Industry August 24, 2020 During the week, Remnant: From the Ashes was downloaded from the Epic Games Store 10 million times Giveaways on the Epic Games Store continue to attract millions of players. This time, 10 million people took a free copy of Remnant: From the Ashes for a week of distributing the game in the store.
Money August 24, 2020 The network began selling Apple smartphones with Fortnite installed The confrontation between Apple and Epic Games is still gaining momentum, and some iPhone owners have already seen this as an opportunity to make money. Prices for Apple smartphones with Fortnite installed on them reach tens of thousands of dollars.
Industry August 24, 2020 Microsoft has supported Epic Games with a lawsuit against Apple Epic Games got an ally in the conflict with Apple: Microsoft sided with the creators of Fortnite. The Xbox chapter requires Epic to retain access to Unreal Engine support tools in iOS and Mac.
Analytics August 21, 2020 Which settings are most common in successful mobile games — AppMagic research The AppMagic analytics service found out which settings in which genres are most often found in the tops of the highest-grossing and most downloaded games.
Money August 21, 2020 A new investment fund for gaming startups has appeared Santa Monica-based venture capital company March Capital has launched an investment fund for gaming startups. Its size is $60 million.
Industry August 21, 2020 IKEA Taiwan has released a special edition of the catalog in the style of Animal Crossing Animal Crossing Heroes: New Horizon appeared on the pages of the charming IKEA 2021 catalog. This is an exact copy of the standard magazine, but every detail is a frame from the game.
Industry August 21, 2020 Enplex Games: after the launch of Population Zero, the team has become smaller The developer of the Russian survival Population Zero has problems. After unsuccessful early access, Enplex Games made cuts. Now she is looking for a publisher or partner to create Population Zero 2.0.
Money August 21, 2020 Forecast: the success of Microsoft Flight Simulator will lead to peak sales of gaming hardware The new flight simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator impressed the players with graphics and scale. The price is extremely high requirements for gaming hardware and peripherals. Therefore, analysts believe that the game will lead to an increase in their sales.
Industry August 20, 2020 Sega will “aggressively” port games to PC thanks to the success on Steam After good sales of Persona 4: Golden on Steam, Japanese Sega is going to transfer games to PC much more actively.
Marketing August 20, 2020 Adjust: The best way to work with ads on iOS 14 is to get consent from the user to track data Recently, the Adjust marketing company published a guide on how to prepare for working with ads on iOS 14. In the same place, she directly says that the best option is to create a successful pop—up window that motivates users to say “yes” to the question about data tracking.
Industry August 20, 2020 Bossa Studios allowed employees to choose between working from home and in the office The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to switch to remote operation. Today, the “remote” is gradually being abandoned, but the studio of the authors of Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread decided to leave this format for those who managed to like it.
Industry August 20, 2020 7.59% of upcoming Netflix TV adaptations are based on games Game content is becoming commonplace for the Netflix audience. Video games have entered the top 3 sources of inspiration for the creators of the streaming giant’s series.
Industry August 20, 2020 Playrix is working on Farmscapes together with Friday’s independent studio Recently we wrote about the softphone of a new game from Playrix — Farmscapes. As it turned out, it is not the internal asset of the company that is responsible for its development, but the independent Novosibirsk studio Friday’s.
Money August 19, 2020 How a Singapore Indie Startup Earned $3.8 million on Kitten Games The Cat Quest franchise is a mix of a casual game about kittens and a serious RPG, which brought its developer The Gentlebros 1.3 million downloads and $3.8 million in profit. The founder of the studio shared the story of falls and success in an interview with Tech in Asia.
Industry August 19, 2020 Facebook will stop supporting Oculus accounts To use the Oculus VR headset, you now need a Facebook profile. Since October of this year, new users will not be able to create their own Oculus account, and support for old accounts will cease in 2023.
Money August 19, 2020 Take-Two Interactive acquires the creator of Two Dots for $192 million The publisher of Take-Two is going to buy the New York studio Playdots for $ 192 million. The latter develops minimalistic mobile games.
Games August 18, 2020 Playrix has launched a new match game in softlonch. The direct competitors of the novelty are Toy Blast and Toon Blast In the Playrix family of casual match-games, replenishment should be expected very soon. The company has launched a new game — Farmscapes within the framework of sotflonch. This is a traditional game for the Scapes series with a plot and meta about decoration, but with one key difference — a new basic mechanics.
Money August 18, 2020 Turkish gaming startups have attracted $2.4 billion in investments since 2015 Turkey’s economy is going through hard times, but this does not prevent the gaming segment from flourishing. Over the past five years, Turkish startups related to mobile games have received investments of $2.4 billion.
Platforms August 18, 2020 No promotion of games outside of Steam. New Valve Rules (UPDATED) Valve has decided to tighten the rules regarding promotion on Steam. Now game developers can promote only Steam versions of their products on the platform. Other sites cannot be mentioned.
Investments and transactions August 18, 2020 Tencent has acquired a minority stake in Voodoo. The French were estimated at $1.4 billion Chinese industrial giant Tencent has invested in another Western asset. The company became a minority owner of the publisher of hyper-casual games Voodoo. The value of the transaction is unknown. However, it is said that the share was bought at a combined valuation of Voodoo at $1.4 billion.