Valve has decided to tighten the rules regarding promotion on Steam. Now game developers can promote only Steam versions of their products on the platform.  Other sites cannot be mentioned.

Chinese industrial giant Tencent has invested in another Western asset. The company became a minority owner of the publisher of hyper-casual games Voodoo. The value of the transaction is unknown. However, it is said that the share was bought at a combined valuation of Voodoo at $1.4 billion.

The war between Epic Games and Apple has entered a new phase. This time, Apple took retaliatory actions. She threatened to delete Epic accounts and block her access to the tools with which the company provides support for Unreal Engine in iOS and Mac.

Google will launch a two-day Mobile Gaming Bootcamp training event about the promotion and development of mobile games tomorrow, August 19. Speakers will talk about the practices of using Google products for gaming: Google Ads, AdMob and Firebase. Belka Games, CarX Technologies, Donut Lab and Appache will also share their insights.

While Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is distributed on PC and PS4, its place on the mobile platform has been taken by a clone called Fall Gang: Knockout. The fake managed to gain 81 thousand downloads before it was removed from the App Store.

Almost 40% of the world’s population are gamers, said the research company DFC Intelligence. Half of the players choose mobile.

The authors of the mobile games Zooba, Tennis Clash and Castle Crush received $120 million as part of the “B” series funding round. The studio will direct money to business development, according to VentureBeat.

Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive has published a financial report for the second quarter (ended June 30). The company still receives its main income from comprehensive global strategies on the PC, but plans to master the mobile market, including with the help of purchased studios.Main results

Analysts called Netflix the “quarantine king” when the company gained 15.8 million subscribers in the first quarter. Six months later, this title passed to the video games and esports market: quotes of public companies in the gaming segment increased by 77%, and Netflix quotes — only by 44%.

The Chinese company Tencent has published a report for the second quarter of 2020 (ended June 30), recording growth in many key indicators. At the same time, the company is not afraid of threats from the United States, explaining this by the low share of the American audience in the company’s total revenues.Key indicators

The investment company 110 Industries, about which we conducted an independent investigation at the beginning of the year, was still able to attract a large tranche. She “raised” $20 million. Among the key investors is Roman Abramovich‘s investment company Norma Investment.

The new Creative Assembly game is selling like hot cakes. During the first hour of the free distribution, it was downloaded 1 million times.

Video games have long been included in the educational process: they teach chemistry, mathematics and other disciplines. But for the first time in history, the game was included in the recommended reading list. Such an achievement managed to get This War of Mine from the Polish 11 bit Studios.

The situation around Fortnite is heating up. First, Apple removed the game from its mobile store, now Google has also arrived. As in the first case, this was immediately followed by a lawsuit from Epic Games, which, apparently, was preparing in advance for the trial.

The story of the confrontation between Apple and Epic Games unfolds at lightning speed. First, in the iOS version of Fortnite, it becomes possible to pay for content directly to developers. After that, Apple immediately removes Fortnite from the App Store. Epic Games immediately sues Apple.

Fortnite can no longer be played on iOS. Apple accused Epic Games of violating the rules and removed its game from the App Store.

Limestone Games and its management have publicly responded to the accusations from former employees. The studio plans to involve the Estonian authorities in the investigation of the situation.

In just four weeks, the series on the network shooter CrossFire has gained almost 1 billion views in China. Such success is associated with the ever-growing interest in esports in the “Celestial Empire”, where professional leagues gather millions of audiences around them. We understand the phenomenon. What happened and why?

The talk around a possible price increase for games for the PS5 and Xbox Series X is not going to subside. This time, the Japanese studio Capcom joined them.