Bethesda Softworks has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian studio Behavior Interactive. The reason was the Westworld mobile game based on the TV series of the same name, developed by Behavior. Bethesda claims that Westworld is an explicit clone of the Fallout Shelter mobile simulator, created based on the source code of the game without the permission of the copyright holder.

Games in the App Store earn more money compared to Google Play, but Apple’s mobile platform does not guarantee high and stable incomes for most iOS title developers. According to the analytical company Apptopia, the revenue of games in the App Store quickly peaks and falls, and three-quarters of all revenue comes from the top 50 box office titles of the store.

The most popular iOS game search queries in the USA are Love Balls and Word Puzzle Game. In Russia, the horror horror films Granny and Grandpa, as well as Helix Jump, are in the top.

Bluehole has acquired Korean developer Delusion Studio. What attracted the authors of the hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to a small studio without an impressive portfolio is still unclear.

A week ago, Valve updated the social functionality of the Steam platform, making it somewhat similar to the online gaming messenger Discord. On June 21, Discord also released an update that allows you to launch games through clients, as well as follow the news and events of friends, which, in turn, brought its capabilities closer to the Valve service.

Nintendo and Microsoft have launched a joint advertising campaign in honor of the release of the Minecraft multiplatform update. “It’s better together,” the competitors assure, while Sony continues to resist and does not allow playing under the same account on different platforms.

According to the analytical company NPD Group, cards with digital codes and gaming accessories became the main engines of growth in the US gaming market in May.

According to eMarketer, the average adult US citizen spends 3 hours and 50 minutes in front of the TV, and uses smartphones for 3 hours and 35 minutes. Analysts are confident that smartphones will bypass TV in 2019.

How does the purchase of traffic using the CPS model work? What are the pitfalls when working with such traffic? Nikolay Marchenko, a media buyer at Mobio, told about this as part of a series of articles “School of Promotion”.

In the monthly top sales of games in the United States, which is compiled by the analytical company NPD Group, the first place was taken by the horror State of Decay 2 from Undead Labs and Microsoft Studios.

The online game Dungeon Fighter Online published by Nexon has earned over $ 10 billion over 13 years of existence. Nexon has revealed revenue data for the flagship title as part of an anniversary event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the launch of Dungeon Fighter Online in China.

A player will not want to buy game items or resources unless they begin to understand what their value is. How can this be achieved?

What is a playable advertisement (or, as it is also called, the interactive format of Playables)? What is it customary to do? What kind of games is it suitable for? I answered these and other questions in an article for App2Top.ru Alexander Dyudyuk, AdColony user engagement specialist.

Games are increasingly addressing specific political and social issues in their plots and settings. However, major publishers seem embarrassed to admit this and constantly insist that their titles are not a political statement. The Polygon publication discussed with industry workers and experts why this is happening.

The revenues of the mobile role-playing MMO game Lineage M from South Korean NCsoft exceeded $ 1.2 billion in the first year of its existence. This is reported by the business publication The Investor.

Streaming startup DLive has released a mobile version of the service for broadcasts for Android. DLive uses the technology of the Steem blockchain platform, created to encourage content authors on social networks using cryptocurrency.

Valve has disabled the ability to sell and exchange game items in online games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 in the Netherlands. The reason was the country’s law prohibiting the circulation of virtual items that can be sold for real money or played as a prize in a gambling game with money bets.

Whether it is worth using blockchain in games and if so, how exactly — market experts will talk about this at the White Nights conference. We suggest that they come up with interesting questions on the topic. The authors of the two best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.

Wanted: a game designer at Cubic Games, an ASO intern at DevGame Studio and a frontend specialist at Ubisoft.