Konstantin Sakhnov became a minority owner of the Moscow studio Justforward. He plans to help the company become a full—fledged mobile publishing house, as well as provide it with a pool of new projects – including with the support of the HSE.

At the end of the generation, perhaps one of the most important projects of the system was released on PS4 — the Dreams game designer (in Russia — “Dreams”). The title may well compete with Minecraft and Roblox in the near future. We tell you what he is, as well as how he was met by the press and players.

The HQ Trivia mobile platform has lost investors and a potential buyer after a series of shocks. As a result, the developer of the daily quiz game with real cash prizes closed.

The authors of Max Payne told how 2019 passed for them financially. The company’s revenues have reached record levels over the past nine years.

Not everyone is writing off HTML5 games. Last night Google presented the GameSnacks project. This is a platform with web games that are instantly launched in mobile browsers.

Startup Double Loop Games has raised $2.5 million to create mobile games. Its co—founder is the former CEO of Kongregate, Emily Greer.

Belarusian-British Gismart continues its active expansion into mobile gaming. The company recently announced a partnership with Snap Inc. The first project in the framework of cooperation, Color Galaxy, has already been released on the Snapchat platform. She shared her experience with the Gismart platform in an interview for App2Top.ru .

The release of the series about the Witcher on the streaming service Netflix seriously affected the December sales of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In American retail alone, they jumped by 554% compared to the same month in 2018.

Wanted: Lead level designer at Freeway Games, game designer at Matryoshka Games and level artist at Targem Games.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared his views on the gaming industry of the future. It follows from them that monopolists like Google and Apple are preventing the industry from becoming more open.

AdColony asked game developers what type of monetization is responsible for most of the revenue. According to their estimates, 44% of revenue comes from video advertising, the share of micropayments is slightly more than a quarter.

E3 in its current form is uncomfortable and uninteresting to the audience, according to Geoff Keighley, founder of The Game Awards. He was one of the organizers of the exhibition, but decided to ignore it for the first time in 25 years.

Swedish Ghost Games will be transferred from game development to servicing other EA divisions. In recent years, the developer has been making games of the Need for Speed series. Now the franchise will return to Criterion Studio.

The new isometric role-playing game of the Russian team Owlcat Games shows excellent results during the crowdfunding campaign. Since its launch on February 4, the project has attracted a million dollars.

Available exclusively in South Korea, the Lineage 2M mobile novelty is among the top 10 highest-grossing games in the world for the second month in a row. Since the release on November 25, her earnings have reached $152 million.

Samsung and Xbox have entered into a partnership in the field of cloud gaming. The companies are working together on a kind of streaming solution.

AppLovin marketing company has invested in two game studios. Its new strategic partners are Clipwire Games and Geewa, specializing in mobile.

On February 6, Stoneshard from the Russian Ink Stains Games was released in early Steam access. Now the project is on the 5th place in the regional top of the highest-grossing games of the week.

Sony will offer players to beat difficult bosses using IAP. The company is trying to patent the corresponding AI assistant.