Games August 15, 2017 Path of Exile has taken a new peak of attendance on Steam after the update The role-playing action Path of Exile has updated the attendance record, simultaneously gathering more than 98 thousand gamers on Steam after the release of The Fall of Oriath supplement on August 4.
Industry August 15, 2017 The creator of the Nier series saved the PlatinumGames studio The author of Resident Evil 2 and Bayonetta, Hideki Kamiya, called the director of the Nier game series Yoko Taro “the savior of the PlatinumGames studio.”
Games August 15, 2017 Scientists: shooters increase the risk of depression and Alzheimer’s The passion for shooters can lead to a decrease in the volume of gray matter in the brain, which makes a person vulnerable to depression and contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease in old age.
Industry August 15, 2017 The game from Kefir entered the top ten most downloaded games on Google Play in July The domestic survival Last Day on Earth: Survival from the Volgograd studio Kefir took the sixth place in downloads in the world on the Google Play platform last month.
Industry August 15, 2017 Rumors: Tencent has invested in the developer of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds There was a story that Tencent invested in the South Korean developer Bluehole Studio, who created the main blockbuster of this summer – the online shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). The developer refutes the story.
Money August 15, 2017 Rovio doubled quarterly revenue thanks to games and the movie Angry Birds Rovio’s revenues for the 2nd quarter of this year increased by 94% to €86.2 million due to good sales of the Angry Birds franchise and the success of the full-length cartoon Angry Birds Movie.
Games August 15, 2017 Mobile shooter C-OPS downloaded 25 million times The mobile PvP shooter Critical Ops by the Finnish developer Critical Ops has been downloaded more than 25 million times, with the game gaining the last 10 million downloads in less than six months.
Marketing August 15, 2017 Google translates all app advertising into Universal Campaigns (UAC) format In November, separate application promotion tools in Google will be closed. It will no longer be possible to create advertising campaigns for Google Search or YouTube. They will be replaced by one universal solution – UAC.