Downloads of the Belarusian FreePlay studio have reached almost 500 million. Most of it — 290 million — falls on the hyper-casual hit Join Clash. About the history of the studio and its approach to development App2Top.ru I talked to one of the founders and CEO of FreePlay.

Against the background of stricter laws regarding video games, more than 200 companies in China have pledged to independently regulate this area and cooperate with the authorities. They will take a number of measures to combat gambling addiction among teenagers — including using a facial recognition system.According to Reuters, the statement of the Chinese gaming association CGIGC was signed by a total of 213 companies.

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, spoke about the reasons for the attacks on schools and other educational institutions. In his opinion, this is largely due to video games and the destructive influence of the Internet. Against this background, the Kremlin again raised the issue of restricting the free demonstration of violent content.Alexander Bastrykin

On the night of September 23-24, the third Nintendo Direct this year was held in an online format. While the Internet is in full swing discussing the cast of voice actors for the upcoming cartoon about Magio, we have highlighted the main points of the event.

Diablo II: Resurrected, a remaster of the classic Blizzard game, was released yesterday. In general, critics positively assessed the project. However, it was not without interference in the operation of servers and other technical problems at the start. Because of this, some players have even started requesting refunds.

Analytical companies Newzoo and Apptopia have prepared a report on the mobile gaming market. They estimated that by the end of the year, the market’s revenue will surpass the $90 billion milestone for the first time, with more than half of the amount going to Android stores. Nevertheless, the segment will face a number of problems.

The analytical platform devtodev has written a book about 25 metrics that are used in video games. It is called “Game metrics”. The pages contain a description of the metrics themselves and methods of working with them.

Sergey Klimov, who founded the Charlie Oscar studio, shared his opinion about what indie is. He believes that independent developers sacrifice everything for the sake of their games and in case of failure may be left penniless.

A new deal on the market. ZiMAD announced a collaboration with Disney. The developer has received permission to release additional content based on the cartoons of the film studio for his game Magic Jigsaw Puzzles.

Many users are not satisfied with how the Nintendo eShop search works. They compare it to an “endless garbage dump” in which it is difficult to find something interesting. However, this can be fixed. The Reddit community shared ideas on what should be changed in the store’s game findability. Their proposals were approved by gaming expert Simon Carless.

Last Tuesday, Amazon announced a partnership with the British independent game studio Glowmade. The developers are planning an online cooperative game, but there are no details yet.

Genshin Impact was first released in the Tencent MyApp store. Against this background, there was news that miHoYo has signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese giant. We can talk not only about various promotional activities, but also about a reduced commission.Genshin Impact

Tim Sweeney said that Apple has blacklisted the Fortnite game in its ecosystem. Battle Royale will stay there until the court hears all appeals in the Epic Games case. It may take about five years.

The author of the bestseller “Blood, Sweat and Pixels” believes that the release of Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a strategic move by Sony. The company decided to close the autumn release window with a colorful indie project against the background of God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West transfers.

Nexters has shared its financial results for the first time since going public. In the first half of 2021, it increased revenue by more than half. But at the same time, Nexters’ losses also increased — by eight times at once.

The autumn session of the WN Conference will be held in Moscow on October 13-14. It will be held in a hybrid format: participants will be able to discuss the latest news, share expertise and attend lectures both offline and online.

Russian games perform well in sales. Yesterday they got three lines at once in the world’s top 10 Steam bestsellers, including the first one. It’s about Potion Craft and World War Z: Aftermath.

Roblox is preparing to implement voice chat on its platform. However, only users over the age of 13 will be able to use the new feature. To do this, the company has implemented a special age verification system based on documents and photographs.The verification system became available in Roblox on September 21.

GEM Capital acted as an investor in the Moscow game studio VEA Games and allocated $ 2 million for the development of the game Nikoderiko: The Magical World.