The head of monetization at Belka Games, Evgeny Gilmanov, opens a series of materials about the principles that guide the company in developing and implementing a monetization strategy.

The free distribution of the musical adventure game Figment on Steam has led to a significant increase in the game’s audience. The developers from the indie studio Bedtime Digital Games told about the success of the project in the Steam community.

On January 18, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel celebrated its first birthday. According to Sensor Tower analysts, during the debut year, the game earned more than any other mobile card battler in the period from January 2022 to January 2023.

The Canadian Dynasty Loop has not paid its employees and contractors since January, four employees of the indie studio told the Polygon portal. To date, the company’s debts exceed $2 million.

The state Corporation Roscosmos has announced that its plans for space exploration will form the basis of an educational video game. A test version of the strategy called “Space — the space of the future” will be released on April 12, and the release will take place on September 1.

On March 9, Epic Games introduced a set of publishing tools that are available to all owners of the developer account. However, each game must meet the following requirements:

We are publishing a new list with gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: QA-team leader at Playkot, event coordinator at WN Media Group and VFX-artist at ExoGenesis.

AppsFlyer marketing company has published a large-scale report on the state of the advertising market in mobile games in 2022. We have selected several key data from it.

TT Games Studio, which developed LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has cancelled at least three unannounced LEGO projects. This is reported by sources of Nintendo Life.

Publisher Curve Games and Swedish studio Neon Giant have announced that The Ascent has been acquired a million times. The companies thanked the gamers and promised to continue releasing new content for the game.

Microsoft Corporation is trying to convince the British public with the help of advertisements in newspapers of the benefits of buying Activision Blizzard for $ 68.7 billion. Journalist Tom Warren noticed that the other day she bought strips for advertising in two major publications: the Financial Times and the Daily Mail.

For the first time since its release in November 2020, the PS5 surpassed the Nintendo Switch in monthly sales in the Japanese market and became the best-selling console in February. According to Famitsu, over 366.9 thousand PS5S were sold in Japan last month — 457% more than a year ago.

Sony has shared with the British regulator concerns about the future of the Call of Duty series on its consoles if a deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard takes place. In particular, she suggested that the corporation will start releasing games with bugs and poor performance on the PlayStation.

On February 21, the European Commission held a hearing on the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. It is reported that during it, the head of PlayStation said that “he does not want to conclude a new agreement on Call of Duty, but just wants to block the deal.”

The police searched the office of the Ironmace studio and seized materials on the PvPvE-action Dark and Darker, according to Korean media. She was looking for confirmation that the game was created using code and assets stolen from Nexon.

The British Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA) has released a large-scale report in which it spoke about the situation in the country’s gaming market last year. We have chosen the main thing.

Hogwarts Legacy has shown the sixth largest start in the European market, according to GSD. In terms of sales in the debut month, it was second only to the games of the FIFA series.

XYZ School noticed that in 2023, women became more interested in learning in the field of games. She estimated that in January-February, their activity on the pages of online school courses about video games increased by 34% compared to the beginning of 2022.

The number of users in the games of the Free Fire developer studio continues to decline. In the latest financial report, Sea, the parent company of Garena, reported that in the period from October to December 2022, the total active audience of the games was 485.5 million people. This is 25.8% less than at the same time a year ago.