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All publications for 07.12.2017

Industry December 7, 2017

The Ministry of Finance offers to jail for cryptocurrency (and for some reason mentions World of Tanks)

“It is impossible to pay (in Russia) either in Monopoly tokens or with money from World of Tanks,” said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev. So he commented on the upcoming law on cryptocurrencies.

Industry December 7, 2017

Elena Lobova launches Indie Developer Support service

Being indie is not easy. At the same time, there are almost no structures for their support on the territory of the CIS. Elena Lobova, former CEO of iLogos, volunteered to fix the situation.

Industry December 7, 2017

EA and Blizzard named the best employers by Glassdoor

Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment were ranked in the top 100 best employers of the year by the recruiting site Glassdoor. The rating was based on employee reviews published on Glassdoor.

Industry December 7, 2017

Apple named the best games of the year on iOS

On the eve of the holidays, Apple announced which games it considers the best in the outgoing year. The choice was far from the most obvious.

Blockchain December 7, 2017

Steam no longer accepts Bitcoins

Bitcoin is breaking records in value, but they can no longer pay on Steam. The largest digital game store has stopped payments in cryptocurrency due to the instability of the exchange rate and high fees for transactions in bitcoins.

Conferences December 7, 2017

White Nights Moscow 2017: Playtika about Haxe and its place in game development

Report by Vyacheslav Buinov from Playtika. The speaker spoke about Haxe as an alternative and answered the following questions: What is Haxe? What are its advantages and disadvantages over other technologies? How suitable is it for the project? How fast can I translate a game/prototype to get a working build? Is it true that you can use the same code for web and mobile?