Another price increase. Apple has warned about plans to increase the price tags for applications in several countries at once, including Russia.

Alibaba Group declined to name the positions because they negatively affect internal communication and initiative within the company. They were replaced with so-called “functions”.In Russia, Cainiao Network, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, joined this experiment.

The organizer of esports events from the “Celestial Empire” Versus Programming Network (VSPN) held a Series B funding round for $ 100 million. Now the company plans, among other things, to build an esports research institute.

You can find out what challenges a game producer should be ready for from the Pixonic test assignment published today. The document was published on Facebook Maxim Fomichev, who heads the War Robots project in the studio.

Facebook is entering the cloud gaming market. The company has launched its own free service focused not on AAA projects, but mainly on mobile games. At the same time, due to Apple restrictions, iOS users will be deprived of this feature.The launch of the cloud service was announced by Jason Rubin, Facebook’s vice president for games and co-founder of Naughty Dog studio.

While developers are making puzzles and platformers, Steam users are buying up 4X strategies. Game designer Chris Zukowski drew parallels between the number of games in the genre and its average income.

Valve may be preparing to merge the Chinese and global versions of Steam. If this happens, many developers will no longer be able to sell games in China without the approval of the local government (now only dozens of foreign titles are licensed per year).Prerequisites for the merger and possible consequences

Another analytics tool has been activated. It’s called SocialPeta. The service allows you to monitor the advertising activity of competitors in the mobile market. Fiona Long, one of the project managers, tells us more about it.

The new IDFA rules and their implications for the mobile market are being actively discussed by developers and marketers. On October 29, Tenjin’s speaker will speak at the WN Fall’20 conference and talk about how to prepare for changes in the personal data collection policy.

The trial of Epic and Apple is still more than six months away. Meanwhile, the owners of Fortnite are making another loud statement. This time, the developers claim that they have never “stolen” anything from Apple — the unpaid commission rightfully belongs to them.

MY.GAMES has prepared a report for the third quarter of 2020. During this period, the brand earned 10.672 billion rubles ($139 million). At the same time, the share of foreign revenue turned out to be a record.General figures

Mobile publisher Scopely is expanding its presence in Spain. Among the publisher’s new assets is developer Genjoy, who recently released the match—3 puzzle Tuscany Villa.

SuperData analysts summed up the results of September in a fresh review of the digital games market. Among the most successful projects of the month are Among Us, NBA 2K21 and others.

Streamers should deduct part of their revenue to the developers of the games they broadcast, according to Alex Hutchinson, creative director of Stadia Games and Entertainment. His statement provoked thousands of angry comments, and Google representatives hastily disavowed his statements.How did it all start?

Dragalia Lost has become Nintendo‘s fourth most profitable mobile title. In the two years since its release, the game has earned almost $ 150 million, according to Sensor Tower.

Swedish mobile developer MAG Interactive has prepared a report for the fiscal year. The company’s net sales revenue amounted to KSEK 217.5 million ($25 million). This is 26% more than a year ago.

Discussing the success of Genshin Impact. The other day it became known that only the mobile version of the game collected $ 140 million. Alexander Bazhan, Head of the Game Analytics and Design Department at My.Games Venture Capital, helped us figure out the secret of Genshin Impact.

The launch of the Call of Duty: Mobile shooter took place in October 2019. Since then, the number of installations of the game has exceeded 300 million.

Roblox’s total revenue on mobile devices exceeded $2 billion, according to Sensor Tower. The company passed a new checkpoint shortly after it announced its IPO.Roblox earned its first “mobile” billion last year.