The Japanese gaming market is the third largest in the world. In a recent report, the analytical company Newzoo told how many gamers there are in the country now, which games they prefer and how much they will spend on them in 2021.

Against the backdrop of the failed launch of Battlefield 2042, Electronic Arts announced the restructuring of DICE and shooter-related divisions. The global plan is to build your own universe within the franchise. We are talking about both entering the mobile market and the possible application of new business models to future brand games.Permutations

Apple has a backup plan on how not to lose money if it cannot reject the court’s decision in the proceedings with Epic Games. The company is thinking about taking a commission on all in—app purchases – it doesn’t matter if they are made through its payment system or bypassed.

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 Ivan Fedyanin, co-founder of the Ducky publishing house.

Apple also decided to sum up the results of 2021. Following Google, she shared her selection of the best mobile games this year. For example, the company called League of Legends: Wild Rift the main game for the iPhone.

A new book about video games has appeared on the shelves of Russian stores. It’s called “Esports. Games, money, two clicks.” It was written by William Collis, one of the founders of the Gamer Sensei platform and the esports organization Team Genji. We share an excerpt of the book.

Yulia Chernenko, a leading game designer at Owlcat Games, spoke about her work on Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The list of topics covered includes the main tasks of a game designer, communication with other departments, as well as the pros and cons of working with someone else’s role—playing system.

USM Holding, owned by Alisher Usmanov, sold its stake in VK to SOGAZ Group. Now the majority of the company’s shares are at the disposal of Gazprom-related structures. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.On its website, SOGAZ announced the purchase of a 45 percent stake in the capital of MF Technologies JSC, which owns 57.3% of VK votes.

WN Media Group shared the program of the Moscow Talents in Games Conference’21. In total, the organizers have planned about 30 reports. Among them are performances by representatives of Lucasfilm, Playrix, MY.GAMES, Owlcat Games and many others.

AppGallery and the devtodev analytical platform have entered into a partnership. As a result of integration, full analytics on products published in the Huawei app store will be available to users of the services.According to Dmitry Kravtsov, CEO of devtodev, cooperation with AppGallery will allow you to get key data about the platform and help customers of the service to study the behavior of users of this store.

By the end of November App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

The treasuries of six American states expressed concern about the situation around Activision Blizzard. Since they own part of the company’s shares, they demand to arrange a meeting with the publisher’s board. The main goal of the negotiations is to prevent the re—election of Bobby Kotick and other members of the board of directors.For the first time, the treasurers of California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, Nevada and Delaware asked for a meeting with the board of…

App2Top.ru continues the annual series of materials “Results of the year”. In it, we interview top managers and experts of the gaming industry about how a year has passed for their business. Next up is an interview with Roman Lukyanov, managing partner of the Semenov & Pevzner law firm.

App2Top.ru the annual series of materials “Results of the Year” starts. In it, we interview top managers and experts of the gaming industry about how a year has passed for their business. The series opens with an interview with Ilya Eremeev, co—founder and general partner of The Games Fund (TGF).

Unity continues to actively buy up tech startups. This time, she acquired the SyncSketch platform, which allows artists to work remotely on a single project. The size of the transaction and its terms are not disclosed.

The products of the Belarusian-British Gismart have surpassed the mark of 1 billion total downloads. Almost half of all downloads came from games.

Popular American blogger MrBeast recreated the trials from the TV series “The Squid Game” in real life. The sponsor of the video, which has already gained almost 130 million views, was Supercell. As a result, downloads of her mobile hit Brawl Stars increased 4.5 times.The video “Playing Squid in real life” was released on YouTube on November 25.

Wanted: creative producer at Playgendary, game designer at Deus Craft and middle-level project manager at Tamashi Games.

In just a week since the release of Farming Simulator 22, it has surpassed the mark of 1.5 million copies sold. Previously, no game in the series has shown such results at the start. At the same time, the new part of Farming Simulator is the first title that Giants Software studio publishes independently.The company attributes the success of Farming Simulator 22 both to the presence of a dedicated fan base and to the support…