Ten years after its release, the Japanese battler Monster Strike continues to be one of the most popular and popular mobile games in its homeland. This is reported by Sensor Tower analysts.

Publisher Humble Games has joined the list of gaming companies that have carried out layoffs. In a statement to the media, he confirmed that on November 13 he parted with a number of employees.

Digital Bros has announced plans to cut 30% of the staff, or about 130 people. The company decided to change its business strategy and reorganize its publishing divisions and development studios.

The demand for literature related to the gaming industry has increased in Russia, “LitRes” reports. In January-October 2023, the service bought 20% more books on such topics than in the same period last year.

On October 27, two indie developers Joe Henson and Joure Visser released the horror DON’T SCREAM into early access on Steam. In a conversation with gaming expert Simon Carless, they talked about the success of the game.

Neil Newbon is an actor who played Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 and received the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023. In his acceptance speech, he admitted that the gaming industry had saved his career.

On Thursday, November 9, the Government of the Russian Federation held a meeting with representatives of the Russian gaming industry. According to Kommersant, it discussed a bill on the mandatory transfer of servers of popular games in the country to Russia.

On the topic “What are the tasks of advertising?” and “Do games need advertising at all?”, the editors of App2Top talked with Kirill Oreshkin, former co—head of the Wargaming advertising agency and author of the course “How to make advertising for games that will work?“.

Amazon Games vice President Christoph Hartmann said in a letter to employees that massive layoffs took place in the Amazon gaming division. The thing is that the company has adjusted its approach to doing business.

The Australian studio Samurai Punk announced the closure. She disbanded the entire team, but promised to continue supporting the games in the foreseeable future.

South Korean publisher Neowiz acquired 21.26% of BLANK Studio. Game Studios, which was opened this spring by several former leading developers from CD PROJEKT RED. The purchase cost the company $17 million.

The GamesIndustry portal studied the data of the Australian Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) and shared statistics on the Australian gaming market for 2022.

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is a mobile adaptation of the original Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs. According to Square Enix, since the release on September 7, 2023, the title has been downloaded more than 7 million times.

Atlus has announced that Persona 5 Strikers has sold 2 million copies. This RPG took almost four years: its release in Japan took place in February 2020, the game reached the global release in February 2021.

The Finnish company Remedy Entertainment has divided the position of Director of Product and Technology into two positions. Now these directions will be led by different people.

This was stated by the former developer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the founder of the Pirate Software indie studio Jason Thor Hall.

Based on the AppMagic database, the App2Top editors have prepared material about the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.

The first details about the upcoming event have been published: It will be held in the capital of Serbia in early December, among the speakers are both veterans of the Western industry and representatives of large local teams. More than 400 companies are expected.