In a little more than a year, the valuation of Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has grown tenfold to $1 billion. The co-founder of the company Yat Siu (Yat Siu) told in an interview with the South China Morning Post how the development in the field of blockchain and NFT helped to achieve explosive growth.

Rumors that Krafton is preparing to enter the stock exchange have been circulating since the beginning of the year. But now the owners of PUBG themselves have announced — they have indeed applied for an IPO. According to the results of the placement, the company is going to attract 5.6 trillion rubles ($5 billion).

tinyBuild shared the report for fiscal year 2020 (ended December 31). The company earned $37 million, and its profit almost doubled in annual terms. At the same time, the bulk of the revenue came from previously released games.Key data from the report

The Polish CD PROJEKT Group of companies summed up the results of the first quarter (ended March 31, 2021). It didn’t go well. Despite the increase in sales revenue, net profit immediately fell by 64.7%.

Released by Sony fighting game My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero earned over $4.14 million in less than two weeks. This is 80% of the company’s mobile revenue for the entire month.

On May 19, NCSOFT released a new free—to-play game Trickster M – a reinterpretation of the 2003 MMORPG Trickster Online. The project is currently available only in South Korea, but already earns about $ 1 million every day.According to AppMagic, Trickster M’s revenue on mobile devices from the release amounted to $10.46 million.

Now the studio Small Giant Games is the second largest developer in Finland after Supercell. Last year, its revenue exceeded €400 million, and the rest of the company’s financial indicators are also growing steadily.Data from the financial report of Small Giant Games was shared by the Finnish business publication Tivi.

Despite all the scandals around loot boxes, the Ultimate Team mode in sports games like FIFA remains one of the main sources of income for Electronic Arts. The company itself noted that it makes up a “significant part” of its revenue. Over the past year alone, EA has earned over $1.5 billion on it, which is almost 30% of the publisher’s total revenue.The exact revenue of the Ultimate Team mode became known from the annual…

On May 19, Perfect New World, a new MMORPG from Perfect World Entertainment, was released in China. In just one day, the revenue of the game on mobile devices exceeded $ 400 thousand. At the same time, the game will also be available on PC and consoles.

Such data was shared by Michael Schmid, head of the gaming business development department in the App Store. He declined to give the exact amount, saying it would be “inappropriate.”

Apple actively helped with the promotion of Fortnite in the App Store, said Michael Schmid, head of the gaming business development department at the App Store. It is not known how much the company has spent on marketing the title for the entire time of its existence, but from October 2019 to August 2020, it invested $ 1 million. Lauren Moskowitz, a lawyer at Epic Games, described it as a “bargain.”

Embracer Group has published a detailed report for the fiscal year that ended on March 31. The Swedish holding company announced the success of Valheim (its circulation reached almost 7 million copies) and its other games, revenue and profit growth, as well as ambitious plans for new M&A deals.Valheim

The trial between Epic Games and Apple sheds light on an increasing number of internal details of the companies. During it, expert witness Lorin Hitt shared that 62% of all App Store revenue comes from purchases in games.

In 2019, $400 billion worth of physical goods were sold through the App Store. By them, Apple means buying things on Amazon, food delivery, taxi, etc. Despite the impressive turnover of funds, the company claims that it does not charge a commission on such transactions. According to her, unlike digital purchases or subscriptions, here she cannot guarantee either the quality or whether the consumer will receive his order at all.

The Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) costs Apple an average of $50 million. This was stated during the trial by Phil Schiller. He also noted that the costs of its implementation are not taken into account in the category of operating expenses of the App Store.

At the end of April, the launch of the Summoners War: Lost Centuria mobile battler from Com2uS took place. The South Korean company reported that in the first 10 days since the release, the game’s revenue exceeded $ 4 million.Com2uS announced this on its official website.

The PUBG developer shows the wonders of generosity. Krafton will provide a part of the shares to its employees. Moreover, this will affect not only personnel who are based in South Korea. Shares worth $89 million will be given to an international team. There were some nuances.

The services of the Sber ecosystem analyzed how Russians spent money during the May holidays. It turned out that the turnover of payments in gaming services that accept payments through UCASSA has almost doubled.Data on the behavior and payments of Russian video game lovers was shared by the press service of YUMOPEU.

Unity has prepared a report for the first quarter (ended March 31), reporting revenue growth. The company also shared its forecast for the current financial year and estimated possible losses from the new IDFA policy.Key data