A rare cartridge from one of the first versions of Super Mario Bros. it was sold at auction for $ 660 thousand. The box has lain unopened for almost 35 years. Now it’s the most expensive copy of a video game in history.This was reported on the Twitter account of the Heritage Auctions auction.

For the fourth year in a row, Supercell‘s revenue is falling. At the same time, most new IP addresses are closed before reaching the world release. Against this background, the Finnish company took drastic measures. Today, on April 2, she announced three new mobile games at once. All of them are based on the Clash brand and all are in the early stages of development.

Newzoo has prepared a report on mobile games based on popular non-gaming IP. It turned out that Chinese projects based on “Journey to the West” earn almost 2.5 times more than all Marvel titles. Analysts also believe that franchise games will play a key role after the changes in the rules regarding IDFA.Game Data

Chinese TiMi Studios is part of Tencent and is known for such hits as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. Last year, its revenue reached a fabulous $10 billion. Now the company intends to make not only mobile games, but also projects for other platforms.This is reported by Reuters with reference to two sources familiar with the situation.

Yesterday, the release of the cooperative action Outriders from the studio People Can Fly took place. The online project instantly exceeded 100 thousand people. This is the best start among all Square Enix games released on Steam.Already three hours after the release, 111,953 people were playing Outriders at the same time, according to SteamDB.

Throughout March, there was an active discussion in Russian educational circles about the law on the regulation of educational activities. Despite the fact that scientists and artists opposed it with a united front, it was first adopted by the State Duma, and yesterday, March 31, the Federation Council also approved it. This means that the law will most likely come into force very soon (unless the president refuses to sign it, which is unlikely). We…

Three Kingdoms Tactics, published by the Chinese company Alibaba, has become one of the highest-grossing iOS games of this year. In three months, she earned $194.8 million. Its total revenue for the entire period of operation amounted to more than a billion dollars. According to Sensor Tower, the game is now available in only eight countries.

Microsoft will supply the US army with 120,000 special AR glasses based on HoloLens 2. The updated device allows you to see in the dark and display additional information on the screen. The amount of the contract, calculated for more than 10 years, is $21.8 billion.Photo: Microsoft

Gaming startup Manticore Games has closed another round of investments. The company has raised $100 million to develop its Core platform, which is positioned as “Roblox for adults”. Games created by users should become part of a single multiverse.

The analytical company Nielsen decided to close SuperData. He does not talk about the reasons, but hints that the gaming data market is full.

Epic Games is going to hold another round of investments worth $ 1.7 billion. After that, the valuation of the company, which still remains private, will reach $28 billion. Plans for an IPO are still out of the question.Bloomberg sources report that Epic Games has already reached an agreement to receive $1 billion.

Polish publisher All In Games has sold the rights to the Ghostrunner game franchise to the Italian publisher 505 Games. The transaction amount is relatively small. IP was estimated at €5 million.

Yesterday’s announcement of the new strategy had a negative impact on CD Projekt shares. Analysts believe that it lacks specifics. Serkan Toto, CEO of the consulting firm Kantan Games, was one of the first to draw attention to the fall.

Dapper Labs, a company known for the CryptoKitties game, is developing a new blockchain project. It’s called NBA Top Shot, its audience is approaching the one million mark and investors believe in it. In the latest funding round, Dapper Labs raised $305 million. We tell you how it happened.

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The Canadian publisher Graffiti Games, specializing in small and easily recouped titles, received investments of $ 1.5 million. This amount will be spent on publishing games from independent developers.Blue Fire

CD Projekt is expanding. The company announced the acquisition of the Canadian studio Digital Scapes, which it calls one of its key partners. In particular, she participated in the development of Cyberpunk 2077.

On March 30, the Polish holding CD PROJEKT presented a new development strategy. Its key goal is to transform the game studio so that it can simultaneously develop several AAA games.

What is an IPO, how else do they enter the stock market and why do they do it at all, — he told in his column on App2Top.ru Kirill Perevozchikov, Managing Partner of the White Label PR communication agency.