Games January 31, 2018 EA to Bring Microtransactions Back to Star Wars Battlefront II Electronic Arts re-activates microtransactions in the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront II. This was confirmed by the company’s management.
Vacancies January 31, 2018 Vacancies of the week (January 31) Wanted: the head of the user purchase department at Nekki, a game designer at KamaGames Studio and an analyst of game updates at Kefir!.
Industry January 30, 2018 6 facts about the video game market for the year from SuperData The analytical company SuperData has published a large-scale study of the video game market by the end of 2017 (excluding retail). The main figures and facts are in our material.
Industry January 30, 2018 Alexander Nasonov left Bobaka for GROSSING.GAMES Producer and co-founder of Bobaka Alexander Nasonov left the company. He headed a new gaming startup company, GROSSING.GAMES.
Industry January 30, 2018 Microsoft has bought a cloud startup for game developers Microsoft announced the purchase of the PlayFab cloud service. It offers tools for developing, launching and analyzing games that work with cloud data.
Games January 30, 2018 Ubisoft has changed its mind about raising the price of Rainbow Six: Siege Ubisoft has canceled a planned increase in the price tag for the online shooter Rainbow Six: Siege due to user dissatisfaction.
Industry January 30, 2018 Hyper Light Drifter Producer Left Square Enix Hyper Light Drifter producer and designer Teddy Dief is returning to indie development. He decided to leave the Montreal division of Square Enix after the cancellation of his new project.
Industry January 30, 2018 Playtika invests $400 million in Israeli entertainment startups The Playtika social casino factory has announced the launch of a new division – Playtika Growth Investments. It is going to invest up to $400 million in companies from Israel that are engaged in entertainment or consumer-oriented business.
Industry January 30, 2018 Polygon: Microsoft may buy EA According to rumors, Microsoft is ready to radically deal with the lack of exclusives for Xbox. To do this, the IT giant is eyeing the purchase of Electronic Arts and other gaming companies.
Platforms January 29, 2018 Facebook is preparing a springboard to compete with Twitch Facebook is developing its own platform for game streaming. As part of this, the company officially launched the Gaming Creator Pilot Program. The goal of the program is to attract new creators of gaming video content to Facebook and help them gain an audience.
Industry January 29, 2018 AdvertMobile: Tops of the most popular iOS gaming queries (December 2017) – updated Among the most popular iOS search queries in December in the USA are Deer Hunter 2018 and Pixel Gun 3D. However, the leader is a request for Belarusian Pixel Art.
Games January 29, 2018 5 million copies of Monster Hunter: World shipped in the first weekend Deliveries of the Monster Hunter: World role-playing action have become the best in the history of the franchise. In the first three days, Capcom sent over 5 million copies to stores and sold them in numbers.
Development January 29, 2018 The author of Shadowhand urged not to delay the development of games “Faster does not mean worse,” says independent developer Jake Birkett, speaking about the timing of the creation of video games.
Conferences January 29, 2018 Contest: ask a question for the Berlin White Nights meetup and win a ticket to Prague On February 1, a White Nights meetup will take place in Berlin with the participation of King and Wooga. We suggest that its participants come up with questions. The authors of the best questions will be awarded premium tickets to the Prague White Nights session.
Industry January 29, 2018 Mikhail Katkoff: “Product Manager is the best profession for those who are passionate about both games and business” How does the founder of the game design blog Deconstructor of Fun and a veteran of mobile development look at the profession of a product manager?
Games January 29, 2018 Blizzard will Monitor YouTube to Fight Trolls in Overwatch Blizzard will search for “toxic” gamers in Overwatch by videos on YouTube and other social media. Having identified a rude and aggressive player, the developer can restrict the operation of his account without waiting for a complaint from other players.
Money January 29, 2018 FRII will invest 500 million rubles in gaming projects The Russian Foundation for the Development of Internet Initiatives (FII) will undertake investment in the games market. He will start with esports.
Development January 26, 2018 The authors of pixel Dead Cells used 3d pipeline to create 2d animation Sometimes the lack of a budget and a lot of experience gives rise to brilliant ideas. The artist Dead Cells has figured out how to create animations for pixel games using 3d cheaply and quickly.
Development January 26, 2018 5 mistakes of a novice game designer Founder of the independent studio Scared Square Games and game design teacher Stuart Lilford named 5 common mistakes of novice game designers. And he told me how to fix them.
Money January 26, 2018 Starbreeze sold its shares for $30 million After the failure of RAID: World War 2, Swedish Starbreeze Studios sold 20 million of its shares worth $ 30 million.