Industry May 17, 2017 Capcom believes: Resident Evil 7 will sell 10 million copies Japanese horror Resident Evil 7 sold 3.5 million copies in the first quarter of 2017. His publisher – Capcom – is sure: this is not the limit. The company expects that the total sales of the game for all time will amount to 10 million.
Vacancies May 17, 2017 Vacancies of the week (May 16) We continue the weekly publication of selected vacancies. Their selection makes for App2Top.ru Tanya Evdokimenko, HR and recruiting expert, founder of VALUES VALUE.
Industry May 16, 2017 Crossfire developer is looking for partners in the West The South Korean company Smilegate is looking for developers in the United States and Europe to expand its business in the Western video game market and promote the Crossfire shooter.
Industry May 16, 2017 ZeniMax sued Samsung over Gear VR ZeniMax Media last week filed a lawsuit against the South Korean corporation Samsung.
Platforms May 16, 2017 Ukraine blocked VKontakte and Odnoklassniki President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on blocking a number of services of Russian companies Yandex and Mail.Ru Group.
Marketing May 16, 2017 Rewarded ads motivate Gamers to stay in the game Rewarded ads can increase user retention in the app several times.
Money May 16, 2017 Summoners War on Track to Earn $1 Billion Com2uS stated that Summoners War was the first Korean game whose earnings amounted to ₩1 trillion (that’s $890 million). By the summer, the company expects that the total earnings of the game for all time will reach $ 1 billion.
Marketing May 15, 2017 Working with LTV and retention curves Learn more about building functions to metrics such as LTV and retention App2Top.ru Ivan Ignatov, the general producer of the Overmind studio, told us. Caution: a lot of formulas.
Games May 15, 2017 Nintendo is preparing a mobile Legend of Zelda (?) Nintendo is developing a game from The Legend of Zelda series for mobile platforms, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports, citing sources close to the company.
Money May 15, 2017 Sega earned $833 million on video games in a year Video game sales brought Sega Sammy Group of companies 94.4 billion ($833 million) in revenue in fiscal year 2017, according to the organization’s report.
Money May 15, 2017 Netmarble valued at $12.2 billion after IPO South Korean publisher Netmarble has conducted an initial public offering (IPO). The company’s market capitalization was $12.2 billion.
Games May 12, 2017 Release of the day: OVIVO OVIVO, a black–and-white indie platformer from the St. Petersburg team IzHard, was released on Steam.
Industry May 12, 2017 The leading designer of Civilization V joined Paradox Interactive The lead developer and designer of Civilization V, John Shafer, has joined the staff of Paradox Interactive.
Money May 12, 2017 Gameloft’s profit fell by 40% in the 1st quarter of 2017 Revenue (EBITA) of mobile developer Gameloft in the 1st quarter of 2017 decreased to $3.2 million against $5.4 million that the company earned in the previous quarter.
Money May 12, 2017 Tencent to invest another $90 million in Pocket Gems Chinese corporation Tencent invests $90 million in mobile developer Pocket Gems.
Conferences May 12, 2017 There was a preliminary program of White Nights St.Petersburg 2017 The organizers of the White Nights gaming business conference have published a preliminary schedule of the summer session, which will be held in St. Petersburg.
Money May 12, 2017 PAYDAY 2 earned $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2017 The PAYDAY 2 franchise revenues amounted to 23.7 million Swedish kronor ($2.6 million), according to a report by Starbreeze for the 1st quarter of 2017.
Money May 12, 2017 Improbable raised $502 million investment The developer of the SpatialOS cloud operating environment, the British company Improbable, received $502 million from SoftBank investor.
Money May 12, 2017 Konami’s annual profit increased by 47% Konami company in fiscal year 2017 earned ¥36.4 billion ($319 million), according to a report by the Japanese company.
Money May 12, 2017 NCSOFT Earned $35 million in Royalties from Lineage 2 Revolution In the first quarter of 2017, NCSOFT was paid $35 million in royalties from sales of the Lineage 2 Revolution mobile game.