Industry January 29, 2019 Digi-Capital: in 2018, gaming companies invested twice as much as a year earlier In 2018, investments in gaming companies amounted to $5.7 billion. This is twice the figure for 2017, according to experts from Digi-Capital.
Industry January 28, 2019 The PC version of Metro Exodus has become a temporary exclusive for the Epic Games Store Another victory of the Epic Games bizdev. Blockbuster Metro Exodus from the Ukrainian 4A Games in the version for personal computers will be distributed only in the “epic” store. There will be no previously planned release on Steam.
Industry January 28, 2019 Apple is going to launch its own gaming Netflix The “apple” company has gaming ambitions. She plans to launch her own platform where games will be distributed by subscription. Moreover, she is currently negotiating to independently publish games.
Industry January 28, 2019 SuperData: in 2019, the XR industry can earn $11.5 billion The revenue of the augmented reality (XR) market is expected to grow to $11.5 billion in 2019. This forecast, based on revenue statistics from VR, AR and MR devices, was made in SuperData.
Industry January 28, 2019 Poland to allocate €23 million to game developers Polish game dev will receive €23.2 million from the state, Radio Poland reports. The money will come from the National Center for Research and Development.
Industry January 28, 2019 Contest: ask a question to Wargaming Mobile and win a ticket to White Nights in Berlin On February 12-13, the next White Nights will be held in the German capital. There will be a public interview with the head of the mobile division of Wargaming. We suggest coming up with a few questions for him. We will award two authors of the best selections with a premium ticket.
Industry January 28, 2019 The launch of the Anthem VIP demo turned into problems for EA systems, despite the harvested server capacities On January 25, Origin launched a closed demo of Anthem, a game service from BioWare. Electronic Arts gave access to the title to a limited number of users for three days. But Anthem just doesn’t let them play with themselves.
Industry January 28, 2019 A simplified version of the Unity engine for beginners has been released With it, you can create a small 2D game with simple physics.
Industry January 25, 2019 NetEase introduces a “curfew” in its games The company will limit the time and duration of the gaming session for all underage users. The innovation will affect 15 leading NetEase projects and will operate exclusively in China.
Industry January 25, 2019 Nintendo has stated that it is dissatisfied with the development of Metroid Prime 4, so it is starting to make it from scratch The development team will also change. The creation of the fourth part will be handled by the American Retro Studios under the direction of producer Kensuke Tanabe.
Industry January 24, 2019 Battlefield V is the first numbered game in the series in a decade that did not make the Top 10 in sales in the United States The last numbered part of Battlefield in the United States was not included in the top ten best-selling games of the year. Before that, over the past ten years, only Battlefield: Hardline and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 were not included in the top.
Industry January 24, 2019 Game sales in December 2018 were 10% less than a year earlier Despite the Christmas season, digital sales in December 2018 showed both quarterly and annual declines.
Industry January 24, 2019 Epic Games has announced the purchase of two technology startups The author of Unreal Engine continues to acquire service companies specializing in the development of solutions for game developers. Yesterday it became known that the Epic Games “family” included 3Lateral and Agog Labs.
Industry January 24, 2019 Tencent and NetEase games have finally started to be licensed in China The story of the licensing freeze has finally come to a successful end for Tencent c NetEase. For the first time since last March, Chinese giants have received approval for the release of projects in China.
Industry January 23, 2019 Contest: ask a question to the director of Berlin Voodoo and win a premium ticket to White Nights A public interview with Alexander Willink, CEO of Voodoo in Berlin, will take place at White Nights Berlin 2019. We suggest asking him questions. The authors of the top two will receive a premium ticket to the conference.
Industry January 23, 2019 In 2018, the US gaming market reached $43.4 billion This is 18% more than a year earlier.
Industry January 23, 2019 Tencent and NetEase games are ignored by Chinese Regulators for the third time In the Middle Kingdom, 93 more games were allowed to be published. This is the third selection of approved projects since December. However, there are still no projects of the two leading gaming companies in the country “on the lists”.
Industry January 23, 2019 In a year, only one battle royale on Steam has grown its audience Last year, a lot of games in the “battle royale” genre were released on Steam. However, most were unable to keep an active audience after the launch.
Platforms January 23, 2019 Odnoklassniki paid $50.8 million to game developers in 2018 This is $19 million more than the game developers received in the same period from VKontakte.
Industry January 23, 2019 Bethesda denied the rumor about the transfer of Fallout 76 to freeplay monetization A few days ago, a rumor appeared on the network that Fallout 76 may turn out to be a shareware game. Bethesda from its official Twitter account stated that this is not true.