The launch of the beta version of the ProGuides platform led to a revision of its concept. The creators hoped to make it a training esports training ground. But they found that she was capable of more.

The gaming platform of the social network VKontakte has lost its head. In early September, Maxim Babichev leaves his post and the company as a whole.

If you announce the development of the game too early, there is a risk of disappointing the community. So says the producer of Borderlands 3 Chris Brock (Chris Brock).

Now CD Projekt has a long break between the big titles — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cuberpunk 2077. But the publisher’s revenues continue to grow, as do sales ofThe Witcher 3 — even after four years.

Another $4 million was invested in the Knock Knock studio. Her messenger games have generated 5 million organic installations since last summer.

Last year, mobile esports titles earned $15.3 billion. In terms of income, they are rapidly approaching desktop gaming disciplines.

We share a curious podcast. One of the authors of DOOM and Quake, John Carmack, discussed the modern industry with the host Joe Rogan Experience.

Atlas Empires raised $1.75 million to develop the geolocation game. The authors — Cerberus Interactive — are already softlocking the title in several regions.

Blizzard sued the Chinese Sina Games for plagiarism. Images from the desktop Warcraft series, according to its authors, are used in the Glorious Saga mobile strategy.

The owners of the hyper-casual platform Ready Games raised $5 million in the initial funding round. And the Bitkraft Esports Ventures esports fund invested the most in it.

Wanted: Golang-developer at NX Studio, QA/QC-Engineer at FrostGate Studio and 2D-artist at Beresnev Games (a specific salary level is specified for this vacancy).

Bandai Namco explained why she is so not interested in the Epic Games Store. “We don’t share his vision,” said Herve Hoerdt, the company’s marketing vice president.

Data on the cost of traffic to games, as well as its dynamics, — Liftoff marketing company shared in its large-scale research.

Telltale is back. The forge of interactive cinema was revived less than a year after its closure.

Blizzard has opened the servers of the classic World of Warcraft. The event was watched by 1.1 million people on Twitch. This is the peak number of viewers in the history of the game and one of the top on the service.

The Steam store’s business model is outdated. So says Chris Early, Vice President of Partnerships and Revenue at Ubisoft.

On August 14, the launch of the new match-3 from Playrix — Wildscapes took place. We talked with Anton Chernyagov, who holds the position of General Manager at Playrix, about how the project was created and how it differs from the previous games in the series.

Today, on August 27, the world release of Control, the new Remedy game, officially took place. A few days before that, the studio management sold part of its own shares.

The network started talking about a possible port of Overwatch on the Nintendo Switch. Rumors started after a product leak on Amazon — a branded console case with the Blizzard game logo.