Industry September 29, 2017 Plarium bought developer KingsRoad The Israeli creator of mobile strategies Plarium has acquired the studio Rumble Entertainment, known for its role-playing games for social networks and mobile.
Conferences September 28, 2017 Contest: ask a question about working with bloggers and win a ticket to White Nights In Moscow, at White Nights, one of the round tables will be devoted to working with video bloggers while promoting the game. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.
Development September 28, 2017 Marmoset introduced Hexels 3 Mamorset company has introduced a new version of the editor for creating vector graphics and animation Hexels 3.
Games September 28, 2017 The new game by the author Gunpoint turned out to be more successful than the previous one The second game of independent developer Tom Francis (Tom Francis) Heat Signature in the first week after release overtook the sales of his debut title Gunpoint, also successful.
Platforms September 28, 2017 The launch of Vacuum, a gaming platform with cryptocurrency, has been announced On September 22, the Vacuum startup was announced — a gaming and trading platform for the placement, sale and exchange of digital copies of video games, on which the calculation will take place using cryptocurrency.
Money September 28, 2017 Bloomberg: PUBG developers are worth $4.6 billion In three months, the cost of Bluehole Studios, which released PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), has increased fivefold. Today, the company could be worth $4.6 billion.
Money September 28, 2017 Fritupley MMOs are the fastest growing segment of the industry in terms of money The turnover of the segment of fritupley MMOs is growing fastest in the digital games market. According to SuperData, this August its global sales volume jumped by 28% compared to August last year.
Industry September 28, 2017 Gardenscapes has entered the Top 19 most profitable Google Play mobile apps of all time App Annie has published ratings of the most earning and most downloaded Google Play apps in Europe “for all time”. Two applications from the ratings are made by Russian developers – Gardenscapes and VK .
Industry September 28, 2017 Agents of Mayhem developer laid off more than 30 employees Over 30 people were fired from Volition Studio, known for the Saints Row series of games and the new Agents of Mayhem title.
Industry September 28, 2017 Zynga plans to double its operations in India American mobile publisher Zynga announced plans to double operations in India and invest in the development of its office in Bangalore.
Games September 28, 2017 “Battle Royale” for Fortnite gathered 1 million players on the first day The “battle royale” mode for Epic Games’ Fortnite action game gathered over 1 million gamers on its launch day on September 26.
Vacancies September 27, 2017 Vacancies of the week (September 27) Wanted: a game designer at Kefir Studio, a partner manager at AlternativaPlatform and an environment artist at Banzai Games.
Industry September 27, 2017 Google has chosen the best games of independent developers Google has determined the winners of the next competition for independent mobile game developers.
Platforms September 27, 2017 How can a video about a mobile app pass moderation in the App Store? How many circles of hell do you have to go through in order for the App Store editors to accept a video for a mobile application? Alconost answers this question in its case.
Development September 27, 2017 Unity will start certifying narrow game dev specialties From the beginning of next year, Unity plans to certify in the areas of gameplay programmer and technical artist.
Development September 27, 2017 Version 2.0 of the Polybrush 3D editor has been released The three-dimensional Polybrush editor from Moscow developer and artist Arseny Korablev has been updated to version 2.0.
Games September 27, 2017 AR-puzzle for the first time topped the top freeplay games in the App Store The AR Stack puzzle from Ketchapp studio became the first augmented reality game to take the top spot in the category of shareware games of the App Store.
Industry September 27, 2017 Gaming companies are among the priority targets for mergers and acquisitions Gaming industry companies were among the high-tech businesses that were actively acquired by corporations of non-technological industries last year.
Esports September 27, 2017 Mail.Ru Group learned the preferences of Russian gamers in esports The gaming division of the Mail company. Ru Group has prepared a study on the audience of esports tournaments in our country.
Industry September 27, 2017 Homescapes gained 7 million downloads in a week The new Playrix game has been downloaded by 7 million users in a week since its release. The developers report that this happened without buying traffic.