Snapchat messenger will allow third-party developers to create and release games in their application. This is reported by the publication The Information, citing a source close to the Snapchat-owning company Snap Inc. The company itself has not commented on these rumors yet.

Mobile The Sims: Freeplay is banned from distribution in China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt. Electronic Arts does not name a specific reason, but fans are sure that this is due to the opportunity to play LGBT characters.

The credit company LendEDU has studied in detail the habits and expenses of players in the Fortnite freeplay battle royale. Two-thirds of respondents buy in-game content. At the same time, the average Fortnite fan has already spent $84.7 in the game since the beginning of this year.

The MMO action game World of Tanks Blitz has turned four years old, during which time the game has reached 100 million downloads on all platforms.

Developer of the popular “battle royale” PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS studio PUBG Corp. withdrew a lawsuit against Epic Games without explanation. The termination of the case was reported by the business publication Bloomberg.

The international mobile analytics company Adjust has launched a free, open-source tool for evaluating the effectiveness of applications. It is designed to help developers and marketers figure out how successfully their product will show itself on the market.

In 2018, the esports market reached $926.3 million in revenue, and by 2023, industry revenues will grow to $2.17 billion, according to the analytical company Research and Markets.

Now the developers of crypto games will be able to attract an audience again using Facebook – the social network has lifted the ban on advertising cryptocurrencies and related products on the social network.

The global turnover of digital purchases in the video game industry in May 2018 reached $9.1 billion. This is 25% more than the result of May last year, which amounted to $ 7.3 billion, according to the analytical company SuperData Research.

Following Fortnite, PUBG Mobile also introduced season tickets. In the first week after the start of their sales, the revenue of the game increased by 365%, according to the analytical company Sensor Tower.

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The Walking Dead: Season 4 will be the last game made on Telltale Games’ own engine. Sources claim that the company’s new games will be made on Unity.

The developer of the banking software ACI and the analytical company Newzoo investigated the habits of gamers in three countries to understand how and for what they are willing to pay money in video games.

According to a report by the Gaming in Turkey agency, in 2017, the Turkish gaming market earned $810 million, of which $372.4 million came from the mobile segment.

Ubisoft has recently been criticized for touching on political and social issues in games, but is afraid to admit it. Responding to criticism, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that the company really wants players to think about complex and serious topics, but is not going to impose its position on them.

Yesterday, June 25, Playgendary and Appodeal made an announcement. The companies have launched a program of publishing casual games for mobile platforms. Now they are looking for publishing projects.

The author of the not yet released mobile arcade Donut County Ben Esposito (Ben Esposito) accused the French publisher Voodoo of plagiarism. As it turned out, Voodoo managed to make a clone of Donut County and release it in the App Store before the original.

ACHIEVERS HUB and UNIT companies.City has released a guide to the Ukrainian gaming industry. It reveals such questions as: how many gaming teams are there in the country, where are they located, what sources of funding are they using? We provide a brief version of the material.

Premium mobile games rarely achieve the same success as free—to-play titles, but the Monument Valley franchise of Ustwo studio is an exception to the rule. The revenues of the second part of the mobile puzzle in the first year after the release exceeded $10.4 million — twice as much as the first Monument Valley generated in the same period.