The legendary Unreal shooter turned 20 years old. In honor of the anniversary, developers told how the game was created. 

Mail.Ru Game Ventures has become a partner of Unity Technologies. Within the framework of cooperation Mail.Ru Game Ventures has launched a support program for teams creating games on the Unity engine. Program participants will receive financial assistance, marketing advice and other assistance.

Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot predicted the end of the console race in the foreseeable future. He believes that the next generation of gaming platforms will be the last, and then the gaming industry will completely switch to streaming games from cloud servers.

One of the main problems of small and novice gaming teams is finding and establishing relationships with a major publisher. Companies such as G5 Entertainment, MyGamez, NetEase, Wargaming and Creative Mobile will discuss how they should be built at Finnish Game Day. Come up with a question for them on the topic of publishing. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the White Nights conference.

The head of the gaming platform of the social network “Odnoklassniki” left Mail.Ru Group. This was announced by Arthur himself on his Facebook page. In the same place, he stated that he was not voluntarily leaving the post and that he no longer had access to his work contacts.

The independent video startup Noclip has released a documentary The History of Bethesda Game Studios, dedicated to the most famous games of the Bethesda studio and the history of their creation.

Independent developer David Murray funded the creation of a retro strategy Planet X3 using the Kickstater platform, collecting the required $ 30 thousand in a few hours. Two days later, the campaign budget doubled the original goal and reached $70 thousand.

The head of Microsoft Studios, Matt Booty, told MCV about the strategy that the company adheres to in the development of the gaming direction. According to him, Microsoft is interested in online games and gaming services.

Translation of an article by game designer Philipp Zupke, in which he analyzes in detail the game cycle and original solutions in the design of the June’s Journey casual game session.

Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix has assembled a new division that will create titles for the Nintendo Switch console. This was told by Square Enix game producer Tomoya Asano to the Game Informer publication.

During the first week of sales, the Detroit: Become Human adventure game, developed exclusively for PS4, surpassed any previous releases of the Quantic Dream studio in all respects.

Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive has acquired an independent studio Harebrained Schemes, known for a series of role-playing games Shadowrun Returns and turn-based tactics BATTLETECH. The transaction amount was $7.5 million.

This year, two Japanese Sega consoles are celebrating round dates at once: Sega Dreamcast celebrates its 20th anniversary, and Sega Mega Drive celebrates its 30th anniversary. On this occasion, the company has opened a new section on the official website dedicated to festive events.

Apple has named the finalists of the annual Apple Design Award, which is awarded to the best games and applications from the App Store. This year’s award winners include Florence, INSIDE, Alto’s Odyssey, Frost and Oddmar games.

Wanted: analyst at devtodev, game designer at Plarium and technical PR manager, Banzai Games.

The free-to-play online role-playing thriller Path of Exile from the New Zealand studio Grinding Gear Games has collected the second largest online gaming in almost 5 years of existence. On the first weekend of June, there were more than 96 thousand people on the title’s servers at the same time.

Apple has introduced an updated augmented reality platform ARKit 2, which will appear in the latest version of the iOS 12 mobile operating system. Among other features in ARKit 2, support for multiplayer in AR games is announced.

One of the main channels of media promotion today are influencers (they are also streamers and video bloggers). What they are capable of and how to interest them in their product will be discussed at White Nights in St. Petersburg by Yoola, Zorka.Mobi , Hello Blogger, Mail.Ru Group and Epic Games. We suggest that participants come up with questions. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the event.

Translation of the article by Sensor Tower Analyst Anthony Bartolacci talks about how the recent purchases of the American publisher Zynga have rebuilt the company’s portfolio and opened up new growth prospects.