Money August 10, 2017

The company Plarium was bought by a slot manufacturer for $500 million

The Israeli game developer and publisher Plarium was acquired for $500 million by the public company Aristocrat, the largest manufacturer of slot machines in Australia.

Money August 9, 2017

Kongregate to Create $10 Million Fund for Indie Developers

Kongregate publishing house announced the foundation of a $10 million fund to promote games from independent developers on PC and consoles.

Games August 9, 2017

Newzoo: The most popular PC games of July

The analytical company Newzoo has prepared a monthly rating of the 20 most popular PC games. It is compiled based on the number of unique gaming sessions of each title.

Games August 9, 2017

99% of players left No Man’s Sky in a year

One of the most anticipated games of 2016, No Man’s Sky, a year after its release, justified its name — the title was literally depopulated, having lost 99% of the audience.

Industry August 9, 2017

82-year-old Japanese self-taught developer has released a mobile game

An 82-year-old Japanese woman has developed and released a mobile game called Hinadan for the App Store.

Industry August 9, 2017

The developer of Super Stickman Golf cost the Chinese $4.9 million

Beijing-based mobile game developer ZPlay has bought a 70% stake in Canadian indie publisher Noodlecake Studios for $4.9 million.

Games August 9, 2017

Valve has announced a new game for the Dota franchise

Valve has announced the development of a new title based on MOBA Dota — a collectible card game Artifact.

Industry August 9, 2017

The new Ubisoft office was headed by the former head of EA DICE

Ubisoft has announced the launch of a new studio in the Swedish capital. The Stockholm office was headed by Patrick Bach, who resigned as CEO of EA DICE at the end of last year.

Vacancies August 8, 2017

Vacancies of the week (August 8)

We continue the traditional weekly publication of selected vacancies. Their selection makes for App2Top.ru Tanya Evdokimenko, HR and recruiting expert, founder of VALUES VALUE.

Industry August 8, 2017

Monster Strike earned 93% of Mixi’s quarterly revenue

The Japanese company Mixi reported an increase in sales and profit for the 2nd quarter of this year. The main source of financial income remains the mobile puzzle Monster Strike, released in 2013.

Industry August 8, 2017

The authors of Subway Surfers were sued for transferring personal information of young gamers to advertising networks

In the US, a group of parents filed a class action lawsuit against Danish developers Kyloo and SYBO Games. They believe that the popular Subway Surfers game collects their children’s personal data for advertising networks without permission.

Money August 8, 2017

The success of Lineage M did not save NCsoft from falling profits

The popularity and revenue of the mobile role-playing MMO Lineage M did not help the Korean publisher NCsoft cope with a 66% decrease in the company’s profit in the second quarter of this year.

Industry August 8, 2017

A new Dropleaf indie game store has been launched

On August 8, the Dropleaf platform, which offers a subscription service for a library of games from independent developers, started working in beta testing mode.

Interview August 8, 2017

“Beholder did not change the company”: interview with Alawar

Why Alawar took up publishing an indie game for Steam, whether Beholder‘s success changed the approach to development within the company, why Creative Mobile was chosen to launch the mobile version – about this and much more App2Top.ru I asked the general director of the company Andrey Postnikov.

Conferences August 7, 2017

White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: SOFTGAMES about the possibilities of HTML5 games

A report by Andre Krug from SOFTGAMES. The speaker spoke about how the global HTML5 games market looks like in general, what are the opportunities of this market, who are the most significant players and what awaits this segment of the industry in 2018.

Industry August 7, 2017

According to the results of the first half of 2017, which games earned the most on PC, consoles and mobile?

Last week, Superdata published the document “Trends and Analysis of the Games and Interactive Media Market”. One of the slides of the 19-page presentation contains ratings of the most profitable games of this year.

Games August 7, 2017

DAU Rainbow Six Siege has grown to 2.3 million players thanks to the stable support of Ubisoft

More than 20 million people have registered in the Rainbow Six Siege tactical shooter for a year and a half of its existence, and the daily audience has grown to 2.3 million thanks to Ubisoft’s strategy for stable support of the project after release.

Marketing August 7, 2017

Women’s share: a selection of studies on the number of women among players

The audience of Honor of Kings, the new mobile MOBA from Tencent, is dominated by women. App2Top.ru together with the company Advertmobile decided to check if this is the order of things.

Conferences August 7, 2017

White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: IBCC on where it is better to open an IT company

A report by Indra Elisabete Priede from IBCC. She talked about how, when and where to open your IT business, in which country it is better to develop an existing business. Indra also spoke about the countries that are popular in the IT industry.

Industry August 5, 2017

Larian talked about how she conducts the Divinity playtest: Original Sin II

Before the release of Divinity: Original Sin II, which will take place on September 14, the developer company Larian is testing the project on real players in their offices. About how this happens and why it is necessary, – App2Top.ru Olga Timofeeva, the head of the Russian office of Larian, was questioned.

All publications of the author

The company Plarium was bought by a slot manufacturer for $500 million

Kongregate to Create $10 Million Fund for Indie Developers

Newzoo: The most popular PC games of July

99% of players left No Man’s Sky in a year

82-year-old Japanese self-taught developer has released a mobile game

The developer of Super Stickman Golf cost the Chinese $4.9 million

Valve has announced a new game for the Dota franchise

The new Ubisoft office was headed by the former head of EA DICE

Vacancies of the week (August 8)

Monster Strike earned 93% of Mixi’s quarterly revenue

The authors of Subway Surfers were sued for transferring personal information of young gamers to advertising networks

The success of Lineage M did not save NCsoft from falling profits

A new Dropleaf indie game store has been launched

“Beholder did not change the company”: interview with Alawar

White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: SOFTGAMES about the possibilities of HTML5 games

According to the results of the first half of 2017, which games earned the most on PC, consoles and mobile?

DAU Rainbow Six Siege has grown to 2.3 million players thanks to the stable support of Ubisoft

Women’s share: a selection of studies on the number of women among players

White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: IBCC on where it is better to open an IT company

Larian talked about how she conducts the Divinity playtest: Original Sin II