The problem of mentioning studio employees in the credits periodically causes great discussions in the professional environment. From the latter, we can recall the case with the release of Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, when Frogwares studio initially forgot to mention a number of former developers. We talked to several representatives of the gaming industry about how common this practice is and how to deal with it.

WN Media Group has announced Talents in Games Conference’21 — a conference for gaming professionals. This time the event will take place completely offline. It starts on December 13 in Moscow.

The futuristic sequel to PUBG Mobile got off to a good start. The analytical company Sensor Tower found out that in the first seven days since the release of PUBG: New State, 23 million downloads were downloaded on Google Play and the App Store. The game’s revenue was $2.6 million.

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski shared his thoughts on how to properly announce games on social media. He also gave examples of how to report a release, and how not to.

What a publishing contract might look like and what you should pay attention to when signing it, — says in his column for App2Top.ru Alina Davletshina, Senior Lawyer at VERSUS.legal.

According to App Annie, in the third quarter, match-3 games developed by studios from the EMEA region earned almost $1 billion worldwide. The top five at the box office included such titles as Royal Match and Homescapes. At the same time, among all genres, match-3 ranks only fifth in the world in terms of revenue.Homescapes

In recent months, China has sharply tightened measures to regulate the gaming industry. According to the local publisher CMGE, soon the control over the industry will be as strict as over films and TV series. The list of banned topics will become even longer, and the latest measures taken by the government are just the beginning.Sword and Fairy 7

PUBG Mobile continues to hold the title of the highest-grossing mobile battle royale. Sensor Tower analysts estimate that the game has earned over $7 billion in three and a half years since its release.

Last week, WN Media Group held two American conferences at once — the offline WN Seattle`21 and the digital WN North America Online`21. For the company, they were the first events in the USA. We tell you how it went.

The industrial giant Tencent is facing problems at home. For an indefinite period, he was banned from publishing new applications in China and updating old ones. The reason for this was “violation of the interests and rights of users.”

Ethan Levy, executive producer of N3TWORK, is confident in the bright future of blockchain games. In a large column for the Deconstructor of Fun blog, he explained how the concept of digital ownership can change the relationship between developers and users, as well as solve key problems of the gaming economy. The main points from the material are in our retelling.

This year ‘s edition App2Top.ru for the first time, it holds its own award. It’s called App2Top.ru Awards 2021 and celebrates achievements in the Russian-speaking gaming industry for the current year. The award is held as part of the annual cycle “Results of the Year“.

Mobile publisher Azur Games has joined the race to build metaverses. A company with Russian roots has announced its own metaverse project based on the game Axes.io . She also launched the NFT direction and announced M&A plans.

The Israeli company Moon Active, known for the mobile hit Coin Master, has conducted a new round of financing. It received $300 million from investors, and its market value was estimated at $5 billion.The main investor in the round was Insight Partners, according to the Israeli newspaper Calcalist.

Epic Games continues to move towards creating its own metaverse. To do this, the company acquired the Harmonix studio, known for the Rock Band series. The team will create music content for Fortnite. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.FUSER

The Finnish studio HypeHype (formerly Frogmind) received $ 15.5 million for the development of its new product — the platform of the same name, on which mobile and PC gamers can create their own games. Supercell gave the money to the company.

Google together with Newzoo have prepared a large study of the global video game market. This year, the industry will slow down its growth slightly, but in 2023 its turnover will exceed the $200 billion mark for the first time. Analysts also talked about key trends and how the audience of video games in the world is changing.The study is based on Newzoo data and responses from 16,900 respondents from four main regions:

Jurassic World Evolution 2 started slower than its developers expected. In two weeks since the release of the taikun about the construction of a park with dinosaurs, it has sold approximately 500 thousand copies on all platforms. As a result, Frontier Developments had to lower its financial forecast for the current year.

Activision Blizzard has faced criticism from another platform holder. Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America, called the harassment situation disappointing. He also stated that Nintendo has already taken some action against Activision.Doug Bowser