As the developers explained, Unreal Engine 5 is a more advanced engine that is better adapted for open—world games. By switching to it, the studio will be able to make the gameplay of the MMO survival “more fantastic”.

The achievement was announced by Voodoo itself. According to the company, for the entire existence of the App Store, only applications published by Meta* and Google have collected more downloads.

This is reported by the analytical company Game Age Research Institute. According to her research, 38.5% of Japanese gamers purchase both free-to-play and paid games only after they study their reviews.

The hype around NFT has led to an increase in the number of developers who are trying to impregnate venture companies with a blockchain game. GamesBeat talked to a number of investors and found out how many similar presentations they receive.

This was announced by 2K, the parent company of Hangar 13. In a message to employees, she said that Haden Blackman is going to try himself in a new endeavor. His position will go to Nick Baynes, head of the Hangar 13 division in Brighton.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added them to the list of potential candidates for delisting. It is known that in addition to the gaming giant NetEase, it includes JD.com , Pinduoduo, Bilibili and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.

The Wordle puzzle is still popular on Twitter, although there is much less talk about it than in winter. This is the conclusion reached by data analyst Lauren Fratamico. She estimated that at the peak at the end of January, users left up to 500 tweets a day about Wordle — 2.5 times less compared to April.

At the very end of January, The New York Times announced that it was buying the popular Worlde puzzle for a seven-figure sum. Apparently, the newspaper did not lose the deal. In a report for the first quarter of 2022, she indicated that thanks to Wordle, the audience of the games section has grown to an interest-free level.

A Chinese role—playing game about pumping cute waifu generates an average of $1 billion every six months on iOS and Android, Sensor Tower reports.

Last week, there was a rumor about a possible sale of Ubisoft. Today is a new speculation on the topic. There was talk that the Guillemot family, on the contrary, plans to strengthen its position in the gaming business.

The novelty is called Relic Hunter: Rebels. This is the first mobile game of the Brazilian Rogue Snail. It’s hard to call the studio famous, but the authors of the cult Knights of Pen work in it & Paper.

The controversial 110 Industries is getting better. An investment company with Russian roots has announced a significant addition to the board of directors.

Something is wrong with creating a new version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. After criticism of the announcement from the players, several postponements of the release and months of silence, the game changes the team.

By the end of April App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

We are publishing a new pool of gaming vacancies. This week they are wanted: a leading game designer at Daily Magic, a leading product manager at Evrika Games and an art director at Sigma. 

In the UK, they plan to strengthen control over the App Store, Google Play and other mobile stores. The government stated that they do not protect user data well enough, so officials decided to draw up special regulations for stores.

Another gaming company decided that its employees do not have to be in the office all the time. Roblox announced that now, if desired, teams can sometimes work from home. But there are several conditions.

The money was given by the investment company Korea Real Estate Investment and Trust. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Wall Street Journal drew attention to the drop in interest in NFT. As the publication pointed out, with reference to NonFungible data, since September, the average number of transactions with tokens has fallen from 225 thousand to 19 thousand per day.