IIDEA (the Italian Association of Interactive Digital Entertainment) has prepared a report on the state of the Italian gaming industry by the end of 2020. The total market turnover exceeded €2 billion. Despite the growth of the mobile sector, console games bring the main revenue, while the PC remains the most popular platform for development.The IIDEA study is based on an online survey that was conducted from February 24 to April 1, 2021.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition failed to hold a leading position in the list of the best-selling Steam games in the second week of sales. After the release of the PC version of Days Gone, the sci-fi trilogy dropped to second place.

On May 19, Perfect New World, a new MMORPG from Perfect World Entertainment, was released in China. In just one day, the revenue of the game on mobile devices exceeded $ 400 thousand. At the same time, the game will also be available on PC and consoles.

Yesterday, the bank “Sber” held its first technical conference for SmartDev developers. During it, the CEO of the gaming direction, Alice Chumachenko, together with the operating director, Alexander Mikheev, told why the bank needs “Sberbank Games” and how they will work.

A few days ago, Deputy Alexander Khinshtein proposed to oblige large IT companies to open their representative offices in Russia. Now this bill concerning foreign companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russian users has been officially submitted to the State Duma. The preliminary review date is June 1.Khinstein told Interfax about this today.

Yesterday, the award ceremony for the winners of the WN Dev Contest took place — a large-scale competition for European developers, which was organized by the WN Conference with the active support of Unreal Engine and the Reboot Develop conference. We tell you about all the winners. Drake’s Survival Odds: Survive and the adventure game Tchia received the most awards.

The confrontation between Apple and Microsoft is gaining momentum. The other day, a company from Cupertino accused Microsoft of taking advantage of the situation around its trial with Epic Games and using Fortnite authors as a “screen.”

Mobile publisher and developer Jam City will become a public company. The SPAC firm DPCM Capital will help him in this. Thanks to the deal, the capitalization of the authors of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery will reach $ 1.2 billion.

Such data was shared by Michael Schmid, head of the gaming business development department in the App Store. He declined to give the exact amount, saying it would be “inappropriate.”

Apple actively helped with the promotion of Fortnite in the App Store, said Michael Schmid, head of the gaming business development department at the App Store. It is not known how much the company has spent on marketing the title for the entire time of its existence, but from October 2019 to August 2020, it invested $ 1 million. Lauren Moskowitz, a lawyer at Epic Games, described it as a “bargain.”

Apple‘s lawyers have asked the court to dismiss one of the ten main points in the Epic Games lawsuit. In it, the authors of Fortnite claim that the promotion of the game on iOS is necessary for effective business development.

During the meeting, Craig Federighi said that there are “unacceptably many” malware on Mac computers. This is due to the openness of their operating system — Mac users can download applications not only from the App Store.

Developers from People Can Fly reported that over 3.5 million people played Outriders in the first month after the release. Square Enix was pleased with the results of the cooperative shooter and now considers it for itself as a new potential franchise.Along with the data on the number of unique players, People Can Fly shared other statistics.

Embracer Group has published a detailed report for the fiscal year that ended on March 31. The Swedish holding company announced the success of Valheim (its circulation reached almost 7 million copies) and its other games, revenue and profit growth, as well as ambitious plans for new M&A deals.Valheim

Reach3 Insights, together with Lenovo, conducted a study on female gamers. In addition to preferred genres and other behavioral features, it turned out that almost 60% of women specifically hide their gender when playing online. They do this to avoid unnecessary conflicts and harassment from men.The study was based on a survey of 900 women from China, Germany and the USA.

Publisher Focus Home Interactive continues to search for new studios for acquisition and investment. For these purposes, the company raised €70.35 million through the sale of its own shares.Curse of the Dead Gods

At the end of April, Apple simultaneously with the launch of the iOS 14.5 update launched a new privacy policy. The Post-IDFA Alliance, a coalition of advertising services and platforms, reported that after that, advertising on iOS fell in price, and on Android it rose sharply.

The trial between Epic Games and Apple sheds light on an increasing number of internal details of the companies. During it, expert witness Lorin Hitt shared that 62% of all App Store revenue comes from purchases in games.

After the scandalous release of Cyberpunk 2077, several law firms filed class-action lawsuits against CD Projekt on behalf of disgruntled investors. Now four of them have been combined into one. Its amount is still unknown.CD Projekt announced the court’s decision in a new report on its official website.