Although Dying Light 2: Stay Human still tops the Steam bestseller chart, Lost Ark is breathing down her back. Last week, sets with bonuses for Korean MMORPG took five places in the ranking at once. Also, Lost Ark became the second peak online game in the history of Steam.

Rovio has shared its financial report for 2021. The Finnish company has collected record gaming revenue, but its profit has fallen. However, she is not discouraged and makes a big bet on a fresh release — Angry Birds Journey.

The search for employees in indie studios is different from large companies. Valya Severin, co-founder of the Russian helpnode team, told about the subtleties of this process. Inside — personal experience and some basic tips for beginners.Sanek

A new book about game design is on sale. It’s called “I want to go to gamedev!”. This is a guide for beginners in the gaming industry, which explains who a game designer is and what his work consists of. We talk about the book and share a small excerpt from it.

App Annie reports that German residents spent $2.8 billion on mobile games in 2021. For comparison, the turnover of the Russian mobile games market for the same period amounted to only $ 1.05 billion.

Krafton reported for fiscal year 2021 (ended December 31). During this period, the company earned more than $1.5 billion. Most of this amount fell on mobile. Speaking about future plans, the owner of PUBG announced his intention to develop in the field of VR and NFT.Indicators for the year

The authors Alan Wake and Control are doing well. In 2021, both revenue and operating profit have grown. In addition, she is very optimistic about the near future. It is possible that the best times for the Finnish company are still ahead.

Sarah Bond, vice president of the Microsoft gaming ecosystem, hinted at a possible reduction in the commission in the Xbox store. According to her, in the future, a more flexible model may replace the 30% fee, when the commission amount will depend on the store functions used by developers.

Summoners Arena is a Vietnamese RPG based on blockchain, which managed to attract the attention of investors. As part of the seed round, its authors raised $3 million. The general director of Krafton also invested his funds in the project.The developers announced the completion of the round in their blog on February 11.

SocialPeta presented an overview of the mobile game advertising market for 2021. The company spoke about global indicators of creatives, average metrics and gave a forecast on the main marketing trends for the current year.

Negative reviews on Steam can be very painful for the developer, but you should not ignore them. So says Joe Henson, one of the creators of the indie shooter Hypercharge: Unboxed. In an article for Game Developer, he explained why it is important to respond to such comments and how best to do it.

Sensor Tower analysts told which games of themes, settings and art styles earned the most in the US mobile market in 2021. Topics

Swedish publisher with Russian roots G5 Entertainment shared a financial report for 2021. The company managed to earn over $140 million. At the same time, most of the revenue is provided by G5’s own games.Jewels of Rome

Microsoft has published new operating principles for its app store. This is a consequence of the announced deal with Activision Blizzard. The company decided to show regulators its openness and desire to encourage competition. However, so far we are talking only about the PC store.Microsoft announced the changes on February 9 in its official blog.

Zynga has published a financial report for 2021. Revenue and receipts turned out to be record, but we are still not talking about profit. The company also shared its blockchain plans for 2022.

Several indie developers shared with the BBC their concerns about the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal. They stated that a lot of AAA projects are already included in the Game Pass subscription, and after the purchase of the Call of Duty publisher, there will be even more of them. Because of this, small games can simply go unnoticed by gamers.

The western version of the Korean MMORPG Lost Ark has not yet been released, but it has already become a hit. Its release is scheduled for February 11, but yesterday the owners of special packs received early access to the game. After that, the online project instantly exceeded 500 thousand people.

Apple has announced a series of special webinars for iOS developers. You will be able to listen to the company’s experts and ask them questions about the various features of the App Store.The webinars will be held from February 15 to March 29, according to the Apple website for developers.

Analysts from Sensor Tower noticed that over 500 mobile applications have already added the word “metaverse” to their descriptions or names. At the same time, the greatest growth occurred after the rebranding of Facebook.Facebook changed the company name to Meta on October 28, 2021.