Conferences June 16, 2017 The White Nights conference in St. Petersburg gathered more than 1,600 participants More than 1600 guests from 40 countries took part in the conference and exhibition of game developers White Nights, held in St. Petersburg on June 14-15.
Games June 16, 2017 Tekken 7 launched on Steam more successfully than Street Fighter V The debut of the 7th part of the Tekken fighting game series on Steam surpassed the competitor in the Street Fighter V genre in the number of players by 28% – 18,743 against 14,155 gamers per hour on the launch day.
Industry June 16, 2017 Konami was accused of violating the rights of employees The Japanese company Konami is trying to prevent the employment of its former employees, the Nikkei newspaper reports.
Games June 16, 2017 Rovio has released Angry Birds with memes and adult humor The Finnish studio Rovio has released a mobile game Angry Birds Evolution for an older audience with references to pop culture and “adult humor”.
Platforms June 16, 2017 The size of top apps has grown 11 times The amount of memory occupied by the top ten most popular iOS apps has increased 11 times over the past 4 years — from 164 megabytes to 1.8 gigabytes.
Industry June 16, 2017 Io-Interactive will continue working on Hitman as an independent studio Danish studio Io-Interactive (IOI) has announced independence and continued work on the flagship Hitman series.
Marketing June 16, 2017 Game performance indicators: paying users How to analyze paying users, why with increasing audience growth, the share of paying users may fall, as well as how to increase their number, – Vera Karpova, analyst at devtodev, told.
Money June 16, 2017 Walking Dead: Road to Survival Publisher Raises $60 Million Investment California-based mobile publisher Scopely has raised $60 million dollars in a Series C investment round.
Industry June 16, 2017 Tencent aims to buy the creators of Angry Birds The Chinese corporation Tencent has announced its readiness to buy the Finnish company Rovio for $ 3 billion, according to the publication The Information, citing informed sources.