As stated by Roblox, this is consistent with the company’s vision of the metaverse concept. They say that Roblox users get into many virtual worlds where they can not only play or create their own projects, but also engage in other activities. For example, to hold virtual concerts.

App Annie has prepared a small report on the state of the hyper casual games market following the results of the first quarter. The fastest growing category was simulators, the number of downloads of which increased by almost 200% in annual terms.Key data for the first quarter

The PUBG developer shows the wonders of generosity. Krafton will provide a part of the shares to its employees. Moreover, this will affect not only personnel who are based in South Korea. Shares worth $89 million will be given to an international team. There were some nuances.

Yesterday, during the trial of Epic Games and Apple, expert witness Lorin Hitt shared statistics on paying players in Fortnite. It turned out that 24.2% of battle royale users made purchases in it.

This article is the first of a series of reviews of jurisdictions for doing business from the VERSUS.legal law firm. It deals with the conditions for opening and doing business in Cyprus, the country that first comes to mind for Russian businessmen who think “where can I open a company outside the CIS?“.

Almost two months ago, Australia refused to classify Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, which actually meant a ban on the sale of the game. However, now a special commission has revised the decision and assigned an 18+ rating to the Estonian project, despite the harsh vocabulary and touching on topics like addiction.On May 11, the Australian Classification Review Board, which evaluates games, films and text materials, revised the rating of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut…

Lorin Hitt from the Wharton School of Business tried to prove that the browser can circumvent the ban on billing in the App Store. He stated that for at least eight games from the list of the top 25 projects at the box office in the store, you can buy content outside of iOS.

At the beginning of the year, Google Stadia began to have big problems after the closure of internal development studios and the departure of Jade Raymond. Despite this, the company assures that the platform feels great and continues to develop. Among the arguments are regular replenishment of the library of games and cooperation with indie studios. However, Google still doesn’t say anything about the size of the service’s audience.About the current state of Stadia in…

There aren’t many mobile franchise games on the American market. Only 9% of titles relate to products made under license. At the same time, they account for 23% of the earnings of the entire mobile in the USA.

The services of the Sber ecosystem analyzed how Russians spent money during the May holidays. It turned out that the turnover of payments in gaming services that accept payments through UCASSA has almost doubled.Data on the behavior and payments of Russian video game lovers was shared by the press service of YUMOPEU.

Xbox Game Studios will now work closely with the Chinese TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent and the developers of Honor of Kings and Call of Duty: Mobile. We are talking about creating game content, but both companies have not yet disclosed the details of the partnership.This became known today from the official press release.

A new “unicorn” has appeared on the NFT gaming market – Animoca Brands, which today specializes in blockchain games and the release of its own tokens. The Hong Kong-based company has attracted investments of $88 million, based on an estimate of $1 billion.Animoca Brands announced this today on its official website.

The May WN Conference has started. She is special for a number of reasons. One of the main ones: its organizers are holding a conference in reality for the first time after the world lockdown, and this is the first Chinese event of WN Media Group.

State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein is going to introduce a bill on “landing” in the near future. It proposes to oblige IT companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russians to open official representative offices in Russia.

To correct the balance of weapons in Call of Duty: Mobile, developers from TiMi Studios and Activision had to collect community reviews and test them in practice using limited playtests. Matt Lewis, the general manager of the game and vice president of the publisher’s mobile direction, told about the difficulties encountered.Matt Lewis’ original column was published on Gamasutra on May 12.

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

A lot of large companies are unhappy that their internal information is leaking to the network because of the proceedings between Epic Games and Apple. Among them: Nintendo, Roblox, Spotify, Sony, PayPal, Samsung, as well as Epic Games themselves with Apple. They demanded that the court close access to the documents.

Swedish Embracer Group continues to buy studios en masse. Now four companies have joined the ranks of the holding at once, three of which have come under the control of THQ Nordic. Below is a brief overview of acquisitions.

Unity has prepared a report for the first quarter (ended March 31), reporting revenue growth. The company also shared its forecast for the current financial year and estimated possible losses from the new IDFA policy.Key data