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Law July 30, 2019

The limit on foreign capital in IT companies can be 20%. Will the gaming sector be affected?

Last Friday, United Russia deputy Anton Gorelkin introduced a controversial bill. He proposed to identify the most important IT products in Russia and limit the participation of foreign individuals or companies in them to 20%. I was looking into the bill and whether it could affect the video game industry App2Top.ru .

Industry July 30, 2019

The Unity engine received version 2019.2

A new version of the Unity engine — 2019 has become available.2. It includes more than 170 improvements.

Industry July 30, 2019

GitHub has taken away private repositories from developers in Crimea

Developers in Crimea have lost paid accounts and private repositories on GitHub. Moreover, repositories are blocked even when temporarily visiting this region.

Industry July 30, 2019

Sony has sold 100 million copies of the PS4. Now it is the fastest selling console

The number of PS4 sold exceeded 100 million. She managed to reach this figure in a record five years and seven months for the console market. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad compares how things are with other consoles.

Analytics July 30, 2019

What is the situation on the market of mobile battle royals?

According to the results of the second quarter of 2019, the top 25 highest-grossing mobile games in the world include five projects in the “battle royale” genre. How much they earn and how they behave, — we tell in the material based on the latest Sensor Tower study.

Industry July 30, 2019

Why linking Classic games to the Web is “inhumane”: The Bethesda Experience

Despite the fact that most mobile games require a constant Internet connection and registration to work, console players are not ready for a similar practice yet. This is evidenced by what happened to Bethesda and the DOOM trilogy reissued by it.