Industry September 4, 2017 The Guillemot family has increased its stake in Ubisoft to 15% The Guillemot family acquired 1.75% of Ubisoft shares for an estimated €112.5 million. The purchase brought the ownership stake of Ubisoft by the Guillemot family to 15.35%, which gives it 20.02% of the shareholders’ votes.
Games September 4, 2017 The authors of Candy Crush launched softlonch slots King Company in partnership with Playstudios studio held a softlonch of its first game in the genre of social casino — Royal House Slots.
Marketing September 4, 2017 5 tips for preparing a game for a softlonch What should be remembered when pre–launching a mobile game, – says Andrey Zimenko, head of the Wargaming division for publishing mobile games.
Development September 4, 2017 CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview 6 has been released Crytek has released a version of the CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview 6 engine. The update contains a library of particle editor presets and other novelties.
Industry September 4, 2017 Sales of Microsoft MR headsets will start on October 17 Microsoft has announced the start date of sales of mixed reality helmets — October 17. The cost of a set of headsets and controllers starts from $299.
Industry September 4, 2017 Oculus Rift Catches up with HTC Vive on Steam The share of owners of the Oculus Rift VR headset in August increased by 8.1% compared to the previous month and reached 43.8% of the total number of owners of virtual reality helmets among Steam users.