Today was the release of Little Nightmares 2, a continuation of the platformer of the same name with elements of horror. The profile press praises the game for the atmosphere and outstanding sound, while noticing a number of shortcomings. Now the average score of Little Nightmares 2 on Metacritic is 82/100.About the game

devtodev now has full support for SQL queries right in the service interface. It replaced SQL Wizard, which was limited to a custom set of functions.The main advantage of implementing full SQL support is the use of virtually any data that the devtodev platform has collected about events in the game.

Which categories of iOS games have the lowest share of non-branded traffic? — the analytical company ASOdesk asked this question in its research. The figures were revealed as part of WN Winter’21. We share the material prepared on the basis of the speech.

The domestic Kefir decided to support the open source Godot Engine. The developers have allocated a grant to its owners in the amount of $ 120 thousand.

The Viking survival Valheim, which recently conquered the Steam charts, has crossed the milestone of one million copies sold. It took the game only one week.

What the product manager (PM) is responsible for, whether his responsibilities depend on the company, what professional qualities are important to him — we talked about this and much more during WN Winter’21 with Chong Ahn, Head of Product Management at Electronic Arts.

The third fiscal quarter of last year was an outstanding one for Ubisoft (it ended for it on December 31). During this time, the company earned more than €1 billion for the first time and increased MAU to 40 million users. The French publisher shared such results in the latest report and during a conversation with investors.

Ubisoft has shared its plans for the next financial year. The company decided to abandon the model in which the main focus is on expensive AAA games. Now the publisher will begin to actively develop freeplay projects and support previously released titles.Ubisoft told about this during a call with investors as part of summing up the results of the third financial quarter (ended December 31).

tinyBuild has announced the acquisition of three studios at once. Among the publisher’s new assets are We’re Five Games, as well as Russian companies Moon Moose and Hungry Couch. The amount and other financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.tinyBuild announced this on its official website.

Sometimes just spending a lot of effort on development is not enough for success. We need to look for other solutions. Which ones,” Diego Diaz, CEO of Koron Studios, told WN Winter’21 online conference.

Wanted: a game designer at Last Level, a project manager at Kefir and a leading level artist to work on a Russian AAA game.

Chinese giant Tencent continues to expand. This time, the company bought a minority stake in the Czech studio Bohemia Interactive, known for the franchises DayZ and Arma.

Blizzard turned 30 yesterday. In honor of the anniversary, the company shares early concepts of its classic games, including WarCraft and Diablo, on social networks.Blizzard publishes archival materials in the official Twitter accounts of World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and Overwatch under the hashtag #FromTheVault.

The publisher of hyper-casual games SayGames has achieved 2 billion downloads in 2 years of operation, releasing 47 games. At the same time, he works with developers according to a scheme that is not the most standard for a niche. Instead of focusing on CTR, the publisher is looking for strong teams.

On the Cocos Creator game engine, you can now fully work with three-dimensional graphics. The authors of the platform have launched Cocos Creator 3.0, a version of the framework that combines the functions of the company’s previous 2D and 3D products.

The public beta of the Chinese version of Steam, for which the publisher Perfect World is responsible, has become available to local gamers. Now a little more than 40 games are available in the store, including the titles of Vavle itself.Analyst Daniel Ahmad drew attention to this.

The MY.GAMES investment division has invested in American developers from Pizza Club Games. The studio was founded at the beginning of last year by veterans of SEGA, Electronic Arts, NCsoft Glu and Playdom.

There is one more support program for indie developers. Publisher SayGames has allocated $10 million for the publication of hyper-casual games as part of a special SayHero project.

The gaming market continues to consolidate. Electronic Arts becomes the owner of Glu Mobile. The business was valued at $2.1 billion. However, the company accounts for $364 million. So the whole deal will cost electronics $2.4 billion.