Among Us continues to lead the mobile charts and has already brought developers tens of millions of dollars. To date, the iOS and Android version of the game has been downloaded more than 200 million times.Sensor Tower reported that Among Us became the most downloaded mobile game in October with a result of 75 million downloads (according to AppMagic, the figure is higher).

Take-Two plans to complete the purchase of Codemasters early next year. As a result, she will receive 100% of the shares of DiRT developers, and the transaction amount will exceed $ 950 million.Both companies came to an agreement and confirmed the deal in official statements.

Belarusian-British Gismart has announced the launch of a new direction. Along with music apps and hyper-casual products, the company will be engaged in just casual games.

Over the past couple of weeks, the attitude of many players to Genshin Impact has changed a lot. Now users are actively criticizing the game. They are dissatisfied with the gacha mechanics, which they initially perceived as optional. One popular YouTuber decided to delete all the videos where he used the local donation system.Why are streamers and players unhappy?

After Pfizer announced the successful testing of a coronavirus vaccine, shares of gaming companies went down massively. The “lucky ones” included Take-Two, Unity, Ubisoft, CD Projekt and many others.

Microsoft‘s next-generation consoles have appeared on store shelves (including Russian ones). The miniature Xbox Series S costs an average of 26,990 rubles, and its older version Xbox Series X — 45,590 rubles.

A drama is unfolding in the Japanese market. Sony is unhappy with PS4 sales in Japan and is focusing on the American market. At the same time, Microsoft is interested in local development studios and plans to make Xbox the second console in the market of the “land of the rising sun”.

By the end of October App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

Glu Mobile reported results for the third fiscal quarter of 2020 (ended September 30). The company not only showed record revenue, but also managed to finish the period with a profit.Overall figures for the third quarter

Despite a good start, Marvel’s Avengers turned out to have a short tail of sales. Because of this, Square Enix‘s gaming division went into negative territory at the end of the last quarter.

It is still unclear which programs and how they should be installed on the devices.

PUBG Mobile developers are facing serious consequences of banning the game in India. The viewership of the project on video streaming services has decreased several times, according to Newzoo. Now competing battle royals are trying to occupy his niche.A sharp drop in views

Take-Two is preparing for another major purchase. The owner of Rockstar Games, 2K and Private Division intends to acquire one of the oldest British gaming companies — Codemasters. The estimated volume of the transaction is $973.8 million.

From December 8, all iOS developers will have to indicate in their application profiles exactly what data they collect about users. Otherwise, they will not be able to get permission to publish or update. In particular, developers will be required to mark the data that third-party SDKs pull up in their programs.

A large table with a list and contacts of game publishers (more than 220 companies) has appeared on the network, which can be especially useful for indie developers. It was compiled by Alan Dang, known for the development of Skullgirls Mobile.Skullgirls Mobile

Take-Two reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 (ended September 30). The company’s revenue fell by 2% and amounted to $ 841 million, but thanks to good sales of the main franchises and the growth of revenue from microtransactions, the publisher managed to increase its net profit.Key figures for the second quarter

Nintendo shared the results of the first financial half of 2021 (April-September 2020). The report shows record profit growth, the continued popularity of Animal Crossing and strong sales of Switch.

Post-Apocalypse has become the fastest growing setting by revenue in the US, according to Sensor Tower. In the first three months of 2020, mobile gaming revenues in this segment doubled.Note: For its research, Sensor Tower analyzed the 100 highest-grossing mobile titles in the United States for the first three quarters of 2020, dividing them into several categories: setting, artistic style and type of perspective.

Not all gaming companies can boast of great success. Electronic Arts summed up the results of the second fiscal quarter of 2021 (ended September 30). The publisher’s profit for this period decreased by 78% at once compared to last year.