Law March 17, 2022

The US Senate is considering a bill to ban mergers of large companies

US Senator Elizabeth Warren and her colleague Mondar Jones have introduced a bill to ban anti-competitive mergers. If it is accepted, companies will not be able to make transactions more expensive than $5 billion.

Numbers March 17, 2022

Cumulative downloads of AppQuantum games have reached the 100 million mark.

The games of the publisher AppQuantum have been downloaded more than 100 million times. It took the company 4 years to achieve this indicator (it was founded at the end of 2017). However, the company collected the last 8 million downloads in just a month.

Platforms March 16, 2022

Google has rethought the work of Stadia. The service is waiting for changes in 2022

During 2022, Google plans to introduce several key changes to the Stadia gaming cloud service. We noted the main points of the report on Stadia, announced as part of the Google Games Summit.

Analytics March 16, 2022

Unity: over the past year, IAP revenue of hyper-casual games increased by 162%

Unity has published a large-scale 40-page report for 2021. It is dedicated to how things are with games developed on Unity. There is also about the dynamics of hyper-casual titles, and about the difference in retention in different genres, and much more. We tell you about the most interesting of it.

Conferences March 16, 2022

The Talents In Games educational Conference will be held online on March 30-31

Announced Talents In Games, an educational conference for game developers. It will be free and will be held in an online format. Among the main topics is relocation.

Vacancies March 16, 2022

Vacancies of the week: ZiMAD, Playrix and Beresnev Games are looking for employees

We have prepared a fresh selection of vacancies in the gaming industry. This week they are wanted: a project manager at ZiMAD, a game designer at Playrix and a product analyst at Beresnev Games.Project Manager at ZiMAD (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Minsk, Gomel, as well as remotely)

Analytics March 15, 2022

GameLook: Cookie Run: Kingdom’s annual revenue was $250 million. The total number of downloads has reached 40 million

In January last year, Cookie Run: Kingdom, a battler from Devsisters based on the popular IP in South Korea, was released. GameLook talked about the financial achievements of the project.

Platforms March 14, 2022

In 2021, Steam’s monthly audience was twice as large as that of the Epic Games Store

Steam is the most popular gaming platform of the last two years. This conclusion was reached by the PR manager of TweakTown, who compared the MAU of four large console and desktop platforms.

Investments and transactions March 14, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund has invested $235 million in the publisher Lineage

The Public Investment Fund (PIF, aka Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund) continues to invest in video games. He invested $235 million in Korean NCSOFT, thereby becoming its second largest shareholder.

Games March 14, 2022

Elden Ring tops the Steam bestseller chart for the third week in a row. In second place — Steam Deck

Last week, Steam Deck returned to the Steam bestseller chart and very successfully — it immediately got to the second line of the rating. The first place has been taken by one of the editions of Elden Ring for the third week in a row.

Marketing March 11, 2022

Google has blocked the creation of AdSense, AdMob and a number of other services accounts in Russia

A series of restrictions from Google continues. Russian companies and private users can no longer create new accounts in AdSense, AdMob, Google Advertising Manager and Google Cloud.

Analytics March 11, 2022

NPD Group: in February, the American gaming market earned $ 4.4 billion

The revenues of the American gaming market continue to decline. NPD Group analysts report that in February Americans spent 6% less on video games, hardware and accessories than a year ago. As for individual games, the sales leaders were Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West.

Law March 11, 2022

Sanctions restrictions for IT business in Russia: what you need to know by March 11, 2022

The Versus.Legal law firm has collected up-to-date information as of March 11 about the current restrictions that IT companies operating in Russia may face.

Analytics March 11, 2022

Apptica: 12.4 thousand games have been released in the App Store this winter. Most of them are puzzles and action games

Apptica analytical service has prepared a report on the applications that appeared in the App Store this winter. At the same time, experts shared the forecast for spring. We tell them what they found out.

Industry March 10, 2022

The App Store and Google Play have disabled payments for Russian users

From today, Russian users can download only free games and applications in the App Store and Google Play. Both stores have stopped accepting payments by cards of domestic banks.

Industry March 10, 2022

Sony, Bungie and Rovio — which gaming companies have suspended work in Russia over the past day

Yesterday, several other gaming companies announced that they were leaving the Russian and/or Belarusian markets. The list includes Sony Interactive Entertainment, WarnerMedia, Rovio and others.

Games March 9, 2022

Supercell has removed its games from stores in Russia and Belarus, and also stopped supporting them

Supercell, which previously supported Ukraine, announced its withdrawal from the Russian and Belarusian markets. The company has already removed titles from stores in these countries.Supercell made such a statement today on its social networks and on the official Braw Stars website.

Vacancies March 9, 2022

Vacancies of the week: Deus Craft, Game Insight and WN Media Group are looking for employees

New pool of gaming vacancies from App2Top.ru . This week they are wanted: a product manager at Deus Craft, a leading game designer at Game Insight and a PR manager at WN Media Group.

Industry March 9, 2022

G5 Entertainment is based in Poland and Turkey

Vlad Suglobov, the head of G5 Entertainment, in an interview with Affärsvärlden told about the situation in the company and the immediate plans. In particular, the mobile publisher is launching operations in two more countries.

Industry March 9, 2022

In China, it was proposed to tighten the regulation of video games and hold parents accountable

Chinese gaming companies risk facing even tougher regulation from the authorities. This time, politicians have proposed a number of additional measures, including bringing parents to justice and a complete ban on games for minors.The issue of regulation of the gaming industry was raised during the recent sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the People’s Political Consultative Council of China (CPPCC).

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The US Senate is considering a bill to ban mergers of large companies

Cumulative downloads of AppQuantum games have reached the 100 million mark.

Google has rethought the work of Stadia. The service is waiting for changes in 2022

Unity: over the past year, IAP revenue of hyper-casual games increased by 162%

The Talents In Games educational Conference will be held online on March 30-31

Vacancies of the week: ZiMAD, Playrix and Beresnev Games are looking for employees

GameLook: Cookie Run: Kingdom’s annual revenue was $250 million. The total number of downloads has reached 40 million

In 2021, Steam’s monthly audience was twice as large as that of the Epic Games Store

Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund has invested $235 million in the publisher Lineage

Elden Ring tops the Steam bestseller chart for the third week in a row. In second place — Steam Deck

Google has blocked the creation of AdSense, AdMob and a number of other services accounts in Russia

NPD Group: in February, the American gaming market earned $ 4.4 billion

Sanctions restrictions for IT business in Russia: what you need to know by March 11, 2022

Apptica: 12.4 thousand games have been released in the App Store this winter. Most of them are puzzles and action games

The App Store and Google Play have disabled payments for Russian users

Sony, Bungie and Rovio — which gaming companies have suspended work in Russia over the past day

Supercell has removed its games from stores in Russia and Belarus, and also stopped supporting them

Vacancies of the week: Deus Craft, Game Insight and WN Media Group are looking for employees

G5 Entertainment is based in Poland and Turkey

In China, it was proposed to tighten the regulation of video games and hold parents accountable