AdColony asked game developers what type of monetization is responsible for most of the revenue. According to their estimates, 44% of revenue comes from video advertising, the share of micropayments is slightly more than a quarter.

E3 in its current form is uncomfortable and uninteresting to the audience, according to Geoff Keighley, founder of The Game Awards. He was one of the organizers of the exhibition, but decided to ignore it for the first time in 25 years.

Swedish Ghost Games will be transferred from game development to servicing other EA divisions. In recent years, the developer has been making games of the Need for Speed series. Now the franchise will return to Criterion Studio.

The new isometric role-playing game of the Russian team Owlcat Games shows excellent results during the crowdfunding campaign. Since its launch on February 4, the project has attracted a million dollars.

Available exclusively in South Korea, the Lineage 2M mobile novelty is among the top 10 highest-grossing games in the world for the second month in a row. Since the release on November 25, her earnings have reached $152 million.

Samsung and Xbox have entered into a partnership in the field of cloud gaming. The companies are working together on a kind of streaming solution.

AppLovin marketing company has invested in two game studios. Its new strategic partners are Clipwire Games and Geewa, specializing in mobile.

On February 6, Stoneshard from the Russian Ink Stains Games was released in early Steam access. Now the project is on the 5th place in the regional top of the highest-grossing games of the week.

Sony will offer players to beat difficult bosses using IAP. The company is trying to patent the corresponding AI assistant.

The ironSource network has recently opened its own gaming company — Supersonic Games. It already develops and publishes mobile games with advertising monetization.

Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen summed up the results of 2019. In his post on the official website of the company, he talked about maintaining the previous principles of development and shared information about the studio’s revenue.

Tencent is once again investing in the West. The publishing house was supported by the German studio Yager Development.

The purchase of Insomniac Games cost Sony $229 million. The deal was reported in the summer, but its value became known only now.

By the end of January App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

The System Shock 3 team was disbanded, the project remained unfinished. And it seems that the future of the OtherSide Entertainment studio itself is under threat.

How do Russian residents behave in mobile games, how much they pay and what kind of conversion they show, — the analytical service myTracker recently told.

The income of the New Zealand game dev for the 2019 fiscal year exceeded $131 million. Since 2017, the turnover of the local industry has more than doubled.

Nexon will raise the salaries of its employees at the request of the union. Before that, no publisher in South Korea had openly declared such intentions.

How often do people move to a new job in the gaming industry, what factors influence this, how widespread is “hunting” — these and many other questions are answered by the results of a study that we jointly conducted App2Top.ru and a job search service TalentsInGames.com .