There are only a few weeks left before the introduction of new rules regarding IDFA. Apple said that the privacy policy on its platform will take effect immediately after the release of the iOS 14 beta update.

Psychological horror The Medium, developed by the Polish studio Bloober Team, showed an excellent start. The game was released last Thursday, January 28, and by Friday the title had recaptured the costs of production and marketing.

We continue the mini-series of interviews within the framework of the WN Dev Contest. In them, the jury of the competition shares tips on working in the game market. This time we talked with Mikhail Isidorov, Head of Products at Wargaming Nexus.

This year, new rules regarding IDFA will be launched on iOS. Liftoff marketing company told how much these changes will affect Android. We have chosen the main thing from the material.

The total revenue of Brawl Stars has crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Sensor Tower. At the same time, Russia has become the leader in the number of downloads of the game.Braw Stars is already the fourth game “unicorn” of Supercell.

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the revenues of developers around the world. Australia is no exception. Revenue of Australian game studios exceeded $140.4 million last year.

Rovio has announced the closure of its cloud mobile gaming Hatch. The developers of Angry Birds wanted to make it a “gaming Netflix”, but for several years it remained unprofitable.Gamasutra noticed that the company simply announced the closure of the project in a banner on the official website: “Hatch stopped working on December 31.

The last three fiscal quarters (April-December 2020) have been the most profitable in history for Capcom. During this time, the Japanese corporation earned $ 622 million. This result was achieved thanks to the success of Resident Evil 3 and Monster Hunter World: Iceborn.

The Epic Games team talked about what 2020 was like for its digital store. The report contains detailed statistics with business indicators and a few plans for this year. Spoiler: Weekly game giveaways will continue in 2021.

Wanted: Unity-developer at Azur Games, UI/UX-designer at Yodo1, project manager at RJ Games and technical artist to work on a Russian AAA game.

Last night it became known that the Russian project The Day Before is being prepared for release. This is a multi-user AAA survival, which is being developed by the Yakut studio Fntastic. The publisher is one of the most successful domestic mobile developers — MYTONA.

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO) has approached Activision Blizzard with a proposal to increase inclusivity and interview at least one representative of racial minorities for each vacancy. The company called such an initiative unworkable.The essence of the AFL-CIO’s proposal is to include non-white citizens and women with relevant experience in the list of candidates for open vacancies.

The Chinese giant Tencent does not stop investing in Western assets. This time the company became a minority owner of the French studio Dontnod Entertainment, known for the titles Vampyr, Twin Mirror and the franchise Life Is Strange.

ASOdesk has published a study on the design of game pages in the App Store and Google Play. In it, she told what techniques ASO marketers most often resort to when working on icons and screenshots.

Indie studio Scavengers Studio reacted to the scandalous investigation and accusations of harassment by its co-founder. As a result, Simon Darveau was suspended, and the company intends to conduct an internal audit.The studio made this decision during an emergency meeting.

IO Interactive reported on the first successes of Hitman 3. The completion of the new trilogy about Agent 47 became a hit and fully recouped the development costs in less than seven days.About this publication Gamesindustry.

A little more than a week remains before the WN Winter online conference. But even now, future participants of the event can use the appointment system and get acquainted with the schedule of performances.

Yesterday, the Moscow studio Mundfish attracted investments from three large companies at once: Tencent, Gaijin Entertainment and GEM Capital. Also, the authors of Atomic Heart are looking for new specialists to join their team.

We continue the mini-series of interviews within the framework of the WN Dev Contest. In them, the jury of the competition shares tips on working in the game market. This time we had a conversation with Grzegorz Drabik, the head ofUntold Tales on business development.