Veronika Mikhailova

Money May 29, 2020

The Witcher trilogy has sold 50 million copies

CD Projekt revealed the sales of The Witcher game trilogy. Over 13 years, 50 million copies of the Witcher Games have been sold.

Industry May 28, 2020

Elite co-author: gamers will refuse to buy physical copies of games in the next 3 years

COVID-19 has brought the moment when games will no longer be sold at retail. This opinion was expressed by Frontier Developments CEO David Braben.

Money May 28, 2020

The turnover of the Slovak gaming industry has almost doubled in three years

Slovakia’s game development shows a noticeable increase. In 2019, he earned $51 million — almost twice as much as in 2016.

Platforms May 28, 2020

Valve is working on a new cloud platform — Steam Cloud Play

Valve is really preparing a new cloud service. It is called Cloud Play and allows you to play Steam games through third-party cloud services.

Vacancies May 28, 2020

Vacancies of the week (May 28)

Wanted: business developer at Belka Games, head of 3D direction at MY.GAMES and tester at Matryoshka Games.

Industry May 20, 2020

King: Americans will prefer a mobile game to a cup of coffee during a break

83% of workers in the USA are mobile players. Of these, more than half spend their work breaks not on coffee, but on their favorite game.

Industry May 18, 2020

Has Tencent invested in the development of System Shock 3?

The websites of future sequels of System Shock have passed into the hands of Tencent. Perhaps the Chinese giant has invested in developer OtherSide Entertainment.

Industry May 18, 2020

Terraria has become one of the most popular games on Steam

Indie sandbox Terraria flew into the top 5 most popular games in the history of Steam. The final DLC for the Re-Logic title attracted 485 thousand simultaneous users.

Money May 18, 2020

3 of the 9 richest British game owners work at King

The Sunday Times has published an annual list of the richest Britons. Nine out of 1000 positions in it are for representatives of the game dev. Moreover, a third of the seats went to immigrants from King.

Law May 18, 2020

Ubisoft Sues Apple and Google over Rainbow Six: Siege Plagiarism

A trial is planned between the giants of the industry. Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google. The reason for the quarrel was the game released by the App Store and Google Play — allegedly plagiarism from Rainbow Six: Siege.

Partner material May 15, 2020

Epic Games and Disgusting Men have launched an indie games competition on Unreal Engine 4

The second nationwide competition of game developers for Unreal Engine 4 has started. Epic Games is holding it together with our colleagues from Disgusting Men. The winners are promised grants from $5,000 to $100,000.

Investments and transactions May 15, 2020

Ubisoft plans New M&A Deals

Ubisoft is ready to expand further. The publisher is studying the M&A market and is looking for opportunities to take over gaming companies.

Investments and transactions May 15, 2020

Sumo Digital acquired the British studio Lab42

British Sumo Digital bought Lab42. It is a gaming outsourcer working closely with SEGA.

Money May 15, 2020

Yandex: Russian gamers in quarantine began to spend more on games and IAP

Since the beginning of self-isolation, the spending of Russian gamers on games has increased by 22%. The turnover of IAP transactions also increased by 23%.

Investments and transactions May 15, 2020

Keywords to raise $122 million to buy gaming Outsourcers affected by coronavirus

Keywords Studios group has conceived a massive purchase of gaming outsourcers affected by COVID-19. For this purpose, she needs to raise $122 million.

Money May 14, 2020

Digital Bros Predicts PC version of Death Stranding revenue of $53 million

Digital Bros has high hopes for the PC version of Death Stranding. The publisher expects to earn over $53 million on it.

Industry May 14, 2020

Finnish studio Ministry of Games declared bankruptcy

In Finland, the Ministry of Games, a gaming startup that once raised $1.9 million, went bankrupt. The company managed to create four mobile games in five years.

Investments and transactions May 14, 2020

Developers of a tool for creating 3D characters have attracted $7 million in seed investments

Startup Ziva Dynamics has closed the seed round of financing. The authors of the tool for creating realistic characters raised $7 million.

Industry May 14, 2020

Phil Spencer: Game Dev will face the negative consequences of COVID-19 no earlier than 2021

Many gaming companies have increased revenue thanks to the pandemic. But the coronavirus can still negatively affect the gaming industry, according to the head of Xbox Phil Spencer (Phil Spencer). This impact will become noticeable by March 2021.

All publications of the author Veronika Mikhailova

Square Enix has a new “daughter”. She specializes in entertainment AI

The Witcher trilogy has sold 50 million copies

Elite co-author: gamers will refuse to buy physical copies of games in the next 3 years

The turnover of the Slovak gaming industry has almost doubled in three years

Valve is working on a new cloud platform — Steam Cloud Play

Vacancies of the week (May 28)

King: Americans will prefer a mobile game to a cup of coffee during a break

Has Tencent invested in the development of System Shock 3?

Terraria has become one of the most popular games on Steam

3 of the 9 richest British game owners work at King

Ubisoft Sues Apple and Google over Rainbow Six: Siege Plagiarism

Epic Games and Disgusting Men have launched an indie games competition on Unreal Engine 4

Ubisoft plans New M&A Deals

Sumo Digital acquired the British studio Lab42

Yandex: Russian gamers in quarantine began to spend more on games and IAP

Keywords to raise $122 million to buy gaming Outsourcers affected by coronavirus

Digital Bros Predicts PC version of Death Stranding revenue of $53 million

Finnish studio Ministry of Games declared bankruptcy

Developers of a tool for creating 3D characters have attracted $7 million in seed investments

Phil Spencer: Game Dev will face the negative consequences of COVID-19 no earlier than 2021