According to MY.GAMES, most often Russian gamers on PC, consoles and mobile devices spend money to buy in-game currency and items. But loot boxes from domestic players are not in great demand.Statistics on the Russian market based on data for 2020 were shared by the publication “RBC”.

Genshin Impact has been around for a year now, and it still holds the title of one of the highest-grossing mobile games. Sensor Tower analysts estimated that during the premiere year, the title earned $2 billion only in the App Store and Google Play.

On September 28, the official release of New World took place and the game immediately broke into the top position of Steam in terms of the number of players. The hype led to problems on the servers, long queues and departures.

Two weeks ago, South Korea banned Apple and Google from imposing their payment systems on mobile developers. But it seems that companies still do not follow this requirement. The Korean authorities are ready to wait until mid—October – they have given so much time to prepare a plan to comply with the new law.

There is one more investment project on the market. Nexters announced the launch of Boost. The company calls the initiative “a program to search for future blockbusters in the early stages.” Within its framework, the developer is ready to invest in external teams. We are talking about amounts from $ 500 thousand to $ 2.5 million.

A new issue appeared on Arzamas channel yesterday. It is dedicated to the history of games — starting with the forgotten entertainment of antiquity and ending with modern console titles. The video was made in collaboration with Kefir Studio. Both companies told App2Top.ru about a project that has been in production for more than a year.

In 2017 , the Mail.Ru Group has a gaming investment division — MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC). Since then, it has managed to invest over 6 billion rubles in developers. A third of the amount went to Deus Craft.

Slava Lukyanenka, senior producer of CD Projekt RED, wrote a post about the systemic problems of education in game development. He shared his thoughts on why there are so many people with “faded eyes” among the graduates of the courses. This caused a discussion, which was joined by other Russian-speaking representatives of the gaming industry.Lukyanenka decided to speak out on this topic after talking with young developers.

Netflix bought its first game studio. She became the Night School Studio, known primarily for the mystical adventure game Oxenfree. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wanted: a leading marketing manager at Friday’s Games, a game designer of children’s products in the “First Project” and a tester at Evrika Games.

The M&A boom continues in the gaming industry. Sensor Tower found out how the positions of mobile publishers in the United States have changed over the past eight months due to purchases by other companies, and named the largest publishers. Analysts looked at the situation in four mobile categories: puzzles, lifestyle, sports and hyper-casual.

Beijing has announced that it is going to monitor the activity of minors on social networks and streaming platforms.

Roblox has settled a conflict related to the illegal use of music on its platform. She announced a peace agreement with the National Association of Music Publishers (NMPA).

Wizards of the Coast has announced the opening of the New Raleigh-Durham game studio. It will be headed by industry veterans. They will be engaged in the production of AAA titles for such Hasbro franchises as G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts and Ouija.Action figures based on the movie “G.I. Joe: Cobra Throw.

Tim Sweeney explained why there will be no NFT in Fortnite and other Epic Games. One of the reasons is the problem of fraud in this area. He also questioned the non-interchangeability of NFT, which as a result gave rise to a discussion in social networks.Fortnite

A strategy game about the life of Timberborn beavers sold more than 130 thousand copies in the first week of sales and received 95% positive reviews on Steam.

The expansion into the Chinese market is announced by the mobile publisher with Russian roots Azur Games. The company got the opportunity to publish hyper-casual Android games with advertising monetization in China.

Activision Blizzard has created an $18 million fund to pay employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination. This was one of the terms of the agreement with the American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — shortly before that, the agency sued the publisher.

Publisher tinyBuild and St. Petersburg studio niceplay games reported on the success of the game Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. In just three days since the release, sales of the title have reached the mark of 100 thousand copies.