Vacancies September 5, 2017 Vacancies of the week (September 5) We continue the traditional publication of selected vacancies. Their selection makes for App2Top.ru Tanya Evdokimenko, HR and recruiting expert, founder of VALUES VALUE.
Development September 5, 2017 Kotaku editor wrote a book about the difficulties of game development Kotaku news editor Jason Schreier has released a book Blood, Sweat and Pixels, in which he collected stories about the creation of 10 significant game projects.
Games September 5, 2017 Microtransactions and virtual “silver” may appear in Destiny 2 In the upcoming MMO shooter Destiny 2, microtransactions and “silver” (Silver) – a virtual currency from the first part of the game, purchased for real money, may appear.
Industry September 5, 2017 The Swedish gaming industry earned €1.4 billion in 2016 The total turnover of Swedish game studios has grown by 1000% over the past 7 years and reached €1.4 billion by the end of 2016. The industry has remained profitable for 8 years in a row.
Money September 5, 2017 Rovio is officially going to IPO The developer of Angry Birds has officially announced plans to enter the stock market. Rovio has big plans in connection with the initial placement.
Industry September 5, 2017 Wargaming bought the former division of IO Interactive Company Wargaming.net opened an office in Copenhagen based on Hapti Studio. Co, which was previously owned by IO Interactive, and has recently been floating freely.
Conferences September 5, 2017 The application for participation in the Indie Game Cup can be submitted until September 22 The Indie Game Cup game project competition will be held again at White Nights in Moscow. Acceptance of applications has already begun and will last until the twentieth of September.
Industry September 4, 2017 The Guillemot family has increased its stake in Ubisoft to 15% The Guillemot family acquired 1.75% of Ubisoft shares for an estimated €112.5 million. The purchase brought the ownership stake of Ubisoft by the Guillemot family to 15.35%, which gives it 20.02% of the shareholders’ votes.
Games September 4, 2017 The authors of Candy Crush launched softlonch slots King Company in partnership with Playstudios studio held a softlonch of its first game in the genre of social casino — Royal House Slots.
Marketing September 4, 2017 5 tips for preparing a game for a softlonch What should be remembered when pre–launching a mobile game, – says Andrey Zimenko, head of the Wargaming division for publishing mobile games.
Development September 4, 2017 CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview 6 has been released Crytek has released a version of the CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview 6 engine. The update contains a library of particle editor presets and other novelties.
Industry September 4, 2017 Sales of Microsoft MR headsets will start on October 17 Microsoft has announced the start date of sales of mixed reality helmets — October 17. The cost of a set of headsets and controllers starts from $299.
Industry September 4, 2017 Oculus Rift Catches up with HTC Vive on Steam The share of owners of the Oculus Rift VR headset in August increased by 8.1% compared to the previous month and reached 43.8% of the total number of owners of virtual reality helmets among Steam users.
Industry September 1, 2017 The authors of Braveland Heroes: “Fritupley takes three times more effort than the development of a single” In the summer of 2017, the Kaliningrad Tortuga Team released the fourth part of the turn-based strategy Braveland with the subtitle Heroes. We talked with the creative director of the studio Anton Mikhailov about how the work on the project was going.
Industry September 1, 2017 id Software veterans argued in absentia about the authorship of the idea of multiplayer maps Game designer John Romero has entered into an Internet controversy with id Software creative director Tim Willits. The day before, Willits said in an interview that it was he who came up with the idea of making separate maps for multiplayer shooters.
Development September 1, 2017 GameMaker Studio 2 appeared on macOS A version of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine for Apple devices has been released.
Marketing September 1, 2017 Game performance indicators: average session duration Is it necessary to monitor the average duration of the session and what it gives, – says devtodev analyst Vera Karpova in our series of materials “Performance indicators of games”.
Games September 1, 2017 Indian clone Cooking Fever earned $500 thousand in 45 days Indian mobile developer Nukebox Studios earned $500 thousand in 45 days thanks to Food Truck Chef, a time manager inspired by the hit Cooking Fever of the Lithuanian studio Nordcurrent.
Conferences August 31, 2017 One of the White Nights speakers will be Obsidian The program White Nights Moscow 2017 appeared on the network. Among the speakers of the conference for game developers are representatives of Obsidian, Playtika, Epic Games and King.
Games August 31, 2017 Spy VR Puzzle earned $1 million in 9 months Sales of the VR puzzle I Expect You to Die from Schell Games studio have exceeded $1 million since its release in December 2016.