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Industry January 14, 2020

During the first year in the Epic Game Store, players spent $ 680 million

Since its launch on December 6, 2018, $680 million has been spent in the Epic Game Store digital store. Of this amount, $251 million fell on third-party titles.

Industry January 14, 2020

PlayStation Won’t be Coming to E3 2020

PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.

Industry January 13, 2020

MediaTek will release a new generation of gaming chipsets for cheap smartphones

MediaTek is preparing a line of gaming chipsets for budget smartphones. Thanks to this, the latter will be able to support games with high requirements.

Industry January 10, 2020

Facebook has increased its share in the gaming streaming market to 8.5%

Over the past year, Facebook Gaming has strengthened its position in the gaming streaming market. By the end of December, the site’s share in this segment reached 8.5%.

Industry January 10, 2020

AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of December 2019

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

Industry January 9, 2020

Russian Escape From Tarkov topped the Twitch top all New Year’s holidays

At the end of 2019, Escape From Tarkov took over the top of the most popular games on Twitch. The success was followed by a scandal. What the developer did right and what is wrong — we tell in the squeeze with Polygon.

Industry December 31, 2019

Editor’s column: “Happy New Year and let’s not look back!”

A story with a digression and congratulations.

Industry December 30, 2019

The highest-grossing games of Russian-speaking developers on Steam 2019

Last week, a list of the highest-grossing novelties of 2019 on Steam was released. It’s time to highlight titles developed or published by companies from the Russian Federation from it.

Industry December 30, 2019

Just two games about the “Witcher” have reached a record peak online on Steam

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4 years after its release beats its own popularity record. Its peak online on Steam exceeded 94 thousand players.

Industry December 27, 2019

Steam named the highest-grossing games by the end of 2019

Destiny 2 and Sekiro are among the highest—grossing games on the site in the outgoing year.

Industry December 26, 2019

Nintendo named the best-selling indie games for Switch this year

Nintendo has unveiled a list of this year’s indie bestsellers for its console. It featured platformers Cuphead and Unravel Two, as well as the “goose game” — Untitled Goose Game.

Industry December 24, 2019

The gaming streaming market in Russia and the CIS in 2019 amounted to 21.6 billion rubles

In the outgoing year, the game streaming market in Russia and the CIS reached 21.6 billion rubles. In the future, it can grow by 20% annually.

Industry December 23, 2019

The online peak in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has reached a three-year high

The Witcher 3 has grown dramatically online. For the first time in three years, it exceeded 48 thousand Steam users. The reason may be in the new series of the franchise — and not only.

Industry December 23, 2019

Sapkovsky granted CD Projekt new rights to the Witcher IP

Polish CD Projekt and writer Andrzej Sapkowski seem to have settled old disputes. The parties have renegotiated the contract on the rights to the Witcher franchise.

Industry December 20, 2019

In November, $9.5 billion was spent on digital games in the world

SuperData reported for November. According to analysts, gamers spent $9.5 billion on digital platforms last month. This is 7% more than in the same month a year earlier.

Industry December 20, 2019

Google has bought indie developer Typhoon. His task is to create exclusives for Stadia

Google has announced the purchase of Typhoon Studios. The developer, whose first project will be released in January, will create exclusives for Stadia.

Industry December 20, 2019

Fortnite’s Viewing hours on Twitch have Dropped by 28 in a year%

This year Fortnite lost the title of the most popular game on Twitch to League of Legends. For the entire 2019, the hours of views of the Epic Games title decreased by 28%.

Industry December 20, 2019

Facebook is preparing its own OS

Facebook is working on its own operating system. Its creation will allow other social network products not to depend on Android.

Industry December 19, 2019

AppOnboard has released a free version of the Buildbox engine for creating games without code

A free version of the Buildbox toolkit from AppOnboard has appeared. It is suitable for learning how to develop mobile games without code.

Industry December 19, 2019

NetEase has removed an Arsenal player from the football simulator. He stood up for the Muslims persecuted by China

Chinese politics is back in play. NetEase cut an Arsenal football player from a sports title — he criticized the country for creating concentration camps for Uighurs, the national Muslim minority.