The service “Yookassa” and the AGAVA studio (who assisted in the development of the games “Vasilisa and Baba Yaga,” BUKI, and Cocktail Island) analyzed the spending of Russian gamers in games from January to June 2024. Below are the findings from the study.

Over the past week, the top-10 chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam has changed little. As last week, the first place went to Counter-Strike 2, and the second place to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.

The M.Video-Eldorado Group shared data on console sales in Russia for the first half of the year. According to them, the demand for consoles in the country is growing at a tremendous pace.

MY.GAMES announced the sale of CEBC and its services DonationAlerts and Boosty. They will become part of the business structure owned by the founder of Broadsmart Group, Pavel Kharaneka.

The local indie studio The Bratans has announced a sequel to the game “Rusy vs. Lizards.”.

Details about the upcoming WN Conference have been announced. It will be held in mid-September in Limassol, Cyprus. More than 800 representatives of the gaming industry are expected to attend the event.

There are 24 gaming companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with a combined market value of over 24 billion zlotys ($6 billion). Almost half of this amount is attributed to just one company — CD PROJEKT.

Tim Bender, the head of the Hooded Horse publishing house, shared with a16z Games that the revenue of the medieval city-builder Manor Lords has exceeded $60 million. The game earned this amount within three months since its early access release on April 26, 2024.

Also in the report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, Capcom updated the sales data for its largest franchises. The company listed the figures as of June 30, 2024.

Capcom released its first quarter financial report for 2024, which ended on June 30. Below are the main figures.

The company PlayWay has divested its shares in Silk Road Games — a Polish game distributor focused on the Chinese market. It sold its stake in Silk Road Games for an undisclosed amount.

In the first half of 2024, game developers earned more on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, and Yandex Games than they did the previous year. Path of Exile set a new online record, and a studio co-founded by the Bungie co-founder attracted $2.25 million for game development within Fortnite. Here’s what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Epic Games is preparing to launch the Epic Games Store on mobile devices in EU countries. In anticipation of this, the company has announced a change in its mobile strategy.

Valve has made changes to Steam regarding demos. Now their functionality on the platform has become much closer to ordinary games.

Britain’s actors’ union Equity stated that it is fully in solidarity with the American Guild of Actors SAG-AFTRA, which has started a strike against gaming companies. In the UK, there is also dissatisfaction with the terms of collaboration with developers.

In its financial report for the second quarter of 2024, Hasbro revealed the current revenue of its mobile hit MONOPOLY GO!. The company stated that users have already spent $3 billion on the game.

The company Hasbro reported its second quarter of 2024 (April-June). Among other things, it announced that it continues to receive good revenue from licensing the MONOPOLY and Baldur’s Gate franchises.

The US Actors Guild SAG-AFTRA could not peacefully agree on working conditions with the video game companies it collaborates with. Now, it will defend its demands through a strike. The first protests will begin today, July 26.

Talking Tom is one of the most popular mobile gaming franchises. Studio Outfit7 reported to MobileGamer that the franchise now consists of over 20 games, which have collectively amassed 23 billion downloads.