China has banned all new mobile games from developers from South Korea due to political and military differences between the governments of Asian countries.

The publisher of Modern War and Dragon Soul announced the dismissal of an unnamed number of employees of the company’s branch in San Francisco.

The Finnish company Rovio has sold an animation studio and a book publishing house to its former CEO Mikael Hed.

Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) reported that the turnover of the South Korean gaming market in 2015 reached $9.3 billion and should exceed $9.5 billion by the end of 2016.

The entertainment division of the Chinese chemical company Jinke has acquired the British studio Outfit7, known for the media franchise “Talking Tom”.

The software developer Autodesk intends to increase the cost of servicing its products for holders of an indefinite license.

Wargaming CEO Viktor Kislyi admitted that he and his colleagues overestimated their competence while working on World of Tanks (WoT), and promised to work on the bugs.

App2Top.ru He continues to post videos of reports from the White Nights Prague 2017 conference. Next up is a report by Masaru Nogi (Masaru Ohnogi) from gumi. During his session, Nogi told how the VR market works in Asia.

App2Top.ru He continues to post videos of reports from the White Nights Prague 2017 conference. Next up is a public interview with Philipp Karstaedt from GREE. He also talked about how the company selects projects for publication.

The thirteenth business conference for game developers White Nights will be held in St. Petersburg at a new venue.

The Twitch video streaming service has introduced Pulse, a built—in system for quick messaging, video and GIF animations under broadcasts.

The new console of the Japanese developer beat in The United States record Nintendo Wii at the start of sales.

The number of people playing the new online slasher from Ubisoft has decreased from 39 to 15 thousand people in just two weeks after the launch.

Sega Corporation has acquired the Bulgarian branch of Crytek — Crytek Black Sea. 60 employees of the studio will become part of the Creative Assembly team, the developer of the Total War series and the recent Halo Wars 2.

The authors of Cut the Rope have officially launched a publishing direction. As part of the initiative, the Russian company also opened a website for applications from third-party teams. We talked with Mikhail Sviblov, the head of the publishing direction of the company, about which projects ZeptoLab is going to take.

The winners of the 13th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) were named in San Francisco.

We are launching a weekly publication of selected vacancies, a selection of which makes for us Tanya Evdokimenko, HR and recruiting expert.

App2Top.ru He continues to post videos of reports from the White Nights Prague 2017 conference. Next up is a report by Igor Klyukin from Pixonic. His speech is dedicated to promotions and offers in games based on the example of the MMO action movie War Robots.

Chinese mobile game publisher Youzu has opened a representative office in India and plans to invest $10 million in the local gaming industry.