On February 11-12, the WN Conference will be held in Abu Dhabi. The preliminary program for the event is already available. Among other things, it will include a round table discussion on working in the Gulf countries and a presentation dedicated to growth opportunities in the Middle Eastern gaming market.

The topic of age ratings has been a hotly debated issue in the Russian gaming industry over the past year due to markings proposed by the RVIA and APRIORI associations. Considering that one of them may well be mandated for all gaming projects distributed in Russia, it’s high time to examine international practices. In her column for App2Top, Svetlana Gordey, a leading lawyer from REVERA, detailed the history and types of these markings.

On January 24, the crowdfunding campaign for the visual horror novel “Horror Filmoscope: Green Eyes” concluded. We discussed the results, challenges, and the future of the game with the creative director of the project and co-founder of Fishnauts Studio, Vladimir Malyshev (aka Vova Rybonavt).

The game “Laryok on Lenin Street” has been added to wishlists by almost 35,000 people. It took less than a week for the game to reach this milestone, with the announcement made on January 22. The editorial team at App2Top spoke with the founder of indie studio perelesoq, Artem Koblov, about what contributed to the game’s early boost.

The analytical platform AppMetrica told the news media App2Top that between December 28 and January 8, there were “60 million anonymized identifiers” recorded in games within Russia.

On January 24, the release of a non-commercial Russian dubbing of GTA: Vice City by GamesVoice studio took place. In light of this, the App2Top editorial team interviewed the team about the initial downloads, budget, and why you shouldn’t expect Russian dubbing for RDR 2 and GTA V.

According to news media App2Top, over 20 employees of Moon Active announced their job search on LinkedIn last week.

App2Top concludes the summary of 2024 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. For the second time in this year’s summary, we spoke with Alexander Mikheev for the final installment. This time, he answered questions as the CEO of APRIORI.

App2Top continues to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming sector-related) teams. Up next is an interview with Marina Lopatkina, the Business Development Director at the recruitment agency WN Talents.

Gamelight is a mobile UA platform for game developers and publishers. We spoke with its founder, Günay Azer, about the startup’s approach to data handling, its proprietary AI algorithm, rewarding ads, and much more.

In recent days, Russian media have begun circulating reports that the Russian studio AIHASTO, which developed the highly popular anime horror MiSide, allegedly receives a minuscule share of the revenue despite significant sales.

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, announced that today, January 21, the first meeting of the Duma’s working group on video games took place.

Marketers Andrey Odintsov and Petr Tsap conducted a study of pricing strategies on Steam. They identified success criteria for different price categories on the platform and shared the recommended investment size for each.

We continue to summarize the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. This time, we spoke with Alexander Mikheev, the head of VK Play.

We continue to review the outcomes of 2024 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. This time, we spoke with Artur Mostov, the director of the London branch of Larian Studios.

We continue to summarize the outcomes of 2024 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. This time, we spoke with Vladimir Prokuronov, the director of the Gaming Industry Association (GIA).

We continue to wrap up 2024 together with experts from the gaming industry. Anton Rybakov shared with the editors how the year went for JoyBits.

We continue to review 2024 in gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Up next is an interview with Kirill and Roman Gursky, managing directors of the gaming division at the investment group GEM Capital.

We continue to wrap up the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Next up is an interview with Alexey Izotov, CEO of Digital Vortex Entertainment.