Newzoo analysts together with the Pangle platform have prepared a report on mobile RPG. They talked about the income of the genre, popular mechanics and monetization strategies, as well as the demographics of such games. We share the main thing from the study.

Kaliningrad studio Pictolabra stops working. Its employees believe that the decision to close was made by the MGVC investment fund. That’s just his share in the studio is less than one percent. We tried to understand the situation. Photo: Pictolabra official website

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Evgeny Polotnyanko, the head of the Odnoklassniki social network gaming platform.

Lithuanian developer and publisher Nordcurrent is expanding. At the end of last week, the company became the owner of the Ukrainian mobile studio RinGames. The full terms of the transaction are not disclosed.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Denis Khamin, co-owner of the game localization and 2D art outsourcing studio Allcorrect.

Russian censors can start using neural networks. One of the centers controlled by Roskomnadzor suggested using AI to search for prohibited content in video games. But, according to experts, this can seriously affect the availability of games.

Last week, the first place in the Steam bestseller chart was again taken by the Halo Infinite story campaign. But Cyberpunk 2077 and FIFA 22 this time could not get into the list of the best-selling games of the week.

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski shared data on how many vishlist developers usually receive in the first two weeks after the launch of the game page on Steam. He talked about the averages and explained why low performance at the start does not guarantee failure.A small analysis by Zhukovsky is based on data on 58 games on Steam.

Tencent will once again be able to update a number of its applications in China. The company managed to reach an agreement with the authorities three weeks after the ban was issued. However, it is unclear whether the restriction on the release of new mobile products will remain valid.The decision was made by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the South China Morning Post reports.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Dmitry Yaminsky, co-founder of Azur Games.

Two days ago, GSC Game World studio announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will have its own metaverse with NFT. However, a barrage of criticism from the gaming community forced the company to abandon this idea.

French Voodoo has decided to pay more attention to mobile blockchain games. She announced that next year she will invest $200 million in such projects. The money will go both to finance third-party teams and to create internal studios.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Konstantin Ivanov, brand director of AdQuantum.

Last week, Ubisoft announced Quartz, a platform where gamers can trade “NFT cosmetics” for the company’s AAA titles. The first items have already appeared on the site, but users are not ready to pay a lot for them. The largest amount they agree to give is ꜩ14 ($65.56).

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Nikita Guk, CEO and co-founder of Hoopsly.

OpenBCI has raised funds to fund the further development and improvement of its neurocomputer interfaces for gaming, health and other areas. One of the investors was the venture capital firm of Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games.In addition to Merrill’s NaHCO3 company, Bitkraft Ventures and re.Mind have invested in OpenBCI.

CD Projekt managed to reach an agreement with investors on the settlement of a class action lawsuit related to the problematic release of Cyberpunk 2077. They will waive all claims against the company and members of the management board, and in return will receive compensation in the amount of $ 1.85 million.CD Projekt announced this in a new report on its official website.

Swedish Embracer Group is preparing for another major purchase. The company has announced plans to acquire Asmodee, a French publisher of board games and video games based on them. If the negotiations are successful, the Embracer Group will become the largest gaming group in Europe.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Dmitry Terekhin, the founder of Nekki.