Neither Sony nor Microsoft are in a hurry to officially announce the cost of future consoles yet. But the American retailer Best Buy has already put a preliminary price tag on the PS 5 and the new Xbox. Judging by it, it won’t be cheap.

Yesterday it became known that 1C Entertainment will release King’s Bounty II in partnership with Koch Media. We asked Nikolai Baryshnikov to comment on the decision to publish the long-awaited project not on his own.

What mistakes are most often made when creating levels, — said the senior game designer Mail.ru Group Mikhail Goransky, responsible for the design of Bombastic Brothers.

On August 25, the game Descenders was released on PS4. However, the head of the company No More Robots, engaged in the publication of the project, could hardly find it in the store and pointed Sony to the problem. Ordinary users also joined the discussion.Mike Rose posted a video on Twitter, pointing out the difficulties with finding the Descenders game in the online store.

Facebook continued to rebrand. Three separate divisions — Oculus (VR), Spark (AR) and Portal (smart displays) — we started working under the general brand Facebook Reality Labs.

Ukrainian developers from Frogwares wrote an open letter in which they told about the conflict with the company Nacon (formerly Bigben) and the reasons for the loss of their game The Sinking City from various stores. Inside there is a debt of a million euros, attempts by the publisher to appropriate the rights to the project and litigation.Conclusion of the contract and terms of the transaction

Analysts from SuperData published a report on digital sales of games for July, detailing the data on the most successful projects. Among them are Ghost of Tsushima, Pokémon GO and others.For the first time in a long time, SuperData did not give a cumulative assessment of the market, limiting itself only to the chart of the most successful projects on the main platforms.

Preliminary results of the first court hearing in the case of Apple and Epic Games: Fortnite will not return to iOS in the near future, however, the judge temporarily banned Apple from deleting Epic accounts and ending support for Unreal Engine on its platforms.The first hearing was held on August 24 at Zoom.

The streamer Shroud, who returned to Twitch a couple of weeks ago, predicted a quick death for the popular title Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. The reason for this may be the fast-paced gameplay.

Long-standing rumors about the release of an updated Switch console may be true. According to media reports, production of the next Nintendo Switch model will begin next year. However, there was no official confirmation.

Unity has applied for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company plans to raise at least $100 million.

The profession of “Screenwriter of computer games” was included in the top five most popular creative competencies of the ArtMasters competition, held with the support of Russian ministries.

Analysts from Niko Partners analyzed the results of the Asian gaming market for 2019. Fritupley projects continue to dominate, bringing the greatest income. This segment accounts for 80% of revenue from all digital sales.Key data from the report

Andrew Sinitsky, a resident of St. Petersburg, filed a lawsuit against the developers of the Great Sultan mobile game. In his opinion, 763.5 thousand rubles were illegally written off from him. Sinitsky filed a lawsuit not only against the developers of Mechanist Games, but also against Google along with Tinkoff Bank.

The Chinese company Bilibili has received an exclusive license to publish the mobile version of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. The game will be released under the name Jelly Bean: The Ultimate Knockout.

Mike Zaimont, the chief designer of the Skullgirls fighting game, was accused of harassment and racist statements. However, the developer refused to leave the company Lab Zero Games, of which he is the sole owner. Instead, several colleagues left the studio at once. We understand the situation.

Giveaways on the Epic Games Store continue to attract millions of players. This time, 10 million people took a free copy of Remnant: From the Ashes for a week of distributing the game in the store.

The confrontation between Apple and Epic Games is still gaining momentum, and some iPhone owners have already seen this as an opportunity to make money. Prices for Apple smartphones with Fortnite installed on them reach tens of thousands of dollars.

Epic Games got an ally in the conflict with Apple: Microsoft sided with the creators of Fortnite. The Xbox chapter requires Epic to retain access to Unreal Engine support tools in iOS and Mac.