The mobile gaming market is going through hard times. According to the analytical company Sensor Tower, its revenue for July-September 2022 fell by 12.7%.

The official reason is: “The service has not achieved the success we expected.”

The distributor is going to release books about the gaming industry every month. The first book will be Limited Run: The Complete Run, in which the company will talk about its games published in 2015-2016.

The publisher thought that Cult of the Lamb would take at least a year to reach the current figures. Devolver Digital mentioned this in its latest financial report.

Nexters summed up the financial results of the first half of 2022. During this period, the company was able to increase both revenue and net profit.

The fact that the company has “low expectations” from the game, writes journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios, citing his sources.

This figure was named by Simon Carless. Let’s clarify that we are talking about the median, not the average value.

The gaming expert said that at the start, with the help of GameDiscoverCo Pro, it will be possible to see how many people have purchased the game on different platforms (Steam, PlayStation and Xbox) and in different regions. The service will also show genre coverage.

And also pay them several salaries once and issue VMI policies for families.

For the publisher Hello Neighbor, the first half of 2022 was quite successful financially.

Publisher and developer of VR games nDreams announced that all full-time employees will now receive £1,000 more per year. For freelancers, the amount of the increase will depend on the size of their current salary.

Genshin Impact turned two years old on September 28. In honor of this, Sensor Tower analysts shared updated figures about the game.

In the first half of 2022, mobile games in the social casino genre reached a new peak of popularity. Analysts did not disclose how much such projects earned in January-June, but shared a number of other figures.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are looking for: a producer at Dankolab, ASO-middle-level manager at Beresnev Games and a game designer at JustMoby.

The Chinese city of Shenzhen wants to become the world center of esports. His government has announced that it will allocate up to $690,000 to those developers whose games will be used at major international championships. Creators of less popular esports games will also be able to receive investments — up to $ 280 thousand.

Maksut Shadaev said at a meeting with journalists that he “does not really understand” why VK projects were removed from the App Store.

An Apple representative said this in a comment to The Verge. He also confirmed that the company has blocked the developer account belonging to VK.

Dmitry Smith shared his opinion in an interview with the TASS news agency. He pointed out that the reason for mass shootings is often sought in video games, however, according to research, video games do not provoke violence.

The company, known for the games Conan Chop Chop and Shopkins, decided to tighten their belts. She announced that a “part” of developers and administrators would fall under the reduction — the figures are not called. Mighty Kingdom will also begin to control its expenses more strictly.