We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a data analyst at Dankolab, a senior-level C++ developer at Daily Magic and an editor of a B2B publication (App2Top.ru ) in WN Media Group.

The heads of Two Point Studios mentioned the achievement of the hospital simulator in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz . They stated that they initially expected to sell only 650 thousand copies of Two Point Hospital, but thanks to the release of the Game Pass, they were able to interest significantly more people.

Animoca Brands has shared its financial report. In particular, she said that during her entire work (and until April 30, 2022), she managed to make over three hundred investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain gaming companies.

In China, they did not arrange another “freeze” with the issuance of licenses for online games. Today, the government has published a new list of projects approved for release in the country. This is reported by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

Apple has summed up the results of the Apple Design Award 2022. She published a list with applications that she considered the best in terms of design. This year it included six games.

On June 6, Apple opened the WWDC 2022 conference, during which, among other things, it announced iOS 16. Soon one of the developers noticed that the beta of the new version of the operating system supports controllers for the Nintendo Switch.

According to the VGC portal, the new company is called Nintendo Studios. Mention of it was found on the website of the US Copyright Office — in documents dedicated to the upcoming animated film based on Super Mario.

A new gaming union has appeared. Yesterday, employees of the outsourcer Keywords Studios voted unanimously for the merger.

Indie publisher Annapurna Interactive is still going to start developing games. The company announced the launch of an internal studio in October 2020, but only now has hired employees for key positions.

In March, many gaming companies left Russia and disabled payments for local gamers in their projects. Scammers decided to take advantage of this. The Group-IB company found 246 sites where it is allegedly possible to buy in—game currency or cards to replenish the wallet in the PlayStation Store – with their help, attackers steal bank card data.

Tim Sweeney is dissatisfied with the existence of the Fortnite Token cryptocurrency. The head of Epic Games called it a fraud and said that these tokens violate the company’s copyrights. However, the creators of Fortnite Token disagree with the accusations.

In early May, Square Enix announced that it would sell Embracer Group to Crystal Dynamics studios, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montreal and several franchises for $300 million. The company recently clarified that it is not going to spend the funds from the transaction on NFT and blockchain, although it will now pay more attention to these areas.

She, along with Animoca Brands, Griffin Gaming Partners and a number of other investors, invested in the Oxalis Games studio. The total investment amount is $4.5 million.

The key investor was the Play Ventures venture fund. Together with him, the startup was supported by 500 Global and the founders of Next Games and Tripledot Studios.

Pokémon Go came out six years ago and is still making great money. On average, a game about pocket monsters receives $ 1 billion per year, according to Sensor Tower analysts.

Tenjin and Growth FullStack have published the full version of the mobile marketing report ahead of WWDC 2022. In particular, they said that after Apple changed its privacy policy, 63% of advertisers among games redistributed their budgets in favor of Android.

The British publisher PlayStack has announced a new purchase. He was joined by the mobile studio Magic Fuel Games, known for the games Fort Stars and Love Cooking. How much the takeover cost is not disclosed.

By the end of May App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

On March 30, the film “Sonic 2 in the cinema” was released, which then showed the best debut in the United States among video game films. The authors of the mobile runner Sonic Forces: Speed Battle took advantage of his success. As calculated in data.ai April was the best month in the history of the game both in terms of downloads and cash.