By 2020, digital copies have become more in demand in console retail. Major publishers now sell more digital than disc versions.

PC games, which used to dominate in these countries, began to give way to mobile, according to Niko Partners. Over the past two years, mobile games revenue has grown by $135 million, and PC games – by $35 million.

The annual turnover of the Arab Emirates gaming market is $283 million. Half of this amount is accounted for by mobile, — the analytical company Newzoo reports in the latest study.

In early July, the GMTK Game Jam was held, where 5,400 teams competed in creating games. According to the survey results, most of the participants used the Unity engine. But there is a caveat – two-thirds of the best games are made on GameMaker.

On July 31, the ChinaJoy Gaming Exhibition and Conference opened in China. One of the directors of the Propaganda Department spoke at it. He outlined how the situation with the gaming market in the country looks from the point of view of the Chinese government.

Seasonal sales growth and coronavirus have made June a fruitful month for the gaming industry, SuperData reports in a recent review. It brought in 3% more revenue than May ($10.2 billion) and 9% more than last year’s June ($9.6 billion).

Publisher Electronic Arts summed up the financial results for April-June. The period turned out to be very successful for the company. One of the main drivers of growth was the PC games market.

Developers of games for Odnoklassniki now do not need to resort to myTarget for promotion. The social network has launched an internal advertising cabinet for setting up UA campaigns for gaming products.

Former top manager of the marketing companies Yeahmobi and glispa Michael Levin launched Betastage Capital. This is a venture fund that is ready to invest in mobile games from $ 50 thousand to $ 1 million.

While Epic Games is investing in Blender, Autodesk has reduced the cost of Maya and 3ds Max packages for indie studios by 6 times.

For the second month in a row, the Indian government bans Chinese apps. More than 100 are blocked, another 275 may be banned. Among them is the mobile blockbuster PUBG Mobile.

The gaming industry has repeatedly discussed how much E3 is needed. But this year, the world was able to see in practice that the big players are coping on their own, SuperData reports.

The MobyGames portal shared impressive figures: together with the developers of Naughty Dog, 14 more external studios worked on the continuation of the 2013 hit.

While non-gaming companies are counting losses from COVID-19, Roblox is making a loud statement at the annual RDC conference. By the end of 2020, its developer community will earn 2 times more than a year ago.

A 74-page review of the “Computer Games Industry 2020” from the Higher School of Economics and the Development Center Institute has been published. More than half of the study is devoted to the Russian game rendezvous.

Last week, VKontakte announced the appearance of a catalog of downloadable games on its pages. We asked about the working conditions with the initiative Elizaveta Zharkova, Head of development and support of the gaming platform.

The Russian community “Gamnet” asked to simplify the procedure for transferring rights to create games with the atmosphere of Soviet films. The Ministry of Economic Development is ready to discuss the problem.

Nekki has announced the launch of open beta testing of Cascadeur. This is a software for creating realistic character animations. The OBT version of Cascadeur can be used for free for the development of commercial projects. Special permission from Nekki is not required for this.

The European government is eyeing the video game market. The other day, his Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection published the results of an investigation on the topic of loot boxes. The document suggests a different look at the control of this area. Among the key proposals: not to be limited by gambling legislation.