Looks like it’s time for Steam to step aside. The Discord gaming messenger has launched a beta version of its own store and promises good support to indie developers who will release their games first in this store.

Previously, developers of historical games had to remove Nazi symbols from their games in order to release them in Germany. Now the German authorities have allowed such games to be licensed if the use of Nazi images is justified.

Adam Telfer, co-founder of Chatterbox Games studio, explains in detail what you need to understand and take into account when you develop a game for messenger using the example of projects with Facebook Instant Games. 

In the second quarter, Activision Blizzard earned $1.64 billion, including $521 million from mobile. This is the company’s record revenue from mobile games.

Round table about esports. The speakers discussed the role of esports in the gaming industry, the features and impact of esports activities on the developer and publisher.

Facebook has added augmented reality games to its messenger for the first time, which can be played in a video chat.

Indie studio Failbetter Games, which created the Fallen London and Sunless Sea projects, came up with a flash mob #loveindies with an appeal to support independent developers. During the week of the flash mob, the guys received 95 new reviews for their games.

Report by Alexey Sobolev from Google. The speaker spoke about what a good and high-quality game is for the global market, as well as what opportunities Android and Google Play offer, based on his own experience and his most successful cases.

In several American cities, it became possible to order the first Magic Leap augmented reality glasses, in which investors invested $ 2.3 billion.

Christoph Hartmann, who previously headed 2K Games, joined Amazon Game Studios as vice president.

Mobile games may be despised by a certain group of players. At the same time, it would be a mistake to assume that only a casual audience plays in them. As the analytical company EEDAR insists in its research, the most avid gamers also do not deny themselves this pleasure.

Wanted: an advertising buying manager at G5 Entertainment, a community manager at Nevosoft and a leading 3d artist at Pixonic.

Vadim told inspiring personal stories about how he created the first games at the dawn of the era of video games. The creator of the legendary “Field of Miracles” knows exactly the answers to the most important questions for beginners. Does a bestseller need code quality? How old should a developer be? Will a layman be able to earn a million?

Former head of the Odnoklassniki gaming platform Artur Shakalis in an interview App2Top.ru he told about the forced departure from the social network and what the HTML5 games market lacks for explosive growth.

Quick sales will reappear on Steam two years after Valve canceled this feature. Developers will be able to choose for how many hours the cost of the title will be reduced.

The PC version of the multiplayer RPG Fallout 76 will be distributed only through the service Bethesda.net , the game will not appear on Steam.

Svyatoslav Torik from Wargaming Research & Development conducted a survey to find out how Russian-speaking game designers create game concepts and relate to colleagues.

A selection of ten books that tell interesting stories about video games, development and the gaming industry in general.

A large-scale opinion poll among independent Unity developers showed that it takes more than a year to develop a good project, studios rarely develop only one game, interest in VR/AR is growing in the industry, and developers are looking for new employees among acquaintances and in social networks.