The titles of the Troll Face Quest franchise on mobile have gained more than 100 million downloads. This was announced by the publishing company Spil Games, noting that 90% of the installations of their games are organic.

The acquisition of Gram Games mobile games studio cost Zynga $250 million, becoming the most expensive purchase of the company in recent years.

A selection of comments and conspiracy theories of social media users about PUBG Corp.’s lawsuit against Epic Games.

Mobile hit Pokémon GO studio Niantic has passed the milestone of 800 million downloads. This was announced by the head of The Pokémon Company publishing house Tsunekazu Ishihara at a press conference in Tokyo.

In cooperation with the Finnish startup TeacherGaming, the Swedish company Paradox Interactive has developed an educational version of its urban planning simulator Cities: Skylines, on the basis of which school lessons can be conducted. 

The Irish provider of technical services for game developers Keyword Studios has acquired the creative agency Fire Without Smoke for $6.9 million (£5.2 million).

The success of Pokémon GO has had a strong impact on the Pokémon Company: its just-announced titles, announced for the Nintendo Switch, are somehow repelled by the development of Niantic.

The PayPal payment system and the analytical company SuperData Research studied the costs of gamers: how much they spend on buying games and game content, how much they donate to game streamers and where they prefer to buy new titles.

Wanted: Special effects designer at Belka Games, lead Unity developer at FunCorp and lead level designer at Azur Games.

Former Ubisoft executive producer Stefan Delacroix (Stéphane Decroix) has been appointed head of game development at the Swedish company Starbreeze. At Ubisoft, Delacroix worked on the Watch Dogs franchise, and at Starbreeze he will be responsible for the development of The Walking Dead, Crossfire, Payday and other titles.

The private equity fund of Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks, turned its attention to the gaming market and invested $200 million in the French developer and publisher of mobile games Voodoo.

The British developer and publisher of video games Codemasters officially goes on the stock exchange this week. According to preliminary estimates, the market value of the creators of the DiRT and GRID racing franchises was £280 million ($373 million).

The net profit of the publisher of the Pokémon franchise in 2017 decreased by 55%, but still became the second largest in the history of the company. This was reported by game analyst Serkan Toto, referring to information from the Japanese government publication Official Gazette.

Role-playing hack and slash from the creators Dead or Alive sold two million copies on Playstation 4 and PC, despite the failed launch of the desktop version.

As part of White Nights, a round table on esports will be held in St. Petersburg. Wargaming, Epic Games, ESforce, VKontakte and BuzzGuru will take part in it. We suggest that they come up with questions related to esports and the development of esports games. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.

The creators of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS have filed a lawsuit against Epic Games. South Korean studio PUBG Corp. accuses the authors of Fortnite of encroaching on their intellectual property — they believe that Fortnite Battle Royale is too similar to PUBG.

Apple’s senior vice President of Marketing Phil Schiller explained why Valve’s app for launching games on mobile devices from Steam was not allowed in the App Store.

The mechanics of loot boxes cannot be recognized as a form of gambling, and their legal prohibitions limit the possibilities of the game industry to test new business models, said Mike Gallagher, president of the American Association of Software and Games Manufacturers.

The founder of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, believes that casual genres are losing leadership on mobile platforms. In his opinion, gamers have outgrown the fascination with simple titles and expect a more comprehensive experience from mobile games. This trend is one of the main reasons for the success of Fortnite’s “battle royale” on mobile.