According to SuperData, the global virtual reality market totaled $1.8 billion last year.

A joint group of researchers from University College London and the Chinese Alibaba Group presented the BiCNet neural network, which has learned to masterfully play StarCraft.

How mail services function and look like in the highest–grossing mobile games of American tops, – App2Top.ru the Playliner company told.

The total number of downloads of applications of the Russian company “Interactive Cartoon” exceeded 10 million.

The creator of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert, told how you can encourage gamers to buy games thanks to gameplay streams.

On games and in–game content implemented from the Russian App Store and Google Play over the past year, developers earned $ 215 million, – said App2Top.ru a representative of App Annie.

A report by Marek-Martin Matiska from Gamajun Games. The speaker talks about the mistakes and difficulties that the company had to face when creating the Take Cover game.

The Berlin-based company Dojo Madness, which is engaged in the creation of educational applications for esports athletes, has received investments in the amount of $ 6 million.

Today, April 5, the word game Under a Spell by Happymagenta, authors of Into the Dim and Tomb of the Mask, was released. We analyze why it is worthy of attention.

At the end of March, Armor Age: Tank Wars, a mobile RTS with a difficult fate, entered the open beta testing stage. About the history of the project and the features of its development App2Top.ru the project manager Ilya Denbrov told.

The report of Miglė Šaulytė from TutoTOONS. The speaker talks about how to become a game designer and start creating games.

MZ (formerly Machine Zone) has launched Satori, an open data aggregator. It systematizes information from all over the Internet and provides it to developers.

Fans have released a level editor for the original Prince of Persia game, released on the Apple II platform in 1989.

A report by Daniel Maslovsky from Craneballs. The speaker talks about the experience of using Unity in a survival game for PC.

Streaming service Twitch announced the launch of a digital store with games on the evening of April 4.

China’s Baidu Corporation has confirmed the sale of its mobile game publisher Baidu Mobile Game (BMG) to two unnamed companies for $173 million.

Streaming platform Live.me announced the ability to stream games and videos from smartphones and tablets.

Google Play Games Service (GPGS) plans to abandon Gifts, Requests and Quests in Google Play games by March 31, 2018.

Today, April 4, the official release of the Japanese role-playing game Persona 5 from Atlus took place. We are looking closely at the project.