Last September, Metacore studio released Merge Mansion, a mobile game with meta in the spirit of Homescapes. Sensor Tower analysts estimate that to date, the title has earned almost $40 million, and its combined downloads in the App Store and Google Play have exceeded 10 million.

Investors continue to invest in chess. The Kings of Games startup, which was opened by grandmasters Dusko Pavasovich and Luka Lenic, raised funds for the development of the Chess Universe game. This is the second such investment in a year.

At the beginning of August, the premiere of the film Biubiubiu (硬汉枪神) took place in China, the events of which unfolded around a game in the battle royale genre. Although the audience warmly welcomed the movie, it was not without incidents. The fact is that the battle royale shown is too similar to PUBG. The Krafton company said that it is thinking about going to court.

Last Friday, indie publisher No More Robots turned four years old. In honor of this, founder Mike Rose spoke about the company’s successes over the past 12 months. The publisher’s revenue was $ 12 million, although during this period he did not release a single new game.Not Tonight 2

In July, Americans spent $4.6 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to analysts from the NPD Group. Iron sales grew the most in annual terms. This was largely due to the high demand for the PlayStation 5.The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

Back 4 Blood did not hold the leading position in the weekly chart of the best-selling games on Steam. The new leader was the Chinese battle royale Naraka: Bladepoint, which, thanks to two different publications, was immediately on the first and fourth lines of the rating.

Sometimes creating a dream game leads to nothing. This is a reason to look back and understand what went wrong. In your column on App2Top.ru Dmitry Shubeikin, co-founder and director of Deus Craft, told how his company, which has always specialized in casual games, tried to make an online shooter.

Remedy has shared the financial results of the first half of 2021. The company’s revenue reached €17.5 million largely due to the success of Control. The audience of the game exceeded 10 million people.

The French publisher Homa Games decided to go beyond the hyper-casual niche. The company has announced plans to engage in mobile puzzles and the genre of board games.

Phil Spencer shared his vision of the development of the gaming industry. The head of Xbox spoke about the senselessness of console wars, the importance of user content and lowering the threshold for entering gaming. He also explained how Microsoft intends to make video games accessible to all people in the world.Phil Spencer, photo: eVRydayVR

Yesterday, the release of the battle royale Naraka: Bladepoint, the debut game of the Chinese studio 24 Entertainment, took place. During the day of the online project on Steam, he overcame the milestone of 70 thousand people.

To attract mobile gamers, marketers primarily use playable ads. The Zoomd analytical company insists on this, which in the course of its latest research interviewed about two hundred UA specialists.

Electronic Arts shareholders rejected the company’s new plan to pay annual bonuses to top managers. According to Bloomberg, this happened against the background of a protest by several groups of investors. Several EA shareholders voted against the new bonus program, including Trillium Asset Management, Calvert Investments, New York City Funds and CalSTRS and Calpers.

Xbox Game Studios and TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, have announced their first joint project. They will develop a mobile version of Age of Empires. According to analysts, such a partnership will help Xbox strengthen in the Asian market and attract a new audience to its “big” franchises

The “Alliance of Workers” ABK (Activision Blizzard King) told Kotaku about the conditions in which the company’s testers work. According to employees, QA specialists receive almost the lowest salary and at the same time are forced to work overtime regularly. They also do not have access to benefits, and representatives of minorities face discrimination.Overwatch

Keywords Studios Group of companies continues to buy game outsourcers. This time she became the owner of the Romanian AMC Ro Studio, which made art for such games as Marvel’s Spider-Man, Call of Duty and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The size of the transaction is €2.8 million.

Wanted: game producer at Nekki, project manager at AZUR GAMES and HR manager at Belka Games.

The developer of Angry Birds decided to go shopping again. Finnish Rovio has announced the takeover of Ruby Games, the creators of the hyper-casual hit Hunter Assassin. The exact size of the transaction is not disclosed.

Yesterday, the creators of Journey to the Savage Planet founded a new studio Raccoon Logic. However, a photo of employees unexpectedly received a lot of attention on social networks. The studio was criticized for depicting only white men. This led to a discussion about the problem of personnel diversity in the gaming industry.