Tencent and TiMi Studios have announced a game based on the popular mobile MOBA Honor of Kings. It’s called Honor of Kings: World. It will be an open-world RPG that will be released “on multiple platforms.”

Fortnite is leaving China. The servers of the regional version of the battle royale will stop working in two weeks. Perhaps the closure is due to the lack of popularity of the game and changes in Chinese legislation.

Tencent continues to act aggressively in the M&A market. This time, the company acquired a stake in the Japanese publishing house Kadokawa, which owns the FromSoftware studio. The transaction amount was ¥30 billion ($264 million).Elden Ring

At the end of last week, Krafton announced a new deal. The South Korean company that owns PUBG has acquired the Unknown Worlds studio. She is known for the successful game Subnautica. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.Subnautica: Below Zero

Back 4 Blood has been leading the Steam bestseller chart for the past two weeks. However, now the first line (and with it the second and seventh) was taken by Age of Empires IV. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was also among the top ten best-selling games last week.

Ubisoft has published a report for the first half of fiscal 2022 (ended September 30). Almost all of the company’s key indicators have fallen compared to last year. Nevertheless, the games themselves produced good results. For example, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has become the second most profitable game in the history of Ubisoft.

Golf Club: Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic puzzle game developed by Serbian Demagog Studio. The project, in which, while playing golf, you need to solve the mystery of the fall of humanity, was originally released on mobile platforms. In September, the authors ported the title to other platforms. In an interview App2Top.ru The CEO of Demagog Studio spoke about the development of the game, its concept, mechanics, visual style and the difficulties encountered.

Yesterday, Facebook Corporation officially changed its name to Meta. The company has announced a number of new products and technologies that will help it on its way to creating its own metaverse. We tell you in detail about Meta’s ambitions, its concept, main functions and the reaction of market experts to the rebranding.

Activision Blizzard has announced the purchase of a mobile studio. A Barcelona-based Digital Legends developer specializing in shooters has passed into her hands. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

What the social casino market looks like on mobile platforms, how much it earns, what ROAS and CPI are on it, — Game Refinery and Liftoff told in a recent study.

On October 26, Darkest Dungeon II was released in the Epic Games Store in early access. In just one day, the game sold over 100 thousand copies.

MY.GAMES summed up the financial results of the third quarter of 2021. During this time, the company earned 10 billion rubles ($141.8 million). She received the lion’s share of the proceeds from abroad.

The first American WN Conference has been announced — WN Seattle`21. It will be held on November 16-17 in Seattle, Washington. She will be paired with the online WN North America Online`21, which will be held on November 15-19. We briefly talk about the events and how they are connected.

What can be fixed in top mobile battlers — in your column for App2Top.ru Anna Putintseva, founder of the monetization company, told INCYMO.AI .

The mobile games market is growing rapidly. Unity looked at what is happening on it now and identified six main trends for 2022. She shared her reasoning in a new large study.

The Subspace startup is preparing to launch its own service for online titles and metaverses. It is designed to help improve the stability of the Internet connection and help companies attract a new audience to their games. The Subspace service will officially launch on November 16 and will work in 60 countries.Photo: Subspace

In the third quarter, European users spent $4.6 billion on mobile apps and games, according to Sensor Tower. This is 21% more in annual terms. At the same time, Russia became the leader in the number of downloads, and the UK took the first place in terms of revenue.General data

Microsoft has prepared a report for the first fiscal quarter of 2022. In July-September, its gaming direction earned $3.6 billion, which is the best result for the first quarter in the company’s history.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation has opened a case against Apple. The company is accused of abusing its dominant position in the market. Now Apple faces a fine for prohibiting developers from informing users about alternative payment methods outside the App Store.The FAS announced this on its website on October 27.