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All publications for 15.05.2018

Games May 15, 2018

The Outlast franchise has been promoted thanks to PlayStation Plus

The CEO of the independent Canadian studio Red Barrels Philippe Morine (Phillippe Morine) spoke about the work on the horror series Outlast. According to him, one of the reasons for the success of the franchise was the distribution of the first part of the game through a premium PlayStation Plus subscription.

Money May 15, 2018

G5 Entertainment bought two titles from Artifex Mundi for $600 thousand.

Mobile developer and publisher G5 Entertainment has acquired the rights to two hidden object games from Artifex Mundi studio — Nightmares from the Deep and Kate Malone. G5 paid $600k for them.

Vacancies May 15, 2018

Vacancies of the week (May 15)

Wanted: marketing producer at Playrix, head of support at Social Quantum, and game engine developer at Nevosoft.

Marketing May 15, 2018

Sensor Tower named the sources of game downloads in the App Store

Almost a quarter of all downloads of games in the App Store account for surfing in the app store. This is stated in the study of the Sensor Tower analytical platform.

Development May 15, 2018

To help the developer: the database of contacts of game reviewers

The author of the Telegram channel “Game Development” found a document on the web with a selection of links to resources where you can send the game for review.

Industry May 15, 2018

Cliff Blesinski closed his studio and temporarily left game Dev after the failure of Radical Heights

Cliff Bleszinski disbanded Boss Key Productions studio and took time out in video game development after none of his personal projects were successful. The game designer announced this on his Twitter.

Games May 15, 2018

The authors of Badlands have launched a new franchise in softlonch

Finnish studio Frogmind held a “soft launch” of the new mobile title Rumble Stars Soccer on iOS. The game is somewhat reminiscent of Clash Royale — the main hit of Supercell, which bought a controlling stake in Frogmind at the end of 2016.