Microsoft summed up the results of the second fiscal quarter. Her gaming business is not well. Sales of both devices and software have sunk.

The charts of the best-selling new IP in British retail for a decade have arrived. Minecraft and Destiny, respectively, became bestsellers in pieces and in money.

Mobile startup Coda has raised $4 million to create a hyper-casual games platform. The investor was London Venture Partners.

The analytical firm SuperData has compiled a rating of the best-selling VR helmets for the 4th quarter of 2019. She also made a forecast for the augmented reality (XR) market. In three years, its turnover will reach $14.9 billion.

Wanted: special effects specialist at Banzai Games, system analyst at Playrix and team leader at Friday’s Games.

Nintendo has earned $1 billion on its mobile games. This is without taking into account Pokemon titles.

The authors of the successful battle royal Garena: Free Fire bought Phoenix Labs studio. The latter developed the Dauntless frituplein.

Steam takes an unreasonably large share from sales, according to most developers. This is indicated by the results of the GDC survey.

In August, the popular Ninja streamer preferred Mixer to the more popular Twitch platform. The estimated amount of his deal with Mixer became known — $ 20-30 million.

At the release of Google Stadia, users and reviewers noted that the site needs to be improved. But over the past 40 days, she has not received a single update.

British scientists have calculated the number of workers in the country’s gaming industry and their contribution to the economy. They also named the largest British cities by the number of gaming companies.

On January 23-24, the gaming business conference White Nights Amsterdam 2020 was held in the capital of the Netherlands. It was visited by 1,346 guests from 50 countries.

Niantic‘s substantial income comes from real-world competitions among Pokémon GO players. In 2019, the studio earned $249 million from such events.

The launch of the Epic Games Store led to a decline in sales on all PC platforms, including Steam. This was stated by NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella.

There are two big surprises in the UK chart. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot bypassed the last Call of Duty, and the third “Witcher” it goes back to the top lines — 5 years after the release.

Activision Blizzard and YouTube have signed a streaming deal. It gives the latter exclusive rights to broadcast the publisher’s esports matches. These rights used to belong to Twitch.

One of the subgroups of the Embracer Group holding (formerly known as THQ Nordic AB) has opened a Swedish studio. The staff of the new developer is six people.

Newzoo CEO Peter Warman spoke at the White Nights business conference in Amsterdam. He shared his vision of the market and some figures.

The studio Playful is undergoing restructuring. Within its framework, “a significant number of employees” were dismissed.