Evening Digest: Arena of Valor Earnings, Closing of Dead Rising Authors

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 18.

Money

Arena of Valor has earned $3.5 billion for all time

Tencent’s Chinese MOBA has reached earnings of $3.5 billion. Of this amount, 96% came from the game’s native China. The foreign market brought the game a relatively insignificant $140 million for the title.

Arena of ValorClosures

Capcom has closed the developer studio of Dead Rising

Japanese Capcom has closed its division in Vancouver. The latter was responsible for the multiplatform franchise Dead Rising from the second part. The closure may be due to the unsuccessful Dead Rising 4 and the failure of the mobile Puzzle Fighter. The dissolution of the team and the cancellation of its developments cost Capcom $ 40 million. Now the company plans to focus on the development of Japanese titles.

Dead Rising 4LawBreakers servers are officially closed

The debut game of Gears of War game designer Cliff Blesinski outside the walls of Epic Games after numerous perturbations was closed. The network heroic shooter did not find its audience during the year of operation.

LawBreakersPublished publications

The following materials have also been published on our pages today:

• Wargaming has launched a studio in the UK. It will be headed by the former vice president of Electronic ArtsIn Australia, loot boxes can be equated with gambling mechanics
• Six iOS innovations that are useful for the developer to know about
• Google closes the YouTube Gaming app and website
• Vacancies of the week (September 18)