Vacancies April 28, 2020

Vacancies of the week (April 28)

Wanted: Project manager at Belka Games, Senior 3D animator at RJ Games and Unity-Middle level developer at Gismart.

Money April 28, 2020

Rovio’s quarterly profit rose to $14.1 million due to lower costs for UA

Finnish Rovio has halved the cost of attracting users. Thanks to this, the company’s profit grew by 75% year-on-year in the last quarter.

Industry April 28, 2020

Bohemia Interactive has closed a studio in Slovakia

Bohemia Interactive has one less studio. The developer DayZ liquidated the office in Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia).

Industry April 28, 2020

App Annie is downsizing its staff due to the coronavirus. Perhaps we are talking about the dismissal of 18% of employees

App Annie, one of the leading Western analytical platforms, is cutting staff due to the “financial impact caused by the spread of the coronavirus.”

Industry April 28, 2020

devtodev has opened free access to all its courses for three months

To support the community of developers in conditions of self-isolation, the devtodev analytical platform decided to make access to all its educational courses temporarily free.

Industry April 28, 2020

ZiMAD will donate more than $25 thousand to hospitals as part of a charity event

Part of this amount was collected with the help of Magic Jigsaw Puzzles players.

Money April 28, 2020

Co-founder of CD Projekt became a billionaire

Marcin Iwiński, one of the founders of the Polish CD Projekt, became a dollar billionaire. He is the holder of the largest number of shares of the company, and now his entire package is worth $ 1.05 billion.

Support and QA April 28, 2020

How the community and support department is built in Belka Games

Maxim Kordonets — Head of Community & Support of Belka Games studio — in his column for readers App2Top.ru he shared his experience of how he rebuilt the community and support department in a mobile company in a year.

Analytics April 28, 2020

SuperData again lowered its forecast for XR industry revenues in 2020 and 2023

Due to the coronavirus, SuperData has adjusted its forecast for the augmented reality (XR) market. According to new data, the XR industry will earn $6.3 billion this year. This is less than expected.

Platforms April 28, 2020

WN Hub: Lecture program for April 28

We publish the schedule of lectures on the WN Hub digital platform for Tuesday, April 28. Recall that the platform works from April 22 to April 30 in open mode.

Investments and transactions April 27, 2020

Investment news – digest from April 20 to 26

All the gaming deals for the past week in one material.

Monetization April 27, 2020

Zynga has started monetizing Words With Friends through the Amazon service

Zynga has introduced a new type of monetization in Words With Friends. A link to the Amazon Prime service has appeared in the word game. His subscribers will be offered free exclusive rewards in the title.

Marketing April 27, 2020

Russian companies returned access to Apple Search Ads

In the search results of the App Store, you can again advertise games from Russian publishers. Apple has returned Russia to the list of countries with access to Search Ads.

Industry April 27, 2020

Gameloft’s Minion Rush will soon surpass the 1 billion downloads mark

Mobile runner Minion Rush will soon reach 1 billion downloads. This was announced by the publisher of the title Gameloft in honor of the 20th anniversary of the company.

Investments and transactions April 27, 2020

In China, Tencent has taken the largest share of the streaming streaming market

Tencent has become the largest player in the streaming market in China. This happened thanks to a new M&A deal. The Chinese giant acquired Huya shares for $262.6 million and became its controlling owner.

Video April 27, 2020

Video: Russian gaming outsourcing in the era of crisis — is it growing or suffering?

How big is the demand in the domestic outsourcing market, is there competition in it, how has the coronavirus affected it? We talked about this and more with the heads of Owl Studio, SunStrike Studio and GD Forge.

Platforms April 27, 2020

WN Hub: Lecture program for April 27

The work of the digital platform for game dev WN Hub continues. We are sharing the schedule of online lectures for Monday, April 27.

Industry April 24, 2020

Tilting Point became the foreign publisher of the Chinese Nova Empire: Space Commander

The American Tilting Point has become the publisher of the Nova Empire: Space Commander mobile strategy. It was launched in China by GameBear publisher. Tilting Point will lead the project outside the Celestial Empire.

Marketing April 24, 2020

Fortnite has updated the peak online thanks to the virtual show of the popular rapper

Fortnite hosted an unusual event with the participation of celebrity rapper Travis Scott. That night he gave a virtual concert, which was attended by 12.3 million players. This is a new peak online record for Fortnite.

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WN Hub: Lecture program for April 29

Vacancies of the week (April 28)

Rovio’s quarterly profit rose to $14.1 million due to lower costs for UA

Bohemia Interactive has closed a studio in Slovakia

App Annie is downsizing its staff due to the coronavirus. Perhaps we are talking about the dismissal of 18% of employees

devtodev has opened free access to all its courses for three months

ZiMAD will donate more than $25 thousand to hospitals as part of a charity event

Co-founder of CD Projekt became a billionaire

How the community and support department is built in Belka Games

SuperData again lowered its forecast for XR industry revenues in 2020 and 2023

WN Hub: Lecture program for April 28

Investment news – digest from April 20 to 26

Zynga has started monetizing Words With Friends through the Amazon service

Russian companies returned access to Apple Search Ads

Gameloft’s Minion Rush will soon surpass the 1 billion downloads mark

In China, Tencent has taken the largest share of the streaming streaming market

Video: Russian gaming outsourcing in the era of crisis — is it growing or suffering?

WN Hub: Lecture program for April 27

Tilting Point became the foreign publisher of the Chinese Nova Empire: Space Commander

Fortnite has updated the peak online thanks to the virtual show of the popular rapper