The Tapjoy advertising platform presented a study with detailed information about the favorite applications of American millennials and their interaction with mobile advertising.

The gaming industry continues to boom deals. Investment banking company Drake Star Partners estimated that $71 billion was spent on investments, public offerings and M&A agreements in the first nine months of 2021. This is 2.1 times more than in the whole of last year.

Research firm Akamai has published a report on security issues in the gaming industry during the pandemic. Hackers have more opportunities to hack gamers and companies, and therefore the number of cyber attacks in this area has increased by 340% compared to 2019. Cases of hacking of mobile games and their users have also become more frequent.Key data from the study

LoopMe and IDC presented a joint study on the prospects of mobile gaming after the end of the pandemic. Companies have concluded that record activity will fall by a quarter in the next couple of years. Mobile market revenue growth is also expected to slow significantly after a record 2020.The study is based on a survey that involved 3,850 smartphone users from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Brazil and Singapore.

Reach3 Insights, together with Lenovo, conducted a study on female gamers. In addition to preferred genres and other behavioral features, it turned out that almost 60% of women specifically hide their gender when playing online. They do this to avoid unnecessary conflicts and harassment from men.The study was based on a survey of 900 women from China, Germany and the USA.

On the eve of the Game Developers Conference 2021 (to be held on July 19-23), the organizers shared a study on the state of the video game industry. They interviewed over three thousand developers about their preferred platforms, working in a pandemic, the need for gaming unions and the fairness of the commission size in stores.

How many gamers are there in Russia who want to work in the gaming industry? What areas are they interested in? What do their parents think about it? — Kaspersky Lab decided to answer such questions together with the analytical company Savanta.

Finnish scientists decided to treat depression with video games. They started developing an action game that should seriously weaken the symptoms of the disease. But they warned — the game still won’t replace pills and psychotherapy.

The MY.GAMES brand conducted a large-scale study and studied the mental health of users of online games. It turned out that Russian gamers began to feel much better during the pandemic. In part, video games helped them in this — with their help, every third person did not notice the lack of live communication.

More than a third of teenagers and young people in the UK start buying loot boxes at the age of 13. Many of them spend their parents’ money without permission. In some cases, children’s gambling addiction drives their families into debt and forces them to mortgage property.In recent years, more and more organizations in the UK have been paying attention to the problem of loot boxes and their accessibility for children and adolescents.

There are a couple of weeks left until the end of the year. Against this background, MY.GAMES conducted a large-scale study and found out what 2020 was for Russian gamers. Spoiler: basically, the year was rated a “three”.

Zynga has published a study on the behavior of users of its mobile games and their attitude to advertising. It turned out that the company’s projects are played mainly by parents, and the overwhelming number of respondents launch games to escape from reality.Zynga prepared the report jointly with the National Research Group.

In a recent study, Vorhaus Advisors analysts asked the question: how would users react to the fact that in—game purchases from one game could be moved to another or even sold to other gamers? As it turned out, 64% of American players were interested in such mechanics at once.

Almost a third of gamers have a subscription to platforms with games. Moreover, 80% of them would like to use several subscription services at once. Such data was shared in a recent report by Simon-Kucher & Partners.

Last year, there was neither a COVID-19 pandemic nor global self-isolation. About how the gaming market developed Europe before the world quarantine, told in the annual report European Interactive Software Federation (ISFE). Spoiler: The market itself grew by 3%, and the best—selling game turned out to be FIFA 20.

Almost 40% of the world’s population are gamers, said the research company DFC Intelligence. Half of the players choose mobile.

The National Literacy Trust of Britain has published a new study in which it analyzed the impact of games on the lives of teenagers. Scientists have come to the conclusion that gamers often improve literacy, creativity, empathy, and also improve their mental state.As part of the study, researchers interviewed 4,600 British teenagers aged 11 to 16 years.

Talents In Games conducts a small survey and invites readers App2Top.ru take part in it. It concerns whether, in the light of recent events, many have switched to remote work.

As far as the number of reviews of the game on Steam indicates its good sales, the author of the indie game Starcom: Nexus investigated. App2Top.ru publishes a translation of his post from Reddit, where the developer is known by the nickname JustKevin.