The esports organization Team 33 has signed a contract with an 8-year-old Fortnite player. Many considered the transaction with such a small child illegal, but the organization itself believes that it does not violate labor laws regarding minors.Joseph Dean

Vasily Maguryan, CEO of MY.GAMES, spoke about the growing interest of the market in “women’s” games in his results.

The end of 2020 is not far off. In honor of this, our colleagues from GamesIndustry showed the final figures of the gaming industry in their infographic.

On December 31, a new digital payment authentication policy will come into effect in Europe. It will also affect the App Store. Apple told developers how to prepare for changes.

Nordisk Games has acquired 40% of the MercurySteam studio, known for the game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. This is the first deal of a Danish company outside the Nordic countries.The exact size of the deal was not disclosed, but Nordisk Games calls this amount “significant”.

What indicators in terms of user engagement should you look up to if you are developing an idler,” GameAnalytics said in its latest small study.Recall that idle is a genre derived from the clicker, in which the role of constant taps on the screen to accumulate resources is reduced to a minimum.

KamaGames, a developer and publisher with Russian roots, can boast of a new achievement. The number of unique users in its social casinos has reached 150 million people.

Hyper-casual publisher Voodoo has made a new acquisition. Into his hands passed the Paris studio OHM Games, which developed, among others, Shortcut Run, Knock Balls and Push ’em All.

Less than two months have passed since the launch of the open beta League of Legends: Wild Rift, as the title has already been installed by more than 12 million gamers. This is despite the fact that the game was initially available only in seven countries and entered the global market only in early December.

This year has been particularly successful for the gaming industry. Analysts from Newzoo are already looking to the future and publishing a list of the main trends of 2021. Among them are the growth of cloud gaming, new challenges for mobile developers and virtual events.1. Engagement and revenue will continue to grow

While some gaming companies are only trying to enter the stock exchange, the Swedish game dev is actively earning there. According to Bloomberg, Swedish gaming quotes have become the best this year — they showed the most significant growth. For example, the stock price of individual companies jumped by an astronomical 300%.

Swedish publisher and developer Stillfront Group is expanding its gaming portfolio thanks to the takeover of two studios at once. The total amount of the transaction for the purchase of Super Free Games and Sandbox Interactive amounted to almost $310 million.Information about buying Super Free Games

MAG Interactive has announced the purchase of Swedish studio Apprope, consisting of only two people and known for the mobile puzzle WordBubbles. The transaction amount was about $6 million.The takeover is expected to be completed on January 4, 2021.

November was a record month for games in terms of revenue, SuperData reports in its new report. During the reporting period, players spent $11.5 billion to purchase digital versions of titles on all platforms, including mobile.Key data

AppQuantum advertising monetization managers have prepared a continuation of the analysis of how mobile advertising works today. In the second material, they covered in detail the issues of setting up advertising mediation.

The developer of social casinos Playtika officially enters the stock exchange. Details about the number and value of shares have not yet been disclosed.

CD Projekt management has new problems. One of the Polish investors offered to sue the company. He accused the studio of criminally misrepresenting information about Cyberpunk 2077.

He told about the planned releases and the company’s Birthday in his resultsPavel Prokonich, CEO of HeroCraft.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a large-scale report on the largest legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.