The Frankfurt company Crytek timed the announcement and launch of the fifth version of its engine to the San Francisco Game Developers Conference, and at the same time told how it plans to distribute it.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Jamie Laes from Futureplay. As part of his speech, he spoke about the need for monetization based on an advertising video.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Anh Nguyen from Rovio. As part of his speech, he talked about what UA is and how to implement it.

Prague studio Napoleon Games has released a first-person RPG 7 Mages. The game is based on the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s film “Seven Samurai”.

Publisher and developer InnoGames announced the acquisition of Funatics Studio. The team will join the company’s branch in Dusseldorf. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The authors of Candy Crush Saga have announced that they are going to present their own Defold game engine as part of GDC 2016.

Users of Android devices will be able to broadcast video in real time directly from the game without additional programs. Google representatives told about this during the GDC conference.

During the GDC, Google announced a new feature. Android device users will have the opportunity to play the game even before installation.

Twitch has launched a program to support developers interested in promoting through online broadcasts.

In April, AppTractor opens the Ladies Code women’s conference “Girls in IT” in Moscow. We asked the organizer of the event, Daria Zykina, whether such events are really needed.

At the GDC conference, the non-profit association The Open Gaming Alliance (OGA) presented a forecast for the global gaming market. The volume of software sales in this market will reach $100 billion by 2019.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Sergey Kohichko from myTarget. He shared a number of insights about the Russian mobile market, as well as a couple of cases.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Alexey Vstavsky from App Annie. He devoted his report to the topic: “where money is made in mobile gaming today.”

Inkle Studios has posted its ink scripting language on GitHub, which was used by the team during the development of 80 days, a recognized 2014 game according to Time, and a series of text adventure games Sorcery!.

An editorial selection called “Indie Corner” will appear in the Google store. The innovation will help small teams promote games.

The source code of Serious Sam appeared on the network, whaleo showed beautiful screenshots of Widower’s Sky, and App Annie bought the AppScotch service.

The author of the game Stealin was outraged on Reddit by high piracy in Russia: out of 1200 active versions of the game, only 7 were purchased. The remaining versions were downloaded illegally.

Only a third of mobile developers are funded by government grants. More than half (60%) earn their own living. Experts of the Pollen VC venture fund came to such conclusions based on the results of the survey.

Mode 7 studio has released a teaser of the second part of Frozen Synapse. Along with the video, additional information about the game appeared.