South Korea’s mobile market continues to grow. According to the local analytical company IGAWorks, in the first quarter of 2021, users spent a record $1.5 billion in games. The top projects in terms of revenue include various MMOs and, of course, Lineage M, which remains the highest—grossing mobile title in the country.Lineage 2M

In early April, Tenjin launched a solution that displays SKAdNetwork conversion values for free. What it is and why it is important in the post-IDFA era is in our material.

According to the results of the first quarter (ended March 31) Crash Bandicoot: On the Run hit the tops in downloads and revenue. To date, the King project has earned over $ 1.2 million, and the game has overcome the 20 million downloads mark faster than any other runner — including Subway Surfers. However, now the mobile “Crash” indicators have begun to decline.Revenue data

The leader of the last two weeks Outriders could not hold positions in the weekly list of the best—selling Steam games – the title went to the fifth line of the rating. This time the first place was taken by the cooperative It Takes Two. Also in the top 10 was the addition Stellaris: Nemesis, released four days ago.

In the United States, the revenue of the gaming market is growing for the 13th month in a row, according to analysts at NPD Group. In March, the spending of American gamers on video games, hardware and accessories amounted to $5.6 billion — 18% more than a year ago. Among the best-selling titles were Monster Hunter: Rise and Outriders.

Experience working on icons for the game “Megapolis” in your column for App2Top.ru Ilya Klushin, a leading 2D artist at Social Quantum, shared this.

The gaming startup Manticore Games has become one step closer to creating a full-fledged metaverse of games. The Core platform, which is considered a potential competitor to Roblox, has completed open testing and appeared in early access exclusively for the Epic Games Store.

IO Interactive shared its plans for the development of the company. She has already opened the third studio in a row, which will help them, among other things, in working on an unannounced project on a new IP. In addition, the authors of the Hitman series have announced their intention to engage in publishing.This was announced by the CEO of IO Interactive Hakan Abrak (Hakan Abrak) in an interview with the publication GamesIndustry.biz .

French publisher Gameloft reported on the success. The company said that to date, the total downloads of Asphalt series games have reached one billion. It took the racing franchise about 17 years to do this.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to introduce a special court for IT companies, which can be launched by 2024. We are talking about the consideration of criminal cases under economic articles. The agency is also considering the introduction of a moratorium on inspections, which, according to officials, will help companies “feel protected.”This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev at a meeting of the Federation Council for the Development of the…

Tencent continues to invest in other companies and increase its activity in the M&A market. This time, the Chinese giant acquired 20.6% of the local indie studio Surgical Scalpels. She is currently developing Boundary, a multiplayer space shooter for PS4 and PC.

About a week remains until the publication of CD Projekt‘s annual report on the results of 2020, but the Polish holding is already impatient to share a couple of preliminary figures. The creators of Cyberpunk 2077 said that last year the company’s earnings increased more than two and a half times compared to the record 2015. Recall that it was then that they released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

The mechanics of season passes have gained popularity due to the success of Fortnite and PUBG Mobile. But not only these games have made good money on it. Sensor Tower analysts told what other mobile projects managed to seriously increase revenue after the introduction of seasonal passes. There is a game from Playrix in the list.

Many experts in the gaming industry are afraid that they will not be able to save enough money and retire. Some even think that they will have to work until they die. Both indie developers and industry veterans, like game designer Josh Sawyer, shared their opinions on this topic.

Epic Games has announced the release of the MetaHuman Creator editor in early access. It allows you to create realistic human models in a few minutes.

Wanted: producer of creatives at WazzApps, game designer of VR games at SPL and art director at Mobirate.

AppLovin marketing platform has finally entered the stock exchange. As part of the initial public offering, the company raised $1.8 billion, and its valuation approached $30 billion.AppLovin listed its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange at a price of $80 apiece.

The Battle Royale of Apex Legends, developed by Respawn and published by Electronic Arts, continues to develop and gain popularity (albeit not as actively as at the start). Now the game has overcome an important milestone of 100 million players.Developers from Respawn announced this achievement on Twitter.

A new player has appeared in the game project financing market — FM.digital company. She is ready to allocate up to $ 500,000 to developers of mobile games and applications for promotion at the expense of future revenue and not take a share in the business at the same time.