Vacancies November 21, 2018 Vacancies of the week (November 21) Wanted: game designer in Playgendary, QA-lead in Alawar, project manager in Krasnodar Plarium, analyst at Pixonic, Ruby developer at Social Quantum and lead UI designer at Whalekit.
Industry November 20, 2018 Nekki: Shadow Fight 3 downloads amount to 50 million, and the share of those paying in China is 15% A year ago, in November 2017, Nekki released the mobile fighting game Shadow Fight 3. Since then, the project has reached the mark of 50 million installations. Read about the retention rate of the game and what percentage of those paying by country in our publication.
Industry November 20, 2018 Microsoft is reducing the Russian representation Microsoft has subjected the Russian office to restructuring. Employees were offered to transfer from Russia to other countries.
Conferences November 20, 2018 Video: Lab Cave Games about ASO techniques A report by Enric Pedro from Lab Cave Games. The speaker spoke about how the strongest development teams, such as IGG and Socialpoint, work with ASO to attract organic traffic and increase profits.
Marketing November 20, 2018 SUPER.COM will invest $50 million in Unreal Engine game Developers Foundation SUPER.COM I am ready to invest in Unreal Engine game developers. The total investment amount is $50 million.
Industry November 20, 2018 Four top Wargaming managers left the company and launched Redhill Games Yesterday, November 19, the announcement of the launch of a new Finnish game studio — Redhill Games. Most of the founders held senior positions in Wargaming back in September.
Industry November 19, 2018 Brian Fargo: the cost of developing AA games has tripled in five years In early November, Microsoft announced the purchase of inXile Entertainment. Founder and president Brian Fargo spoke about how the deal will affect the company in an interview with Eurogamer. We provide a brief version of the material.
Industry November 19, 2018 Breakthroughs of the Week: Bacon Escape 2 and Ball Pack We note the mobile games that showed the fastest growth in downloads over the past week.
Industry November 19, 2018 “Pay for everything you do”: players were angered by the monetization system in Artifact Valve had to listen to a lot of unflattering reviews about the Artifact card. The players who got access to the beta of the game today were unpleasantly struck by the monetization system.
Industry November 19, 2018 Microsoft is not leaving Russia, but is transferring the Microsoft Store from rubles to dollars The price tags in rubles have disappeared from the Microsoft Store. Now the purchase of games and applications for PC and Xbox in the store will be made only for dollars.
Conferences November 19, 2018 Video: Kefir about the creation of the hit Last day on Earth A report by Maria Pestrikova from Kefir. Maria told about how the Last day on Earth project was created, and why the company decided to build the workflow in its own way.
Industry November 16, 2018 Bandai Namco announced the closure of its Vancouver office The number of studios dissolved in 2018 is growing. Next up is Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver.
Industry November 16, 2018 Rovio announced the development of 12 new games The creators of Angry Birds decided to change the strategy of releasing games. Rovio announced that it has 12 titles in the works at once.
Industry November 16, 2018 The creators of Magic Leap One have launched grants for AR developers The authors of the Magic Leap One mixed reality glasses are looking for creators of applications for their headset. Talented indie developers have been promised grants from $20,000 to $500,000.
Industry November 16, 2018 Ubisoft has spoken out in defense of the loot boxes. The representative of the company considers them the driver of the games market Loot boxes are not something bad if implemented correctly. This position was shared by one of the Ubisoft developers in response to criticism of the introduction of loot boxes in Trials Rising.
Industry November 16, 2018 Early access has appeared in the Discord digital store Discord is rapidly expanding the boundaries of its capabilities. The gaming messenger announced the launch of an early access program in its store.
Industry November 16, 2018 Brawl Stars scored 5 million pre-registrations in a day The new Supercell game has not been released yet, but it is already gaining millions. In just one day, the preliminary registrations of the project on both platforms reached 5 million.
Conferences November 16, 2018 Video: Round table about machine learning The speakers discussed the most effective use of machine learning in games. How to increase profits using machine learning? How do I start embedding it? What success stories exist? How to build a system that works for the future? Why has machine learning become popular right now, because the technology has been known for a long time?
Industry November 15, 2018 The purchase of Koch Media and Deep Silver helped increase THQ Nordic’s net sales by 14.03% THQ Nordic, buying up asset after asset, did not lose. In the third quarter of 2018, the publisher’s net sales increased by 1403% year-on-year and amounted to $139.8 million.
Industry November 15, 2018 CD Projekt: “Blood Feud: The Witcher” sold out in a smaller edition than planned The initial sales of the new CD Projekt role-playing game were lower than predicted. But the company assures that it is not about failure.