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.

A new game competition is in full swing right now. This time, HTML5 projects are on the wanted list. The winners will receive both cash prizes in the amount of $ 5 thousand to $ 10 thousand, and service ones. The acceptance of works will end this weekend.

Zynga has published a report for the third fiscal quarter of 2020, which in many ways became a record for it. During this period, the publisher earned $ 503 million, not least thanks to the studios purchased earlier.Key data for the third quarter

For another gaming company, 2020 turned out to be a success. In its latest report, the Swedish publisher with Russian roots G5 Entertainment shared its record achievements for the period from January to September. Among them — revenue of over a billion Swedish kronor ($ 117 million) and the growth of individual titles by 425%.

Indie horror Phasmophobia, which conquered the Steam chart and was created by one person, has sold over 2 million copies. Due to the great popularity, the developer had to postpone the full release and focus on finalizing the project.The success of Phasmophobia was told by its creator Dknighter, the founder of Kinetic Games studio and its sole developer.

Valve went to meet the game studios. Starting today, the Steam Playtest function has officially started working in her store. With its help, developers can invite users to test games without keys and external mailings.

While the developers of Among Us are in no hurry to localize the game into Chinese, its clone called Werewolf Among Us has become the most downloaded mobile title in the country. The project completely copied the mechanics of the original, changing only the setting.Screenshot from Werewolf Among Us

This year turned out to be the most successful for Pokémon GO by many indicators. In the last ten months alone, the game has earned $1 billion, and its total revenue has exceeded $4 billion, according to Sensor Tower.Niantic was able to achieve record figures for itself largely due to the timely response to the pandemic-related quarantine, allowing players to participate in events and catch Pokemon without leaving home.

Newzoo analysts have revised the forecast for the gaming industry for 2020 for the second time. Now they report estimated earnings of $174.9 billion — $15.6 billion more than expected.

Today, on November 3, after two years of development, Nekki, together with Banzai Games, launched a new game in the Shadow Fight — Arena universe for worldwide release. This is a mobile fighting game with synchronous PvP. Even at the “soft launch” stage, the game showed excellent retention.

In the first half of 2020, Russians spent $ 1.14 billion on games, Wargaming experts estimate. Mobile titles got the most money — they collected 43.5% of the total earnings of the Russian gaming market.

The company Azur Games, which previously specialized exclusively in mobile titles, announced the launch of its first project on consoles — battle royale Axes.io .

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