Murka Games, founded by immigrants from Ukraine, has agreed to purchase a new studio. It will be joined by the American Mobile Deluxe, which specializes in mobile solitaire and social casinos. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Kiev-based developer of social casinos Murka is going to push the ranks of the largest market players. The studio recently reported revenue growth of 44.6% year-on-year, and its estimated quarterly revenue was $40.5 million. This put Murka on the tenth line of the rating of the most successful companies in the segment.

The developer of Scatter Slots and Slots Era will soon have a new owner. The Blackstone Group is preparing to buy Murka Studio.

The Ukrainian social casino operator Murka has tripled its revenues for the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same quarter last year.

The Russian company Playrix is not only the leading local publisher in terms of revenue from mobile projects in the CIS, but the number two at the box office in mid-September among all mobile game studios from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia.

At the recent DevNight Dnepr, the producer of the Dnepropetrovsk studio Murka Alexander Shtachenko clearly told how to set technical tasks when developing game projects. For App2Top.ru Alexander prepared a short text version of the speech.