Evening digest: Mobile Strike earnings, the Belgian Prosecutor’s Office took up EA

Money

Mobile Strike’s revenue reached $1.3 billion in three years

The military clone of Game of War, which was promoted by videos with Arnold Schwarzenegger, has earned $1.3 billion since its release at the end of 2015.

55% of earnings came from the USA. A significant part of the game also came from Japan. Residents of the land of the rising sun left 13% of the total revenue in the game.

In the best months, the game earned $90 million. Now its monthly revenue has fallen to $4 million.

The main project for MZ at the moment is another strategy — Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire. The latter has raised $400 million from June 2017 to the present.

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The Belgian prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into Electronic Arts

EA has big problems brewing. The company did not remove the loot boxes from the Belgian version of FIFA 18, as required by the Belgian Gambling Commission. In response, the latter initiated a police investigation.

Recall that in April of this year, after the hype around Star Wars Battlefront II, Belgium took up the fight against loot boxes. Officials of the country came to the conclusion that the implementation of this mechanics in a number of games contradicts the legislation of the country concerning gambling. Therefore, they demanded their removal in a number of games.

Companies such as Blizzard, 2K Games and Valve have met Belgium halfway. They changed the versions of their games for the country. EA refused to do this. And he still bends his line that, they say, their loot boxes have nothing to do with gambling.

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