Juracek’s lawsuit against Capcom in our material.

Wanted: developer of a playable advertisement in APPSULOVE, designer of a meta-game in Targem Games and a leading artist in Playrix.

Facebook is often used to advertise mobile games. However, this social network has its own peculiarities when it comes to promoting PC titles. The publisher of Hooded Horse shared his experience, also talking about the difficulties and advantages of Reddit as an advertising platform for hardcore genre games.Terra Invicta

Gaijin Entertainment will now conduct pairs at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). The authors of War Thunder have launched a master’s program at the university, where they will tell you how to make games. But there is one caveat — the requirements for applicants came out quite tough.

After the release of iOS 14.5, in which Apple turned off IDFA by default, advertisers began to redistribute their advertising budgets in favor of Google Play.

tinyBuild shared the report for fiscal year 2020 (ended December 31). The company earned $37 million, and its profit almost doubled in annual terms. At the same time, the bulk of the revenue came from previously released games.Key data from the report

The government is preparing a new tax for foreign IT companies. It will amount to 3% of the income they receive from Russian users. The new law will also affect app stores.