Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 12.
Money
The authors of the Worms series earned $13.6 million in the first half of 2018.
After entering the stock market in May of this year, Team17 began publishing its financial statements.
According to the latest one, the company earned $13.6 million from January to July 2018. This is 48% more than in the same period of time a year earlier. Pre-tax profit (EBITDA) also increased, amounting to $6.4 million (an increase of 36%).
Team17 is known as the developer of Worms. Today, Team17 is primarily a publisher of indie projects. One of her biggest successes is The Escapists. Recently, the series about Overcooked chefs published by her also showed well!.
Overcooked! 2Boom Beach generated $820 million
The analytical company Sensor Tower revealed the earnings of Boom Beach. Mobile strategy about the capture of paradise islands generated $820 million. We are talking about the total revenue from the App Store and Google Play since the release in 2013.
The iOS platform brought most of the amount (62%) to the game. The most profitable region for the game was the States, where it earned $ 361 million.
Boom BeachIncidents
Video Games May Be Responsible for 5% of UK Divorces
There is a Divorce Online website. It records 5% of all divorces in England and Wales. The other day he published a press release. According to him, since the beginning of the year, the site has received 4.5 thousand applications for divorce. In 200 of them, it was noted that the reason for termination was “dependence on Fortnite or another online game” (the Epic Games game stands out separately).
Our colleagues from PCGamesN rightly suggested that if we extrapolate these figures to the whole country, as analysts usually do, then it is quite possible to assume that online games are a common cause of divorce in the country today.
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