Polish CD Projekt has prepared a report for the first half of 2020. The company increased revenue by 69% thanks to sales of The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch, GWENT on iOS and demand for Cyberpunk 2077 merch. The release of the latest title is still planned for November.

Advertising companies and application developers took a deep breath. Apple has said it will not introduce new data privacy rules this year.

A new Newzoo study has shown the dynamics of the cloud gaming market. It is assumed that by the end of this year, revenue from such services will reach half a billion dollars. At the same time, this area still has a lot of problems that companies have yet to solve.General data and forecasts

The analytical company DFC Intelligence has calculated how COVID-19 has affected the industry. This time, the focus is on console game publishers. Spoiler: companies have record growth for the fifth year in a row.

Developers from the Thunder Lotus studio, who released the “cozy death game” Spiritfarer, were criticized online and forced to apologize. Users felt that the storyline of one of the characters offends people with disabilities.

Wanted: C++ programmer at Playrix, senior rendering artist at RJ Games and senior level designer at metroidvaniya for consoles at MY.GAMES.

Sensor Tower analyzed the revenue of battle royales on mobile platforms up to August 13, 2020 – the day when Fortnite was removed from the App Store and Google Play. It turned out that the Epic Games game in the world, although it earned over $ 1 billion, was seriously lagging behind competitors in terms of revenue.General data on battle royals

Representatives of Tencent during an online lecture told how the cheat market in China works. The joint actions of the company and the government to combat illegal gaming software do not interfere with the growth of demand. Now this business in the country is estimated at $293 million.Basic market data

The Skillz mobile esports platform will appear on the New York Stock Exchange this fall. The company’s entry into the market will be helped by the Spacefaring Eagle Acquisition, which has previously estimated Skillz at $3.5 billion.

Yesterday, on September 1, a bill was registered and sent to the Chairman of the State Duma proposing to limit the commission of all app stores to 20%. In the comments for App2Top.ru Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov & Pevzner law firm, spoke about the problems of the initiative.

In Russia, the rapid growth of sales of video game toys continues — over the past year they have increased 3.5 times. At the same time, a new study by The NPD Group notes stagnation in the toy market for films and cartoons.Highlights of the report

App Annie analytical company has released Game IQ, a service that classifies mobile games by categories, genres, subgenres and various tags (monetization model, game style, etc.). According to the idea, this will help publishers better understand the target audience.

The Indian government has taken drastic measures after all. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the country announced the blocking of 118 mobile applications created by Chinese companies. Blockbusters such as PUBG Mobile, Game of Sultans and Rise of Kingdoms were banned, among others.

In the new Ubisoft mobile project, a raised black fist was used to designate a terrorist group. Now he is a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement, and therefore many have accused the French of racism. As a result, the company had to apologize.What happened?

The developer and publisher of casual games Big Fish Games has announced the reduction of almost half of its employees. According to the official position, this will allow the company to respond more flexibly to market demands.

Warner Bros. Gaming Division It will remain in the AT&T structure. The company is not going to be sold for several reasons, including the potential success of future game releases and plans to repay the huge debt of the media conglomerate.According to Bloomberg sources familiar with the situation, AT&T considered Warner Bros.

The tenth birthday was the last for the Dutch indie studio Vlambeer. The developers of Nuclear Throne and Ridiculous Fishing announced the closure of the project, but promised to release the Ultrabugs game anyway.

State Duma deputy Fyodor Tumusov introduced a bill “On the marketplace”. It proposes to limit the commission to 20% in all stores operating in Russia. Of these percentages, a third of the amount will have to go “to a special fund for training personnel in the field of computer technology.”

What do publishers of hyper-casual games expect from developers? The general manager of Supersonic Studios answered this question and told why marketing in this area is more important than development. We have selected the main tips from his material.Nadav Ashkenazy, who took over Supersonic in February this year, wrote a column for GamesIndustry.biz .