South Korea’s mobile market continues to grow. According to the local analytical company IGAWorks, in the first quarter of 2021, users spent a record $1.5 billion in games. The top projects in terms of revenue include various MMOs and, of course, Lineage M, which remains the highest—grossing mobile title in the country.Lineage 2M

About a week remains until the publication of CD Projekt‘s annual report on the results of 2020, but the Polish holding is already impatient to share a couple of preliminary figures. The creators of Cyberpunk 2077 said that last year the company’s earnings increased more than two and a half times compared to the record 2015. Recall that it was then that they released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Last month, the AppLovin marketing platform filed for an IPO. Now there are details about the goals that she wants to achieve after going public. The company expects its valuation to exceed $30 billion.AppLovin plans to put 25 million shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange, according to the InvestGame portal.

In the Russian Nintendo eShop, prices have risen sharply. Now the standard versions of some flagship games will cost users 6299 rubles. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (their old price is 5249 rubles).

A new deal on the gaming market of Belarus. GEM Capital, an investment company with Russian roots, has become a partner of Weappy Studio in Minsk. She invested $1.4 million in the authors of the This Is the Police series.

Digital Bros, the parent company of publisher 505 Games, has prepared a financial report for the half-year (ended December 31). The main driver of growth was the PC version of Death Stranding, which earned a little more than €23 million during this time.General data for the half-year

A rare cartridge from one of the first versions of Super Mario Bros. it was sold at auction for $ 660 thousand. The box has lain unopened for almost 35 years. Now it’s the most expensive copy of a video game in history.This was reported on the Twitter account of the Heritage Auctions auction.

Chinese TiMi Studios is part of Tencent and is known for such hits as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. Last year, its revenue reached a fabulous $10 billion. Now the company intends to make not only mobile games, but also projects for other platforms.This is reported by Reuters with reference to two sources familiar with the situation.

Three Kingdoms Tactics, published by the Chinese company Alibaba, has become one of the highest-grossing iOS games of this year. In three months, she earned $194.8 million. Its total revenue for the entire period of operation amounted to more than a billion dollars. According to Sensor Tower, the game is now available in only eight countries.

Microsoft will supply the US army with 120,000 special AR glasses based on HoloLens 2. The updated device allows you to see in the dark and display additional information on the screen. The amount of the contract, calculated for more than 10 years, is $21.8 billion.Photo: Microsoft

The company plans to spend several hundred million more.

In the wake of the record-breaking launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has decided to increase the amount of annual bonuses for its Japanese employees. This time they will be able to count on a bonus equal to the salary for seven months.This was reported by GameRant with reference to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.

PUBG Mobile continues to set new records. For the entire period of operation, the revenue of the Tencent project amounted to $ 5.1 billion. At the same time, most of this amount fell on the Chinese version of the game.According to analysts from Sensor Tower, PUBG Mobile’s revenue amounted to $2.7 billion last year alone.

Tencent reported results for the fiscal year ended December 31. The company’s revenue exceeded $70 billion, and its revenue from games increased by 35% year-on-year and amounted to almost half of the total amount.Overall results for the fiscal year

The gaming division of ByteDance has announced the purchase of Moonton mobile studio, developers of the popular MOBA Mobile Legends. As a result of the transaction, the company was valued at $4 billion.Reuters reports on the purchase and evaluation of Shanghai Moonton.

Swedish holding Embracer Group is preparing for new purchases. The company announced the issue of 36 million new Class B shares and now plans to earn 7.6 billion Swedish kronor ($893.9 million) on this.

While 50 Activision Blizzard employees are out of work, its CEO will receive a huge bonus. Bobby Kotick will be paid $200 million for the fact that the company’s shares continue to grow. However, a group of investors considers such payments excessive and wants to revise the amount of remuneration for the publisher’s management.Bobby Kotick can count on such an impressive bonus thanks to a clause in his contract called “Shareholder Value Creation Incentive”.

Overwolf startup continues to develop its platform, which allows you to create and install mods and applications for games. Together with the launch of the new SDK, the company announced the attraction of investments in the amount of $52.5 million. She hopes to become a YouTube for modders.According to GamesBeat, the main investors in Round C were Griffin Gaming Partners and Insight Partners.

Developer and publisher KamaGames has reported financial results for 2020. The company’s revenue grew by almost 40%, and in terms of profit, last year was a record at all.