The Russian gaming industry needs self-regulation, according to the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko. He promised gamedev his help in contacting the authorities.

There are so-called meditation games on the market. Their task is to calm and relax. How to create such a game? The authors of Alto’s Adventure, abzÛ and Shape of the World answer.

A report by Montgomery Singman (Monte Singman) from Shenzhen iDreamSky Technology. The speaker shared the latest news about changes in government intervention in the gaming industry in China, which game genres are popular in China, opportunities and prospects of the market.

The graphic outsourcing company OWL Studio is analyzing errors in the interface of the Echo of Combats battler, which is still in development (the game of the Russian studio Mad Devices is now at the stage of a playable alpha).

The UK Gambling Commission touched on the topic of loot boxes in a report on gambling. But now she denies that loot boxes can cause gambling addiction in players.

On November 22, Kingdom Rush Vengeance was released. This is the fourth part of the tower defense series by the Uruguayan studio Ironhide (the total earnings of all games in the series only on mobile is $ 10 million). In connection with the launch of the project, we interviewed the team.

Sensor Tower has published the October top of the most profitable and downloadable AR games on iOS. App2Top found out how much the titles listed in it earn.

Industry veterans have major blunders. Even if they get together and make a dream game. A beautiful story at the development stage Underworld Ascendant turned into a failure of the game and a wave of dissatisfied reviews.

Ancient Domains of Mystery is a live classic of the roguelike genre. 26 years have passed since the beginning of its development, but even now its creator Thomas Biskup continues to develop the project. He told the Gamasutra portal the story of this game. We also give the most interesting theses.

A report by Tony Pearce from Reality Clash. The speaker told how the company managed to add geolocation services and an in-game exchange of equipment items to one game, as well as how they managed to sell more than 350,000 units of in-game cryptocurrency in less than 4 weeks after the release.

October came out hot. $1.53 billion was spent on digital versions of console games. This is 80% more than a year earlier.

After Microsoft announced that all prices in the Microsoft Store will be displayed in dollars, Rospotrebnadzor made a statement. In it, the Ministry noted in which cases such a scenario is possible.

Capcom threw 2,800 people to create a remake of Resident Evil. This became known during the broadcast of the Japanese broadcasting company NHK, writes Alex Aniel, author of a book about the franchise.

The eighteenth White Nights will take place in the German capital. The conference is scheduled for February 12-13.

At the last White Nights, Game Insight gathered a whole track to discuss the esports market.

In October, sales of hardware, games and accessories in the United States are showing record levels, according to NPD analysts. This was influenced by the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Wanted: game designer in Playgendary, QA-lead in Alawar, project manager in Krasnodar Plarium, analyst at Pixonic, Ruby developer at Social Quantum and lead UI designer at Whalekit.

A year ago, in November 2017, Nekki released the mobile fighting game Shadow Fight 3. Since then, the project has reached the mark of 50 million installations. Read about the retention rate of the game and what percentage of those paying by country in our publication.

Microsoft has subjected the Russian office to restructuring. Employees were offered to transfer from Russia to other countries.