Conferences July 4, 2017 White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: Boss Key Productions about survival in game Development A report by Tramell Ray Isaac from Boss Key Productions. He told how he worked on games at the beginning of his career, and what his approach to development looks like now. He also shared his positive and negative experiences that he has accumulated over 24 years of game development.
Games July 4, 2017 Tencent to restrict young gamers access to Honor of Kings The Chinese corporation Tencent has promised to introduce time limits for underage players in the Honor of Kings mobile MOBA.
Marketing July 4, 2017 The former boss of Gaikai headed the ”startup-Tinder” The ex-director of the Gaikai cloud gaming service, David Perry, became the head of the GoVyrl project, designed to find and promote promising beginnings.
Money July 3, 2017 Disney Tsum Tsum earned $1 billion The revenue of the Disney Tsum Tsum mobile fritupley game from the Japanese company Line Corp. exceeded $1 billion since its release in 2014.
Games July 3, 2017 Despite the frituplay, Battleborn is Losing its Audience Gearbox Software’s Battleborn MMO shooter is less and less interested in gamers — a year after the release, 100-200 players per hour gather in the game at the same time.
Conferences July 3, 2017 White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: Conversation with Electronic Arts Interview with Tony Watkins, head of Electronic Arts Russia. He shared his rich experience of working with gaming markets and told what changes are waiting for these markets in the near future.
Industry July 3, 2017 The creator of Five Nights at Freddy’s leaves the series The author of the indie horror series Five Nights at Freddy’s, Scott Cawthon, abandoned the development of the sixth part of the game.
Conferences July 3, 2017 White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: A conversation with Goodgame Studios Interview with Chala Eger (Caglar Eger) from Goodgame Studios. He shared his opinion on the most important aspects of game licensing that you need to know about in order to succeed.
Money July 3, 2017 Pokémon GO earned $1.2 billion in a year The revenue of the Pokémon GO mobile game reached $1.2 billion a year after its release. The game itself has been downloaded 752 million times during this time.
Marketing June 30, 2017 Game Performance Indicators: LTV What are the ways to calculate LTV, what can and should this metric be used for, as well as the pitfalls of working with it? Vera Karpova, devtodev analyst.
Conferences June 30, 2017 White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: Wooga on how to bring the game to the international market A report by Elena Tsarkova from Wooga at White Nights St. Petersburg 2017.
Money June 30, 2017 Nickelodeon invested in Minecraft tournaments Nickelodeon children’s TV channel has entered the world of esports by investing in an American company that organizes virtual tournaments Super League Gaming.
Industry June 30, 2017 Wargaming has enlisted the support of Epic Games in the framework of publishing activities The Belarusian company Wargaming has signed a partnership agreement with Epic Games as part of the launch of the Wargaming Mobile division.
Conferences June 30, 2017 White Nights St. Petersburg 2017: KB Production – 10 Tips for match-3 creators A report by Vitaly Kozlov from KB Production at White Nights St. Petersburg 2017.
Industry June 30, 2017 Paradox Interactive bought the authors of Age of Wonders Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive has acquired the Dutch studio Triumph Studios, developer of the Age of Wonders and Overlord series, for €4 million.
Money June 29, 2017 PayPal lost 7% in the US gaming payments market last year The share of the PayPal payment system in the American gaming transaction market decreased by 7.3% last year and amounted to 24.8%.
Industry June 29, 2017 G5 Entertainment has launched an office in Lviv Swedish public company with Russian roots G5 Entertainment has announced the opening of a new office. It is based in the west of Ukraine, in Lviv.
Development June 29, 2017 Rocket League authors Ask Sony for Cross-platform multiplayer Psyonix studio employees said that every day they ask Sony to allow owners of the PlayStation version of the Rocket League auto-action to play with users of other platforms.
Games June 29, 2017 Pixonic announced War Robots for VR Pixonic’s leading game designer Artur Mostovoy announced a new first–person shooter game for virtual reality devices War Robots VR: The Skirmish on the pages of the company’s official blog.
Industry June 29, 2017 Nexon bought Thai publisher iDCC Japanese online game publisher Nexon has acquired Thai publisher iDCC.