Wanted: product manager at Pixonic, team leader at Kraft, game analyst at Kefir, SMM manager at ZiMAD and MMO designer at Friday’s Games.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 23.

Publisher Voodoo releases one successful game after another. Hyper-casual games from Voodoo generate 100 million downloads per month. The secret lies in the great creative freedom that the publisher provides to its developers.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 22.

Alisher Usmanov’s USM structure and Megafon mobile operator gave sole control over the holding Mail.ru Group. After the renewal of the board of directors, the management of the company was transferred to its top managers and partners.

Today, on October 22, the official announcement of the new site from VKontakte took place. The social network announced that it is preparing a platform on which independent PC game developers will be able to post their games.

We note the mobile games that have shown the fastest growth in downloads over the past seven days.

Today, October 17, the second day of the White Nights Moscow 2018 gaming business conference is taking place. Editorial Board App2Top.ru shares a list of the most interesting performances from her point of view.

A year ago, the three-in-a-row Season Match Puzzle Adventure was released. Since then, the ARPU of the game has grown 150 times. Denis Sedovich, producer of HeroCraft publishing house, told how such dynamics were achieved.

Today, October 16, the White Nights gaming business conference opens in Pervoprestolnaya. It takes place for the seventeenth time. We noted the most interesting reports of the first day from the editorial point of view.

What to do if the studio decided to make a clone, but is not sure about the choice of the world for it, — says producer Alexander Shtachenko.

Wanted: a user acquisition manager at Stark Games, a balance designer at Belka Games, a 3D artist at FunCorp and a junior game designer at Friday’s Games.

The authors of Skyrim and Fallout have launched a Russian office. It is located in Moscow. The office was headed by Semyon Chirikov, previously responsible for global operations in Wargaming, as well as the promotion of Electronic Arts products in Russia.

The day after the end of White Nights Moscow 2018, VKontakte organizes its own event in the capital — VK High Score. It will be held on October 18. Just like a year ago, its representatives will tell about the platform’s new products, and the developers of the social network games will share their experience.

We note the mobile games that have shown the fastest growth in downloads over the past seven days.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 11.

About the main problems and challenges in the labor market of the domestic game dev App2Top.ru I talked with the founder of the recruiting company Values Value Tanya Loktionova.

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 10.

The owners of the Marmalade SDK mobile game development engine have announced that they are ceasing to invest in it. The main reason is the increased competition in recent years. Most gaming teams today prefer to use Unity and Unreal.