On the occasion of the release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition producer Rockstar spoke about the creation of remasters and the difficulties encountered in the process. The team wanted to preserve the spirit of classic titles. However, it lost part of the source code, as a result of which the developers had to make a number of compromises and tricks.

WN Media Group has published the full program of two upcoming American events. In total, about 40 performances are planned. We tell you which of them attracted the attention of the editorial staff App2Top.ru .

The actions of the Chinese authorities have affected the financial performance of Tencent. The growth rate as revenue reached its lowest in 17 years. In the third quarter of 2021, the company earned $22.2 billion, and its revenue from games amounted to $8.4 billion.

You can come to disappointing conclusions by reading the forecast of MY.GAMES for this year. According to him, Russians will spend 165.6 billion rubles on video games by the end of 2021. This is only 1% more than a year earlier (163.4 billion rubles).

Genshin Impact fans make a huge amount of content on the game. Now, miHoYo has released official guidelines for the creation and sale of fan products, including merchandise and other paraphernalia. At the same time, producers of small batches do not even need to notify the studio about their work.miHoYo told more about the rules on Tuesday at the Genshin Impact community forum.

Replenishment in the ranks of Playrix. The gaming giant announced the joining of Daily Magic. A new studio is already being built on its basis, which will support the existing Playrix blockbusters.

Wanted: leading motion designer at Friday’s Games, senior game designer at FuryLion and art director at SberGames.

Unity has published a financial report for the third quarter of 2021 (ended September 30). Its revenue continued to grow and amounted to $286.3 million. At the same time, there is still no question of profit. Unity’s losses have reached almost half of its revenues. The company spends the most money on the R&D direction.Key data

Apple was unable to appeal the verdict of the court in the case with Epic Games and postpone the relaxation of the App Store rules. The court rejected the company’s appeal and recalled that links to other payment methods should still be available in applications from December 9.

A gaming fund with Russian roots, The Games Fund, decided to support the St. Petersburg studio AY Games. He invested in the authors of the Deck of Ashes card buttler an amount of $ 500 thousand.

For gamedev, Texas is one of the most promising American states. However, it may soon cease to be so. Many experts in the gaming industry fear that the recently enacted anti-abortion law threatens both the career of developers and the work of the studios themselves.

Unity has a big purchase. The company announced a deal with the studio Weta Digital, among the founders of which is director Peter Jackson (Peter Jackson). This acquisition will cost Unity $1.62 billion in cash and stock.

META Publishing has agreed with Steam to hold the second Pancake Week 2022 Carnival Festival. The company has already opened the acceptance of applications for participants. An important condition is that the developer studio or publisher of the game must be from the CIS countries.The second Carnival Festival will be held from February 28 to March 6, 2022.

Banners, videos, pop-ups are the usual tools of promotion in games. Anzu.io suggests working differently. As an advertising inventory, the platform considers game content directly. And with such an offer today, the company enters the market of Russia and the CIS.

Today, the launch date of Lineage2M in Russia and the world has become known. The MMO blockbuster, which earned more than $800 million in Asia, will be available to a Western audience on December 2. In connection with the upcoming release, we took a short interview with Seoul-based NCSOFT.

Zynga reported a record third quarter (ended September 30) in terms of revenue and receipts. The company earned $705 million and reported an increase in the monthly active audience of its mobile titles. Zynga also talked about its ambitions in the field of blockchain games and announced an exclusive title for TikTok.

Apple traditionally does not consider applications in the App Store Connect during the holidays. However, this year the company decided to make an exception — it will be possible to submit an update request for its application even at Christmas. Developers are still advised to hurry up.Apple told about this on November 8, publishing a small blog post for developers.

Voodoo continues to strengthen its position in the casual market. She announced investments in the Israeli studio Teskin Games, which develops match-3 titles and puzzles. The amount of investments was not disclosed, but they were “significant”.

Niantic presented its vision of a “real-time metaverse”. For these purposes, the company has released Lightship, an almost completely free set of tools for creating AR games and applications. The company also launched its own $20 million developer fund.