The WN Conference will be held in Istanbul on June 7-8. A few days ago, the preliminary program of the event became known. It contains a separate track on metavers, stories about working with popular IP and NFT cases.

B.I.O.T.A is not only a tribute to the four-color retro games on the Game Boy, but also a unique title in the genre of metroidvania. We contacted its creator, Ivan Porrini, also known as small bros, to discuss his professional path and the process of developing B.I.O.T.A.

This was announced by the owners of the domestic mobile marketplace in the official Telegram channel. They indicated that they were dealing with the problem, but for now the NashStore site may work intermittently.

pnkfrg studios received money during the initial round of financing, but who exactly invested in it is not disclosed.

On May 11, Apple held a presentation for its advertising partners, 9to5Mac reports. On it, the company said that the refusal of users to transfer personal data has almost no effect on conversions with Apple Search Ads.

The rating was published by GSD. The company did not say how many copies of The Skywalker Saga were sold in just a month, but recalled that there were more of them than any other LEGO brand game.

Today, a user under the nickname ot60 wrote a post on Reddit about fraud that his wife, a developer, recently encountered.

In early May, Ubisoft announced the transfer of the Prince of Persia remake development: The Sands of Time from India to Canada, in Ubisoft Montreal. The company did not explain what the decision was related to. But now it has been found out by Indian journalist Rishi Alwani (Rishi Alwani).

The Digital Platforms company has opened its mobile marketplace for all users. Now it has over a thousand applications available, including applications from a number of banks, Rutube and 2GIS.

As the company explains, while this is not an official department, but something like an interest club, but over time it wants to legitimize its status.

The economy of the Axie Infinity blockchain game is going through hard times. Last Thursday, developer Lars Doucet drew attention to the fall of the Smooth Love Potion or SLP cryptocurrency.

Despite this, sales of the sports simulator for the week decreased by 54%, GfK noted. The next three lines in the chart have not changed either. They still have physical editions of LEGO Star Wars on them: The Skywalker Saga, Horizon Forbidden West and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe.

The head of the Ministry of Finance Maksut Shadaev sent a letter with such a proposal to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko at the end of April. But the letter got to the disposal of the media only now, its contents were shared by Kommersant.

There are a lot of changes in the latest Steam bestseller chart. The Overlord add—on for Stellaris, released at the end of the week, was among the leaders – it took second place immediately after Steam Deck, which topped the ranking for the fifth week in a row. Red Dead Redemption 2 also returned to the chart.

This was stated by the Head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion, in the program “The Church and the World” on the TV channel “Russia 24”.

Activision Blizzard showed a tool for assessing the “diversity” of characters, Krafton reported record revenue, and data appeared that almost 900 thousand applications could disappear from Google Play — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry this weekend.

Epic Games has taken another step towards the metaverse. The head of the company, Tim Sweeny, said in an interview with FastCompany that by the end of 2022, an editor will appear in Fortnite that will provide players with “all the capabilities of the Unreal Engine” to create content.

Now the Nintendo Switch is considered the fourth best-selling console in the history of the American market. Only PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii are ahead of it. This conclusion is shared by analysts from the NPD Group.

In June, a new book about game design from the American indie developer Robert Zubek will be on sale. It is called “Elements of Game Design” and is an introductory guide. In it, the author not only explains the theory, but also offers practical exercises. We tell you more about the book and share the first chapter.