The Cat Quest franchise is a mix of a casual game about kittens and a serious RPG, which brought its developer The Gentlebros 1.3 million downloads and $3.8 million in profit. The founder of the studio shared the story of falls and success in an interview with Tech in Asia.

To use the Oculus VR headset, you now need a Facebook profile. Since October of this year, new users will not be able to create their own Oculus account, and support for old accounts will cease in 2023.

The publisher of Take-Two is going to buy the New York studio Playdots for $ 192 million. The latter develops minimalistic mobile games.

In the Playrix family of casual match-games, replenishment should be expected very soon. The company has launched a new game — Farmscapes within the framework of sotflonch. This is a traditional game for the Scapes series with a plot and meta about decoration, but with one key difference — a new basic mechanics.

Turkey’s economy is going through hard times, but this does not prevent the gaming segment from flourishing. Over the past five years, Turkish startups related to mobile games have received investments of $2.4 billion.

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.