Why gaming companies need EULA, what it happens, what you should pay attention to when preparing it for the game, — Svetlana Gordey and Daria Savko, specialists of REVERA law firm, told in their column for App2Top.
Google has finally responded to the extensive (and, in some places, wild) list of remedies proposed by Epic Games. The company called the demands unnecessary, arguing that they “would make it nearly impossible for Google to compete.”
The publisher of Private Division, specializing in low- and medium-budget games, has parted with a significant number of employees. This is reported by GamesIndustry with reference to its own sources.
The year 2024 has started very well for Brawl Stars. According to AppMagic, in the first four months, the Supercell game earned over $169.8 million from the IAP, after paying mobile store fees and taxes.
Dutch developer Paladin Studios has announced the end of its 19-year journey. The company has established itself through collaborations with renown partners such as Nintendo, ZeptoLab, and Apple.
On May 2, Odd Meter studio and publisher 11 bit studios released a PC version of INDIKA, a surreal adventure about a nun in an alternative Russia of the late 19th century. On the day of release, the game attracted 1,200 Steam users at the same time.
The GitHub team deleted 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator for games from the Nintendo Switch handheld console. She did this after receiving just one, but voluminous DMCA complaint from Nintendo.
The Dutch studio Paladin Studios, noted for its work on Cut The Rope Remastered, Stormbound and Amazing Katamari Damacy, has announced its closure.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby is a mix of life simulator and horse racing, the action of which is built around pony girls. At the end of February, the game turned three years old. With a slight delay, Sensor Tower analysts shared the indicators of the mobile version of the project.
Based on the AppMagic database, the editors of App2Top have prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.
Game companies laid off at least 1,003 employees in April 2024. The industry continues to go through a tough period, with hundreds of jobs being cut every month.
In February, Sony announced plans to lay off 900 employees of the gaming division. Alex Barnes, game director from the British studio Firesprite, wrote on social networks that he was among the dismissed specialists.
Last month, the gaming industry continued to be stormed. According to the Game Industry Layoffs portal, in April, gaming companies fired or announced the dismissal of at least 1003 people.
Unity continues to improve its engine. She released a preview version of Unity 6 with accelerated rendering, artificial intelligence-based tools and various optimizations for multiplayer games.
Unity has finally appointed a new CEO following the resignation of John Riccitiello last year. Here is everything to know about the executive.
Unity has found a successor to John Riccitiello, who left the post of CEO in the fall of 2023 after a scandal with an updated pricing policy. She announced that from May 15, 2024, this position will be held by Matthew Bromberg.
Take-Two has decided to close the authors of the Kerbal Space Program 2 and Rollerdrome, Tencent has tripled its share in Remedy, South Korea has prepared a five—year plan to support console games - we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.
In March 2024, Kingdom Come: Deliverance was released on the Nintendo Switch. The original version of this historical action role-playing game was released back in 2018. Zhanna Goranskaya, Director of Business Development at Saber Interactive in the CIS and Eastern Europe, told in her column for App2Top about how the work on the port was going on.
South Korean mobile publisher JOYCITY has partnered with UA platform Gamelight to expand the player base of its title World War: Machines Conquest in certain regions. The main goal was to maximize the ROAS growth.
Belka Games has joined a growing list of studios that have conducted mass layoffs this year. The Cyprus-based mobile developer decided to cut several dozen workers.
According to the Serbian Gaming Association (SGA), there are 3,400 registered game developers in the country by the end of 2023. This is 98% more than it was a year earlier. At that time, there were 1,700 specialists in the local industry.
The Swedish holding company Thunderful Group continues to dispose of assets. A month after the sale of the publisher Headup Games, the company agreed to sell Nordic Game Supply.
At the beginning of the week, the authors of the Songs of Conquest turn-based strategy inspired by Heroes of Might and Magic announced that the game will reach release on May 20, 2024. After that, gamers began to actively add the title to their wish lists.
