The expenses of mobile players in the children’s social MMO Roblox for all time exceeded $750 million. Soon the game will earn even more: it will be released on the Chinese market.

The DataMagic analytical service has an original function. Its users can now single out mobile publishers by region and country. For example, to display a list of the most earning teams from Russia.

From the sensational fashion for Dota 2, a mobile game was made — Auto Chess. The project was released in a softlonch on Google Play. The new product is not yet available on iOS.

The marketing company Soomla told how much the value of the advertising LTV jumps depending on the region, advertising network, OS version, as well as the brand and model of the mobile device.

The subscription business model does not suit the gaming industry as well as the TV services market. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick.

Organizers White Nights is launching another series of conferences. It’s called Talents In Games. Its target audience is gaming specialists who are directly involved in development.

Swedish Raw Fury has acquired the rights to the Kingdom series of games. The original game was Raw Fury’s first project as a publisher.

In addition to the changes in the Google Play rules, which App2Top.ru listed yesterday, Google clarified the list of prohibited content. In this regard, loot boxes are banned, unless the chance of obtaining valuable items is indicated in the game.

On the eve of E3, Microsoft made a loud announcement. The Xbox Game Pass subscription, which opens access to an extensive gaming library of new products for a monthly fee, will be available to PC users. In addition, future projects of the company’s internal studios will no longer be Microsoft Store exclusives on PC. They (including Gears 5) can be purchased on Steam.

Several major retailers in the United States sold out their entire Oculus Quest circulation in a week. The headset was thrown on the shelves on May 21.

Facebook continues to develop its Audience Network advertising network. Over the past year, the number of gaming companies registered in it has increased by 1.5 times. For them, the social network has prepared several new features related to game monetization.

Total War: Three Kingdoms sales exceeded one million copies in less than a week after its release. The title is named the fastest-selling in the series.

The gaming part of the holding Mail.ru Group — MY.GAMES — has announced its plans to buy a controlling stake in Panzerdog. Earlier, the investment division of the group, MRGV, invested € 800 thousand in the studio.

Google has notified developers about changes in the Google Play rules. They are aimed at protecting children from content that is not intended for them.

Russian IT giant Mail.Ru The Group has announced the launch of a new brand. It’s called MY.GAMES. Now it is on his behalf that all the company’s game projects will be released.

Moonlighter and Frostpunk turned out to have excellent sales. This allowed their publisher — Polish 11 bit Studios — to abandon investment restrictions. This was stated by its director of publication Pavel Feldman (Paweł Feldman).

Now the main driver of Finnish Rovio’s income is games. But there was a time when licensing brought half of Rovio’s revenue. Stephen Porter, its marketing director, told about how the company’s gaming and licensing business was changing.

Russian social networks are actively promoting the development of mobile HTML5 games. The other day, Odnoklassniki and VKontakte announced a contest for their creators. They promise money and traffic.

For the last two weeks, the top of the most downloaded hyper-casual games has been headed by the Russian game. The project is called Stack Ball and is published by Azur Games.