An unexpected and unpleasant piece of news for the entire industry has emerged. Legal entities of the Russian studio “Lesta Games,” which develops and operates “World of Tanks” and “World of Warships,” have been seized following a lawsuit from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

WN Media Group announced an event where gaming industry leaders will discuss the most pressing topics. Instead of the usual speakers and stage, there will be group work, practical workshops, and networking.

At the close of spring, the fourth session of the business conference “Gaming Industry” will open its doors. This time, it will be held in one of the largest cities in the Russian Far East, expecting around 300 participants. Here are the initial details.

On April 16, a conference for developers, publishers, and marketers of video games called “Gaming Industry” took place in Minsk. Here’s a quick recap of how it went, who attended, and, of course, we’ll share some final numbers and participant feedback.

Last week, the studio Perelesoq published a study suggesting that Steam wishlists are becoming outdated, and strategies focused on collecting them are ineffective. Some members of the community criticized this work. Alexander Barabanov, lead designer at Sad Cat Studios, explained to the editors why one should approach Perelesoq’s conclusions with caution.

Recently, there was an announcement for DreadMoor, an adventure game about fishing in a post-apocalyptic world with nods to the indie hit Dredge. The App2Top editorial team spoke with Rostislav Fedorov, CEO and co-founder of the Russian studio Dream Dock Games, which is developing the game, to discuss the team, the project, Wishlist targets, and budgets.

In a week, on April 24, another event under the brand “Game Industry” will take place in the First Throne city. This time it’s about a meetup.

As part of the “Gaming Industry” conference, there was a presentation and evaluation of independent developers’ games — the Indie Pitch. Young teams showcased their games to experts from the Agency of Creative Industries (ACI) and the Indie GO Fund.

In the Russian gaming industry, there’s an ongoing discussion about the situation surrounding the visual novel “Tiny Bunny” (Зайчик). One of the project’s composers, Dmitry Petyakin, wanted to increase the remuneration for his music and claimed that the music was being used improperly. Additionally, he started blocking the game’s streams on YouTube, raising concerns among other developers. In an article, lawyers from Semenov&Pevzner delve into how to determine if rights were transferred to the client…

Last Thursday, April 10, an event dedicated to the operation of video games took place in the capital of Serbia — the WN LiveOps Summit. Among its speakers were representatives from companies such as Nordeus, Playkot, Nexters, HeroCraft, and many others.

On the shelves of Russian bookstores, the third book by Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier has appeared — “Need More Gold” (originally titled Play Nice). His work is dedicated to the history of Blizzard Entertainment – from its founding by two programmers in February 1991 to the layoffs occurring in 2023. The book was published in Russian by the publisher “Bombora.” With their permission, we share a short amusing excerpt about how StarCraft evolved from a…

We rarely write about announcements. However, we couldn’t pass this one by for several reasons.

Not long ago, an article appeared on the HowToMarketAGame portal, which claimed that wishlists supposedly “do not get old,” meaning their value and likelihood of turning into sales do not decrease over time. The perelesoq team decided to investigate this assertion by analyzing real data from five different games: Torn Away, CyberCorp, Elixir, Selfloss, and Tavern Manager Simulator (they also included data from Furnish Master).

At the end of March, CarX Technologies announced CarX Drift Racing Online 2, and recently it got a page on Steam. App2Top spoke with Vladimir Berezhny, the project PM, about how long the game has been in development and how many wishlists the team plans to gather by release.

Next Wednesday, April 16, the capital of Belarus will host a conference for video game developers and publishers — “Game Industry.” We provide detailed information about the upcoming event’s program.

Next Thursday, on April 10th, an event dedicated to video game operations will be held in the capital of Serbia. In this article, we will briefly cover the talks that will be presented at the WN LiveOps Summit.

On the website of the Cyprus Lawyers Association, App2Top found documents regarding a legal dispute between the gaming companies Beresnev Games and SayGames. According to the documents, the development studio demanded the court prohibit the publisher from distributing and monetizing its game. The editorial team interviewed the founder of the studio, Oleg Beresnev, about the situation.

Next Friday, April 4th, the spring session of the WN Conference will take place in Berlin, an event for video game developers and publishers. This article covers the program of the upcoming event.

On April 16, as part of the “Gaming Industry” conference, there will be a presentation and review of games by independent developers at the Indie Pitch. Young teams will present their games to experts from the Agency of Creative Industries (ACI) and the Indie GO Fund.