Based on the AppMagic database, App2Top editors have prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games in April.

Chinese App Store users spent $32.07 million in Honkai: Star Rail in 12 days after the game was released. This figure was shared by the Honkai Lab portal.

Sony has changed its mind about releasing an unannounced sci-fi shooter, which was developed by Final Strike Games. This is reported by Twitter user Timur222 with reference to a former employee of the studio.

Capcom reported for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. She set several records at once, against which the value of the company’s shares reached a historic high.

Age of Wonders 4 has set a record for the fastest sales of games in the series. Triumph Studios announced that in less than a week since the release of the strategy has sold 250 thousand copies.

In the first quarter, Russians bought game consoles much more actively than in January-March 2022. According to retailers’ estimates, demand has doubled over the year.

Electronic Arts (EA) is pleased with the performance of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In a conversation with investors following the results of the last financial year, the head of the company, Andrew Wilson, said that the game showed a very strong start.

Nintendo announced a slowdown in Switch sales, Sony decided to close the PixelOpus studio, Redfall became the most popular game in the Russian Game Pass, — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

Nintendo does not plan to finally leave Russia until at least the end of 2025. TASS, with reference to the annual report of <url>, reports that all this time it will maintain a minimal presence in the country.

Warner Bros. Discovery summed up the results of the first quarter of 2023. In the report, she said that the release of Hogwarts Legacy was the largest in the history of the gaming division.

Riot Games and Activision Blizzard have started paying compensation to former and current employees who have suffered discrimination and harassment in the workplace. This is reported by Axios, who studied the court documents.

Supercell has made another investment. She became an investor in the Finnish studio Phantom Gamelabs, founded in 2022 by former developers from Zynga, Rovio, Kopla Games and a number of other gaming companies.

From April 14 to April 19, Ironmace studio conducted the fifth alpha test of Dark and Darker, which could be accessed by downloading the action build via Torrent. The other day, the developers shared testing statistics.

Voodoo is pleased with the results of its hybrid casual games. The company said that now it has 10 successful projects in its portfolio, each of which consistently brings in $ 20-100 million a year.

Niantic commented on the data of the AppMagic service, according to which in April the monthly revenue of Pokémon Go fell to $34.7 million — the lowest level in five years. According to the company, this information is incorrect.

Mike Acton has announced his departure from Unity. He was responsible for the development of DOTS, a stack of information—oriented technologies.

Eduard Kumykov, founder and CEO of GOOO.GAMES, shared his experience of developing and launching a casual game on Russian web platforms with App2Top.

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: senior game designer at Playkot, game designer of hyper-casual games at Azur Games and sound designer at ExoGenesis.

Last week, Nightdive Studios, working on a remake of System Shock, posted art on Twitter with SHODAN, an artificial intelligence from the game. The studio boasted that it created this image with the help of Midjourney. After that, she immediately came under a barrage of criticism.