Industry August 14, 2019

The authors of Zlatan Legends have closed. They ran out of funds for development

Swedish developer Isbit Games has closed due to lack of funds. He is the author of the Zlatan Legends mobile sports game and several other projects for different platforms.

Industry August 14, 2019

Unity topped the top of the most popular game engines in the UK

The most popular game engine in the UK is Unity. 72% of local studios are developing games on it.

Industry August 14, 2019

PUBG Corp. hired the developers of Call of Duty, Dead Space and The Walking Dead to her new studio

The creator of PUBG is increasing the staff of Glen Schofield’s studio — Striking Distance. It includes former Call of Duty and Dead Space developers and three artists of the bankrupt Telltale.

Industry August 14, 2019

THQ Nordic bought three studios at once, including the authors of Darksiders III

THQ Nordic Holding (not to be confused with the publisher of the same name, which it owns) he announced three major acquisitions at once.

Industry August 13, 2019

Microsoft does not give up on the appearance of its games on other consoles

Microsoft is ready to meet its internal studios that want to release games for different platforms. As stated by the head of the Xbox division Matt Booty, the decision will be made separately for each studio.

Industry August 13, 2019

The authors of Subnautica demand compensation of $300 thousand from G2A

The authors of Subnautica demand $300 thousand from the G2A store. The latter is often criticized by indie developers for unfair, in their opinion, key trading.

People August 13, 2019

Co-founder of Star Island Games headed the Odnoklassniki gaming platform

A new leader has been found on the Odnoklassniki gaming platform. He became the co-founder of the studio Star Island Games Evgeny Polotnyanko.

People August 13, 2019

The former director of id Software left for Saber Interactive

Former id Software director Tim Willits has found a new job. He was hired by Saber Interactive, partly based in Russia.

HR August 13, 2019

Talents In Games partners received 2,000 targeted responses in six months

From February to July, the Talents In Games game dev specialists search site attracted about 2,000 targeted responses to companies that use its services.

Marketing August 12, 2019

Voodoo has launched its own analogue TikTok

French Voodoo is exploring a new market for itself. The company has published an analogue of the popular social application TikTok. The novelty is called Voodoo Video: Watch, Discover.

Industry August 12, 2019

In China, Total War: Three Kingdoms will be published by NetEase. Because of this, Chinese gamers staged a review bombing on Steam

Chinese gamers defend the Steam version of Total War: Three Kingdoms in front of its local publisher — NetEase. Fearing censorship, players write hundreds of negative reviews on the Total War franchise.

Industry August 12, 2019

The authors of the games in Roblox will be paid $ 100 million in total by the end of the year. The MMO team wants to increase deductions to $1 billion

By the end of the year, the creators of Roblox games will be paid a total of $ 100 million. Recall that many of them are minors.

Industry August 12, 2019

RBC: video game development is one of the priority industries in the Kaliningrad region

The importance of the gaming industry for the Kaliningrad region was recently announced by its governor Anton Alikhanov.

Business August 12, 2019

Activision Blizzard’s most profitable and profitable asset is King

American gaming giant Activision Blizzard reported for the second quarter. It turned out that in April — June, King brought the most money to the company. The holding earned about $499 million on match-3 and mobile advertising.

Industry August 12, 2019

Officially: Valve has taken control of the change of release dates on Steam

Valve has confirmed that Steam developers can no longer change release dates without its consent. Rumors about this appeared last week.

Industry August 9, 2019

Walmart refused to advertise violent video games, but left firearms on sale

The Walmart retail chain decided to play it safe after the US president’s recent attack on video games. The company ordered to remove ads with violent scenes from video games. But I did not remove the weapons from the sale.

Games August 9, 2019

A desktop game dev simulator has been released — Game Dev Sim

On August 7, a board game about building a gaming business appeared on sale. It’s called Game Dev Sim. One of its authors — Vyacheslav Utochkin — prepared for App2Top.ru material about the project.

Industry August 9, 2019

Epic Games has joined the fight against opaque loot boxes

Epic Games, following several publishers, confirmed its desire to make loot boxes transparent mechanics. In all new games of the company, the percentage of randomness in loot boxes will be indicated.

Marketing August 9, 2019

The new Samsung smartphone will have Discord installed by default

Samsung has announced a collaboration with Discord. The application will be pre—installed in the new flagship of the mobile company – Galaxy Note 10.

Business August 9, 2019

Do Florence and Gorogoa publishers have problems? His parent company may be bankrupt

Founded two years ago, Annapurna Interactive has very loudly declared itself in the niche of game art projects. She is the publisher of What Remains of Edith Finch, Flower and Gorogoa. And she may have problems because of the parent company.

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The authors of Zlatan Legends have closed. They ran out of funds for development

Unity topped the top of the most popular game engines in the UK

PUBG Corp. hired the developers of Call of Duty, Dead Space and The Walking Dead to her new studio

THQ Nordic bought three studios at once, including the authors of Darksiders III

Microsoft does not give up on the appearance of its games on other consoles

The authors of Subnautica demand compensation of $300 thousand from G2A

Co-founder of Star Island Games headed the Odnoklassniki gaming platform

The former director of id Software left for Saber Interactive

Talents In Games partners received 2,000 targeted responses in six months

Voodoo has launched its own analogue TikTok

In China, Total War: Three Kingdoms will be published by NetEase. Because of this, Chinese gamers staged a review bombing on Steam

The authors of the games in Roblox will be paid $ 100 million in total by the end of the year. The MMO team wants to increase deductions to $1 billion

RBC: video game development is one of the priority industries in the Kaliningrad region

Activision Blizzard’s most profitable and profitable asset is King

Officially: Valve has taken control of the change of release dates on Steam

Walmart refused to advertise violent video games, but left firearms on sale

A desktop game dev simulator has been released — Game Dev Sim

Epic Games has joined the fight against opaque loot boxes

The new Samsung smartphone will have Discord installed by default

Do Florence and Gorogoa publishers have problems? His parent company may be bankrupt