The design director of Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas, Josh Sawyer from Obsidian studio, believes that it is high time for the genre of role-playing games to evolve. Sawyer told about this at the Reboot Develop conference, which was held recently in Croatia.

Sony Pictures and Rovio Entertainment are shooting the second part of the full-length animated film The Angry Birds Movie. It will appear on screens on September 20, 2019.

Valve Corporation acquired the independent studio Campo Santo. This was reported by the representatives of Campo Santo on their website. The amount and terms of the transaction are not specified.

The project manager of the Hearthstone card game Ben Brode announced his departure from Blizzard. Brod worked in it for 15 years, 10 of which were engaged in the development of Hearthstone.

As part of the fight against Telegram, Roskomnadzor has officially started blocking IP addresses in Russia. According to unofficial data, 63 out of 600 IP addresses were closed google.com . After that, in an official comment to TechCrunch, Google confirmed that it was affected by the actions of the Russian authorities.

Sensor Tower analysts have calculated how much the feature in the App Store updated last fall began to affect app downloads. According to their estimates, in the American App Store, the weekly increase in installations of the promoted application can be 800%.

The White Nights summer session will take place in the northern capital of Russia in the midst of the World Cup. The event will take place from 28 to 29 June 2018.

Sales of the LABO cardboard constructor compatible with the Nintendo Switch console have started today. Simultaneously with the constuctor, Nintendo released spare parts kits for its repair.

Korean gaming company SmileGate announced a plan to liquidate a branch in Berlin. It opened last February and has been in operation for a little over a year. SmileGate explained their decision by restructuring the business.

The Dutch authorities have ordered a number of developers to remove loot boxes from their games. Companies have 2 months to respond. If they do not comply with the requirements, they may be fined and even banned titles with loot boxes on the territory of the country.

The Chinese corporation Tencent is the largest gaming investor in the world. From April 2017 to the end of March this year, Tencent invested in gaming companies 40% of all funds that developers and startups of the video game industry managed to attract in 12 months.

A report by Adam Sporka from Warhorse Studios. The speaker told how to use music in the game depending on its genre and features.

Lithuanian studio Nordcurrent admitted that it was “time for active growth and acquisitions” for it. She is looking not only for new employees, but also for new studios.

The annual turnover of the video game industry in Italy amounted to €1.43 billion. This is reported by the Association of Italian Video Game Developers (AESVI) with reference to data from the analytical company GSD and the mobile analytics service App Annie.

The developer of Clash Royale may be preparing a worldwide release of his latest game — Brawl Stars. Since March, the game has been deployed on iOS in Denmark, before that it was also launched in Finland, Sweden and Norway.

The analytical company Newzoo compared the performance of the largest streaming platforms Twitch and YouTube Gaming in the 1st quarter of 2018. Twitch leads by a margin in the main parameters, but in some indicators YouTube Gaming is catching up and even overtaking its competitor.

The team of the Lithuanian developer and publisher Nordcurrent is replenished. The company, famous for such box office hits as Cooking Fever and Sniper Arena, acquired the Odessa outsourcer Blam! Games Studios.

The social network Facebook is developing a new type of interactive ads. These are small demo versions of games that can be played directly in the news feed without preloading.

A report by Christopher Lefebvre from Tapdaq. The speaker presented the top five most suitable places for scrolling ads in mobile games, and also shared information on how each of them affects revenue, retention and other indicators.