App Annie published two rankings. One features the most downloaded games of the past ten years, and the other – those that generated the most revenue.

Julia Lebedeva, CBDO and partner at WN Media Group, caught up with Alex Willink, General Manager of Berlin studio, Voodoo.

A Beijing-based mobile gaming company was fined $99,000 for publishing a game without government approval. This is the first penalty of this kind after the licensing freeze was lifted.

According to analyst firm Newzoo, games will generate over $160 billion next year. The market will grow 7.3% from 2019, but the growth continues to slow down after the explosive 2018.

The Game Awards 2019 ceremony wrapped up last night. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was named Game of the Year. Call of Duty: Mobile claimed the victory on mobile.

Microsoft revealed its next-gen console. What has previously been known under the codename Project Scarlett is now officially called Xbox Series X.

Remember how back in August LCG Entertainment resurrected Telltale Games? The new studio is now bringing back one of Telltale’ most beloved titles. The Wolf Among Us 2 is officially in development, as announced at The Game Awards.

Minsk-based BlitzTeam founded by former World of Tanks Blitz devs launched their first project. It’s a mobile shooter created on the original engine and published without Wargaming’s involvement.

In 2020, XR market will be worth $8.5B. With that in mind, SuperData launched the first business intelligence platform that covers global and regional virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) segments.

White Nights organizers published the program of the winter session. EA DICE, Square Enix, SEGA, Paradox Interactive, Super Evil Megacorp and many others will speak at the conference, which is only a month and a half away.

Epic Games and Google had another opportunity to disagree over the predominant revenue share model. Epic wants to release Fortnite on Google Play, but is not prepared to give the store 30% of the game’s revenue. The developer called this kind of revenue split “illegal.”

Publisher 2K Games has launched a new gaming studio called Cloud Chamber. It is working on the next game in the BioShock series.

Niantic is going to manufacture AR glasses and the accompanying software through the collaboration with telecommunications company Qualcomm.

Epic Games has changed the payment processing rules in its store. Now developers will have more flexibility in how they take in-game purchases.

League of Legends company Riot Games announced a new publishing label, Riot Forge. It will publish games by external indie studios that “create bespoke ‘completable’ League of Legends games.”

NetEase joins Tencent on track to bring cloud gaming to China. The company started an open beta test of its streaming platform called NetEase Cloud Games.

With the UK preparing for the general election on December 12, Developer Ndemic Creations has rolled a new content update for its hit Plague Inc. It allows players to spread fake news and defamatory statements capable of derailing any political cause.

By 2025, Playrix intends to catch up with the leaders of the US market in terms of the annual revenue. These include companies like Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc.

Call of Duty Mobile’s revenue neared $87 million in its first two months, even if the second month saw a considerable dip in user spend.