Platforms October 26, 2017 Digital gift certificates have appeared on Steam Valve has added digital gift certificates with a fixed face value to the Steam game store. They can be used to replenish the Steam wallet of another user of the platform.
Money October 25, 2017 Gamers Spent $8.3 billion on Digital Games in September September turned out to be hot. The players have shaken up their money by $8.3 billion. Most of the evergreen presidents went into the pockets of the developers of League of Legends, Destiny 2 and Fantasy Westward Journey.
Industry October 25, 2017 Microsoft has discontinued the release of Kinect Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of the Kinect contactless controller.
Conferences October 25, 2017 White Nights Moscow 2017: fresh analytics on the gaming market from Nevosoft We are starting to publish video materials from the White Nights conference held in Moscow on October 10-11!
Conferences October 25, 2017 Report on White Nights Moscow 2017 from GameGuru Very soon we will start posting video presentations from White Nights Moscow 2017. We offer to pass the time before their performance by reporting on the conference of our colleagues with GameGuru.
Industry October 25, 2017 App Annie: the most downloaded and profitable games of September 2017 App Annie analytical platform has published game download and sales charts for September. Among the world leaders are Honor of Kings, Subway Surfers and Lineage M.
Marketing October 25, 2017 GTA fans more often than others advise the game to others The Grand Theft Auto gaming franchise is being promoted by its fans more actively than others, according to a new study by Newzoo on the loyalty index (Net Promoter Score, NPS) of the most popular franchises in the video game industry.
Development October 25, 2017 Unreal Engine 4 has received a new update: it has three-dimensional lighting maps and AR Epic Games rolled out a new version of Unreal Engine 4. The update was the eighteenth large-scale update of the engine. Among the key innovations are three–dimensional maps, lighting and extensive AR support.
Industry October 25, 2017 One video game out of four is successfully funded on Kickstarter On the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, there are three failures for one successful video game financing campaign.
Industry October 25, 2017 NPD: disputes about loot boxes did not affect game sales The public discussion about the monetization of video games through loot boxes did not affect the sales of large titles, according to the analytical company NPD Group.
Blockchain October 25, 2017 GPlay’s Blockchain Mobile Game Store Has Received Unity Support GameCredits has signed a deal with Unity Technologies, which will allow developers on the Unity engine to place titles in the GPlay mobile app store. GPlay uses a cryptocurrency, which is also called GameCredits.
Industry October 24, 2017 Unity and Facebook tempt with a feature in exchange for a release in Gameroom Facebook has taken drastic measures to promote Gameroom. The social network hints that the appearance of the game on the platform will increase its chances of a global feature.
Industry October 24, 2017 A former BioWare employee spoke out against monetization in EA games Ex-BioWare employee Manveer Heir (Manveer Heir) believes that the Electronic Arts publishing house, in pursuit of gaming profits, forgot about the desires and needs of gamers.
Money October 24, 2017 Sensor Tower: By 2020, an American will spend $88 a year on iPhone apps According to the forecast of the analytical company Sensor Tower, from 2016 to 2020, the average user’s spending in the United States on iPhone apps and purchases in them will grow by 86% to $88 per year.
Marketing October 24, 2017 Benchmarks of mobile game genres (retention, session time, ARPPU and “stickiness”) GameAnalytics named the most common mobile game genres, and also told whether retention, session size, ARPPU and the “stickiness” of the project depends on the genre.
Platforms October 24, 2017 The first interactive game for Twitch will be created by the authors of Dustforce The Hitbox Team studio will develop the first title for the interactive Twitch Extensions format, which allows viewers of the game broadcast on Twitch to interact with the stream.
Industry October 24, 2017 Destiny 2 became the US sales leader for the whole of 2017 The second part of the online shooter Destiny in September became the best-selling video game in the United States for 2017. This is reported by the analytical company NPD.
Marketing October 24, 2017 AdvertMobile: Tops of the most popular iOS gaming queries (September 2017) The most popular search query in the USA on iOS in September was the word Destiny, and in Russia – Rider. What other mobile search queries related to games were popular in the territories of the USA and Russia – read in our joint material with AdvertMobile.
Games October 23, 2017 PUBG won’t get a sequel in the near future Fans of the “battle royale” of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds may not wait for the second part in the foreseeable future. Bluehole Studio will develop the project on the principle of “game as a service”.
Money October 23, 2017 9 VR titles earned $1 million in the Oculus store At least 9 virtual reality games have earned over $1 million each in the Oculus Store app store.