SuperData has published a traditional monthly report on video game sales in numbers.

The British Commissioner for Children’s Rights has called for a ban on the sale of any items in games, with the exception of cosmetics. And also recognize loot boxes as a form of gambling and regulate them accordingly.

Last week, Sensor Tower published the top 10 most downloaded hyper-casual games in the world in September. A third of the list is published by Belarusian teams.

Two weeks ago, Asphalt 9: Legends was released on the Nintendo Switch. Its installations in the first week reached 1 million.

Evgeny Gilmanov — Head of Analytics studio Belka Games — in his column for readers App2Top.ru he tells in detail how he built the analytics department in the company.

Almost a year ago, the Satisfaction simulator became an exclusive Epic Games Store. Now the developers of Coffee Stain Studios have stated that since then they have felt great financial independence.

French publisher Anuman Interactive will change its name to Microïds. This is the name of a popular quest developer — more famous than its publisher.

An Xbox Game Pass subscription encourages interest in spending on games. This was stated by the head of ID @ Xbox Agostino Simonetta (Agostino Simonetta).

Playgendary tries its hand not only in hyper-casual development. The company announced the imminent release of the battler “with an emphasis on meta-game”.

The THQ Nordic division has opened in Tokyo. This is the second local distributor created by this publisher.

Saber Interactive Studio, partially based in Russia, has acquired a Portuguese developer. He will be engaged in two unannounced projects for PC and consoles.

Unity Technologies will change the cost of Unity Pro and Unity Plus subscriptions for the first time. The changes will take effect on January 1, 2020.

After Fortnite was turned off for two days, its income in the App Store grew seriously. A day after the new update “Chapter 2”, she earned 141% more on iOS than before it.

French Madbox has closed the first round of financing. The startup, whose mobile games have gained 100 million instals, managed to attract $16.5 million.

On October 16-17, the White Nights conference was held in Moscow. During these two days, 1,500 participants visited it — 200 more people than a year earlier.

The Russian studio Owlcat Games has announced its independence. Previously, it was among the internal studios of MY.GAMES, a gaming brand Mail.Ru Group.

A Chinese user left $ 150 thousand in the game developer Space Ape Games. In this regard, the studio explained its approach to monetization of titles.

Blizzard has banned three more Hearthstone players. Last week, they called for a boycott of the company during a student tournament on this game.

In Germany, the process of blocking Coin Master slots has begun. The famous satirist attracted the attention of the German authorities to the project and its monetization system.