Three years after the release of Toon Blast, the sequel to the popular match game Toy Blast, continues to grow. To date, the title has not only overtaken its predecessor in revenue, but also earned the first billion dollars.

The role-playing game Eiyuden Chronicle attracted 46 thousand backers on Kickstarter, who have already given developers $ 4.5 million. This is almost 900% more than the initially requested amount, and only two games showed the best result before.A fundraising campaign for the development of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a role—playing game inspired by classic JRPGs, has ended on Kickstarter.

Last Friday, the global release of Unity Distribution Portal took place. The platform will help developers publish Android apps outside of Google Play.

Last Friday, August 28, Apple officially deleted the Epic Games developer account from its mobile platform. The main consequence: the company can no longer submit new games, and users download Fortnite and other company projects, even if they were previously installed. Unreal Engine was not affected by the removal.

German developers will be able to receive non-refundable grants from the government, which will cover up to 50% of the cost of producing new games. Both the authors of prototypes and AAA projects will be able to get help.The foundation was first announced in June last year, but then the maximum grant amount was only 200 thousand euros.

Only the day before yesterday, the presentation of the new part of Call of Duty ended, but the next day it became known that everything was not all right with the production of the game. Bloomberg has prepared material about unfair working conditions and unfair treatment of contractors in Activision for many years. The same thing happened with other publishers.

The Swedish holding Embracer Group, which acquired eight studios at once this month, published a report for the 2019 fiscal year (April 2019-March 2020). The company has increased its profit by a third and has already raised almost $200 million to acquire new developers.Key results

In March, Sharpen Blade was released on the hyper-casual games market. The development of a small Yakut team DAYLESS has gained 56 million installations in six months. We talked with the game designer of the project about how the project was created and why the studio chose Zplay as a partner instead of Voodoo. Kunnei Vinokurova.

The fight for the developers of hyper-casual games continues. This time, the French Homa Games launches its gamejam. The winner is waiting for $ 50 thousand and a contract with the publisher.

A new report on the Polish gaming market has shown that there are many successful studios in the country besides CD Projekt RED. Total revenue in the sector for 2019 amounted to €479 million and increased by 32%. We chose the main thing from the 144-page report.

Last year, there was neither a COVID-19 pandemic nor global self-isolation. About how the gaming market developed Europe before the world quarantine, told in the annual report European Interactive Software Federation (ISFE). Spoiler: The market itself grew by 3%, and the best—selling game turned out to be FIFA 20.

The HR Awards Game Show will be held in September. This is a competition for HR projects in the gaming industry. Applications are being accepted for it now.

Wanted: concept artist at Melsoft Games, C++ developer at SunStrike Studios and mobile marketer at Alawar.

While most publishers have not yet decided whether to raise the price tag of games on the next-generation console or not, Activision has begun to act. The company announced Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and confirmed that the game will be sold for $70.

Nacon rejected the claims of Frogwares, which accused the publisher of non-payment of royalties of € 1 million. Now the French publisher intends to sue the Ukrainian developers, because their actions “discredit” the company.This week, the developers of The Sinking City published an open letter detailing the conflict with the publisher Nacon.

The transition to iOS 14 may be even tougher. Facebook has decided not to take half measures as part of Apple’s new IDFA policy. The social network will no longer collect IDFA, it also puts the future of the Facebook Audience Network in question.

Employees of the security company Snyk accused the Chinese Mintegral of spying on users and advertising fraud. The suspicious SDK was used in 1,200 applications on Apple devices, which were downloaded up to 300 million times every month.

The struggle between Epic and Apple has increasingly serious consequences. Users of the “apple” platform will not only not get a new season of Fortnite, but will also lose the opportunity to crossplay with players on PC and consoles.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout continues to collect records. This time, the title received two new achievements at once for the day: on PC and consoles.