Money October 28, 2021

MY.GAMES’ quarterly revenue was $141.8 million, which is a third of the entire revenue of the VK ecosystem

MY.GAMES summed up the financial results of the third quarter of 2021. During this time, the company earned 10 billion rubles ($141.8 million). She received the lion’s share of the proceeds from abroad.

Conferences October 28, 2021

WN Conference is going to the USA. The November session will be held in Seattle

The first American WN Conference has been announced — WN Seattle`21. It will be held on November 16-17 in Seattle, Washington. She will be paired with the online WN North America Online`21, which will be held on November 15-19. We briefly talk about the events and how they are connected.

Monetization October 27, 2021

INCYMO.AI : what’s wrong with the leading battlers in the US market

What can be fixed in top mobile battlers — in your column for App2Top.ru Anna Putintseva, founder of the monetization company, told INCYMO.AI .

Industry October 27, 2021

Unity spoke about the key trends in the development of mobile games for 2022

The mobile games market is growing rapidly. Unity looked at what is happening on it now and identified six main trends for 2022. She shared her reasoning in a new large study.

Industry October 27, 2021

Subspace has developed a network for online games and metaverses. It will significantly reduce delays

The Subspace startup is preparing to launch its own service for online titles and metaverses. It is designed to help improve the stability of the Internet connection and help companies attract a new audience to their games. The Subspace service will officially launch on November 16 and will work in 60 countries.Photo: Subspace

Analytics October 27, 2021

Sensor Tower: in the third quarter, Europeans spent $4.6 billion on mobile games and apps

In the third quarter, European users spent $4.6 billion on mobile apps and games, according to Sensor Tower. This is 21% more in annual terms. At the same time, Russia became the leader in the number of downloads, and the UK took the first place in terms of revenue.General data

Money October 27, 2021

Microsoft’s quarterly gaming revenue reached $3.6 billion

Microsoft has prepared a report for the first fiscal quarter of 2022. In July-September, its gaming direction earned $3.6 billion, which is the best result for the first quarter in the company’s history.

Platforms October 27, 2021

FAS filed a case against Apple because of the ban on specifying alternative payment methods in the App Store

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation has opened a case against Apple. The company is accused of abusing its dominant position in the market. Now Apple faces a fine for prohibiting developers from informing users about alternative payment methods outside the App Store.The FAS announced this on its website on October 27.

Investments and transactions October 27, 2021

Azur Games has invested in hyper—casual KobGames Studios – the authors of Cookie Carver: Life Challenge

A mobile company with Russian roots, Azur Games, has announced a new deal. She became an investor in the Israeli KobGames Studios, specializing in hyper-casual games.

Marketing October 26, 2021

SocialPeta: Marvel Future Revolution earned about $30 million in a month

Mobile role-playing action Marvel Future Revolution was released at the end of August. By the beginning of October, the box office of the game reached $ 30 million, and total installations — 50 million. This data was shared by the analytical company SocialPeta, which also analyzed the advertising campaign of the game at the start of sales.

Industry October 26, 2021

The developers of World of Warcraft have founded a studio in which there will be no managers

Notorious Studios is a new studio opened by former Blizzard employees. According to the idea, there will be no managers in it, and all processes will be made transparent. The team has already enlisted the support of Riot Games.

Games October 26, 2021

One of the best comic book games with a lot of bugs: what the press writes about Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was released today. Despite the initial skepticism, the game exceeded the expectations of many critics. Some even call it “the new standard for comic book video games.” However, there were some negative aspects. Most of all complain about the abundance of bugs and too simple fighting.

Investments and transactions October 26, 2021

ironSource buys Bidalgo Marketing Platform

ironSource has agreed to purchase another marketing platform. This time she decided to acquire the Israeli company Bidalgo. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Industry October 26, 2021

German Goodgame Studios opened a publishing division and became the publisher of the War Alliance game

Goodgame Studio has decided to become an international mobile publisher. To do this, the German company announced the launch of an internal publishing direction. The first release of Goodgame as a publisher was the War Alliance strategy.

Vacancies October 26, 2021

Vacancies of the week (October 26)

Wanted: M&A producer at Belka Games, tester at Matryoshka Games and UI designer at ZiMAD.

Money October 26, 2021

Roblox to issue $1 billion worth of bonds

Roblox is preparing to attract additional investments. She announced that she would sell senior unsecured bonds worth $1 billion.

Industry October 25, 2021

Wooga: There aren’t enough LGBTQ+ characters in casual games

The analytical company Naavik, commissioned by Wooga Studio, conducted a study of the top 50 mobile puzzles in the Western market. The results showed that very few titles can boast of racial diversity and representation of LGBTQ+ representatives.

Investments and transactions October 25, 2021

Media: ByteDance postponed the IPO until the end of 2022. The position of the Chinese authorities is to blame for everything

The Chinese giant ByteDance will not appear on the stock exchange until at least the end of 2022. According to the SCMP portal, TikTok‘s parent company has decided to wait until the new rules for regulating cyberspace are approved in China. Against the background of rumors, the largest shareholders of ByteDance began to get rid of their shares.

Platforms October 25, 2021

Apple has updated the App Store guidelines in response to a class action lawsuit from developers

Apple has made changes to the App Store guidelines. One of the points concerns the lifting of the ban on informing users about alternative payment methods outside of iOS. This is a direct response to a class action lawsuit from developers that the company settled in August.In total, Apple changed three points of its rules on October 22.

Money October 25, 2021

Snap missed revenue. The company attributes this to the consequences of the release of iOS 14.5

Snap’s quarterly revenue exceeded $1 billion for the first time in history. However, this amount was still below forecasts. The company itself attributes this to changes in Apple’s policy and the loss of advertising revenue after the release of iOS 14.5.Snap told about this in the remarks to the financial report for the third quarter of 2021 (ended September 30).

All publications of the author

MY.GAMES’ quarterly revenue was $141.8 million, which is a third of the entire revenue of the VK ecosystem

WN Conference is going to the USA. The November session will be held in Seattle

INCYMO.AI : what’s wrong with the leading battlers in the US market

Unity spoke about the key trends in the development of mobile games for 2022

Subspace has developed a network for online games and metaverses. It will significantly reduce delays

Sensor Tower: in the third quarter, Europeans spent $4.6 billion on mobile games and apps

Microsoft’s quarterly gaming revenue reached $3.6 billion

FAS filed a case against Apple because of the ban on specifying alternative payment methods in the App Store

Azur Games has invested in hyper—casual KobGames Studios – the authors of Cookie Carver: Life Challenge

SocialPeta: Marvel Future Revolution earned about $30 million in a month

The developers of World of Warcraft have founded a studio in which there will be no managers

One of the best comic book games with a lot of bugs: what the press writes about Guardians of the Galaxy

ironSource buys Bidalgo Marketing Platform

German Goodgame Studios opened a publishing division and became the publisher of the War Alliance game

Vacancies of the week (October 26)

Roblox to issue $1 billion worth of bonds

Wooga: There aren’t enough LGBTQ+ characters in casual games

Media: ByteDance postponed the IPO until the end of 2022. The position of the Chinese authorities is to blame for everything

Apple has updated the App Store guidelines in response to a class action lawsuit from developers

Snap missed revenue. The company attributes this to the consequences of the release of iOS 14.5