Job search ads from Belka Games employees began appearing en masse on LinkedIn yesterday. Judging by them, the cuts primarily affected line specialists.
Songs of Conquest, a turn-based strategy game inspired by classic titles in the genre, will leave Early Access next month. Judging by its metrics, it is in for a really strong launch.
The GEM Capital team has expanded, according to VentureBeat. The advisory board of the investment group includes the CEOs of three companies at once: Mundfish, Gameram and AppMagic.
The developers of soulslike about the hermit crab Another Crab’s Treasure announced that the initial sales and reception of the game exceeded their wildest expectations.
On the evening of April 26, the medieval town planner Manor Lords was released in early access — the most desired game on Steam in recent times, which has collected more than 3 million vishlist. His online immediately grew to huge values.
Manor Lords, which was the most wishlisted upcoming game on Steam, has just launched in Early Access. It has already amassed a huge audience in just the first few hours, so let’s take a closer look at the numbers.
Market intelligence platform InvestGame has analyzed gaming deal activity in the first quarter of 2024. Here are the key trends for various segments, including acquisitions and private investments.
The analytical company InvestGame has published a report on gaming transactions based on the results of the first quarter of 2024: we are talking about private investments, M&A and public offerings. According to the report, investors remain cautious, but there are signs of improvement in the market situation.
Pokémon GO has been leading the AR segment on mobile for eight years now. According to AppMagic, the game has surpassed $8 billion in lifetime player spending.
Adsup marketing agency decided to help marketers and application developers. It has published a guide on mobile traffic sources and working with them.
Microsoft has released its financial report for the third quarter ended March 31, 2024. Here is how the company’s video game division performed in the three-month period.
Niantic and Capcom have announced that the mobile AR game Monster Hunter Now has officially crossed a major new milestone. It has collected 15 million downloads in seven and a half months since its release.
Eight years after its release, Pokémon GO remains the highest-grossing mobile AR game in the world. The AppMagic analytical service estimated that the total user spending in it exceeds $ 8 billion* with 656.6 million downloads.
Microsoft has published a report for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 (January-March 2024). According to him, Activision Blizzard helped the gaming division of the corporation achieve impressive revenue growth.
Don’t Starve developer Klei Entertainment has just released its new game, action roguelite Rotwood. Let’s take a closer look at its initial numbers and player reception.
Backpack Battles has become one of the surprise indie hits of 2024. In its first month, the inventory management auto battler reached an impressive milestone of 640k units sold on Steam.
May 31 will be the last working day at Remedy Entertainment for the company's chief operating officer Christopher Schmitz. He will retire after five years of work.
Capcom has revised its outlook for the full-year ended March 31, 2024. The Japanese publisher expects its annual revenue and profit to hit new record highs.
Metacore closed 2023 with an operating loss of 5.6 million euros. This was announced in an interview with MobileGamer by Mika Tammenkoski, CEO of the Finnish studio.
Indie studio PlayWithFurcifer and publisher IndieArk spoke with gaming expert Simon Carless. They revealed the statistics of the PvP autobatcher Backpack Battles and told how the game managed to succeed.
Paradox Interactive has released its report for the first quarter of 2024 ended March 31. The publisher posted stable financial results, also admitting that the quality of its games should be more consistent.
Capcom has revised its forecast for the last fiscal year (April 2023 — March 2024). It expects its revenue and operating profit to reach new record levels.
The Swedish company Paradox Interactive has released a financial report for the first quarter of 2024, which ended on March 31. We have chosen the main thing.
Nintendo's lawyers drew attention to Garry's Mod sandbox. They demanded that content related to the intellectual property of the Japanese company be removed from the game.
We analyze in detail one of the main novelties of spring in the mobile games market.
11 bit studios is celebrating the sixth anniversary of Frostpunk. The survival city builder’s lifetime sales have now surpassed 5 million copies.
With the PC and console market dominated by evergreen live service hits and established franchises, it is interesting to see how many new releases are able to compete with them. Newzoo has shared some data on the top games by revenue in the first quarter of 2024.
