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All publications for 13.03.2018

Vacancies March 13, 2018

Vacancies of the week (March 13)

Wanted: ASO is a specialist at DevGame Studio, a leading game designer at Playkot and a tester at Social Quantum.

Development March 13, 2018

PUBG Corp. and MadGlory will launch a portal for developers

The developers of the popular PvP shooter PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS have purchased the MadGlory game service. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The first project of UBG Corp. and MadGlory will be a portal for developers of gaming add-ons for PUBG.

Industry March 13, 2018

The creators of Fruit Ninja fired more than half of the employees of the head office

The number of employees at the headquarters of the Australian studio Halfbrick Studios decreased by 30 people as a result of a large-scale reduction. This is reported by Cnet, citing internal sources.

Games March 13, 2018

A new co-op shooter in the Warhammer universe has sold 500 thousand copies in 4 days

The cooperative shooter Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has successfully started. Over half a million game copies were sold in the first 4 days after the release. The first part of the game reached this figure in 6 months of sales.

Conferences March 13, 2018

White Nights Prague 2018: Facebook about Instant Games

A report by Pedro Rodriguez from Facebook. The speaker spoke about how HTML5 games in messengers affect user communication.

Money March 13, 2018

Tencent has invested $1 billion in Chinese counterparts of Twitch

Chinese IT giant Tencent has invested over $1 billion in local streaming platforms Douyu and Huya. In one day Douyu received $634 million, and Huya — $461 million.