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Business March 31, 2021

505 Games acquired the rights to Ghostrunner for €5 million

Polish publisher All In Games has sold the rights to the Ghostrunner game franchise to the Italian publisher 505 Games. The transaction amount is relatively small. IP was estimated at €5 million.
Business March 31, 2021

CD Projekt shares fell by 13% after the presentation of the new strategy

Yesterday’s announcement of the new strategy had a negative impact on CD Projekt shares. Analysts believe that it lacks specifics. Serkan Toto, CEO of the consulting firm Kantan Games, was one of the first to draw attention to the fall.
Blockchain March 31, 2021

The creators of the CryptoKitties crypto game have attracted investments worth $ 305 million. Why and how did this happen?

Dapper Labs, a company known for the CryptoKitties game, is developing a new blockchain project. It’s called NBA Top Shot, its audience is approaching the one million mark and investors believe in it. In the latest funding round, Dapper Labs raised $305 million. We tell you how it happened.
Vacancies March 31, 2021

Vacancies of the week (March 31)

Wanted: Lead recruiter at WN Media Group, producer at Playkot and VFX artist at Playrix.
Investments and transactions March 31, 2021

Graffiti Games raised $1.5 million to publish indie games

The Canadian publisher Graffiti Games, specializing in small and easily recouped titles, received investments of $ 1.5 million. This amount will be spent on publishing games from independent developers.Blue Fire
Business March 31, 2021

CD Projekt bought Digital Scapes studio, which helped with the development of Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt is expanding. The company announced the acquisition of the Canadian studio Digital Scapes, which it calls one of its key partners. In particular, she participated in the development of Cyberpunk 2077.
Business March 30, 2021

CD PROJEKT changes the strategy. We tell you exactly how

On March 30, the Polish holding CD PROJEKT presented a new development strategy. Its key goal is to transform the game studio so that it can simultaneously develop several AAA games.
Developer's Library March 30, 2021

Developer Library: what is an IPO and why do they resort to it?

What is an IPO, how else do they enter the stock market and why do they do it at all, — he told in his column on App2Top.ru Kirill Perevozchikov, Managing Partner of the White Label PR communication agency.
Games March 30, 2021

The Dota 2 anime series briefly boosted the popularity of one of the game’s characters

The animated series “DOTA: Dragon’s Blood” (DOTA: Dragon’s Blood) almost did not attract new players to Dota 2. However, the main character of the Netflix project has increased the popularity of one of the game’s characters in matches by several points.
Games March 30, 2021

Sensor Tower: the number of downloads of Crash Bandicoot: On the Run exceeded 25 million

Mobile runner Crash Bandicoot: On the Run has become a big hit in less than a week. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, the King game has already been downloaded over 25 million times since its release.Crash Bandicoot: On the Run overcame the mark of 22 million installations in just four days — from March 25 to 28.
Industry March 30, 2021

Activision Blizzard has appointed a former CIA Director of Operations to the managing position

Brian Bulatao became the new administrative director of Activision Blizzard. Previously, he was the CIA’s Director of Operations and worked in the Donald Trump administration. The company itself did not announce the appointment publicly.Brian Bulatao (source: Exchanges Photos)
Industry March 30, 2021

The authors of Pokémon GO are working on their own AR glasses

Niantic, known for the Pokémon GO game, continues to invest in augmented reality technology. The studio showed an image of its AR-glasses, but the timing of the release of the device is still unknown.The image was shared on Twitter by Niantic CEO John Hanke.
Business March 29, 2021

Tencent acquired a stake in Chinese Game Science amid the unfavorable situation in the United States

The world leader buys a local indie studio a week after a new law is passed in the United States, which strikes at all public Chinese companies.
Money March 29, 2021

Nexon has invested $874 million in Hasbro, Bandai Namco, Konami and Sega Sammy

The company plans to spend several hundred million more.
Money March 29, 2021

Sony will reward Japanese employees with bonuses in light of the success of the PS5 — we are talking about tens of thousands of dollars

In the wake of the record-breaking launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has decided to increase the amount of annual bonuses for its Japanese employees. This time they will be able to count on a bonus equal to the salary for seven months.This was reported by GameRant with reference to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.
Investments and transactions March 29, 2021

Nordisk Games acquired a third of the studio that developed Until Dawn and Man of Medan

Nordisk Games continues to invest in game developers. This time, the Danish company acquired 30.7% of the indie studio Supermassive Games. She is known for the horror Until Dawn and The Dark Picture Anthology series of games.Nordisk Games, which is part of Nordisk Film, announced the deal on March 29.
Analytics March 29, 2021

The Russian video game market in 2020 grew by 35% to 163.4 billion rubles ($2.2 billion)

The growth in dollar terms turned out to be significantly less.
Games March 29, 2021

Crash Bandicoot mobile runner: On the Run was downloaded over 8 million times in a day

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run is a mobile runner developed by King. During the first day after the official release, the game was downloaded more than 8 million times. Taking into account the early launch on iOS, which took place on March 23, the runner has already been downloaded 11.4 million times in total.
Industry March 26, 2021

Tencent has removed the skins of the British brand Burberry from Honor of Kings. The reason is the rejection of cotton from Xinjiang

In China, partnerships with Western brands that do not want to buy cotton from Xinjiang have begun to be massively terminated. Among others, gaming companies joined the boycott. For example, Tencent. Yesterday, the industrial giant removed skins made by the British luxury brand Burberry from its Honor of Kings game.
Conferences March 26, 2021

WN Media Group will hold two conferences in China — online and hybrid

Two business events for gaming companies have been announced. WN China Online will be held from April 26 to May 14. It will end with an offline conference in Shanghai on May 13-14. We tell you what to expect from them.
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