Money November 11, 2015 Icelandic VR studio received $2.1 million investment VR studio Sólfar from Iceland has attracted $2.1 million in investments. The money came from funds from Asia, Finland and Iceland. This is reported on the studio’s website.
Games November 11, 2015 Smashy Road: Wanted is a new hit in Western markets One of the main surprises of last month, according to App Annie, was the great success of the minimalistic arcade game Smashy Road: Wanted from the Netherlands RK Games.
Platforms November 11, 2015 Amazon Underground Tripled Rovio’s Revenue from Amazon Appstore With the help of the Amazon Underground store, Rovio has tripled revenue from versions of its own games for the Amazon ecosystem.
Industry November 11, 2015 Ron Gilbert: episodic system is not suitable for classic quests Commenting on his experience working with Telltale Games on Tales of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert stated that he was not very happy to work with the team.
Money November 11, 2015 Sales of authors of Summoners War increased by 110% Korean publisher and developer Com2uS has published quarterly results. The company’s sales increased by 110% compared to last year.
Digests November 10, 2015 One line (Tuesday, November 10) We briefly tell you about the events that did not get into the main news feed, but still remain interesting.
Conferences November 10, 2015 White Nights Moscow 2015: Crystal Clear Soft Report We continue to post videos from the White Nights Moscow 2015 conference. Next up is the performance Bogdan Nesvit from Crystal Clear Soft. The topic of his report at the event was: “Pitfalls of outsourcing development”.
Conferences November 10, 2015 White Nights Moscow 2015: Microsoft Report We continue to post videos from the White Nights Moscow 2015 conference. Next up is the performance Andrey Ivashentsev from Microsoft. The topic of his report at the event was: “Windows 10 for game development (Universal Windows Platform and games on any device)“.
Conferences November 10, 2015 Slush will be held in Helsinki from November 11 to 12 Tomorrow, November 11, one of the world’s largest events for tech startups – Slush – opens in the capital of Finland. Among the speakers: Supercell, Valve and Unity.
Industry November 10, 2015 The developers of Moshi Monsters have closed an office in Brighton The British company Mind Candy has closed its Candy Labs division, which produced World of Warriors.
Games November 10, 2015 The authors of League of Evil are preparing a step-by-step bagel for release Canadians from Ravenous Games, previously noticed mainly in the creation of pixel platformers, announced the imminent release of a roguelike about Tiny Rogue dungeons.
Analytics November 10, 2015 Which analytical platform should I choose for the game? The independent resource Develop compared different analytical platforms. Mobile analytics company DeltaDNA commented on this material. We share a retelling of the article.
Marketing November 10, 2015 Case: Gameloft achieved a CTR of 9% by introducing non-standard advertising The Russian office of Gameloft told App2Top.ru what success has he achieved in promoting the film of the Central Partnership company, promoting it with the help of mini-games in the mobile projects of the French company.
Industry November 10, 2015 The authors of Real Boxing have become publishers The Polish team Vivid Games, known for such games as Real Boxing and Godfire, announced the opening of the publishing division Vivid Games Publishing.
Digests November 9, 2015 One line (Monday, November 9th) One line about those events in the gaming industry, which we did not have time to tell about today in separate materials.
Games November 9, 2015 Release of the day: Tap the Frog 3 The third part of the Tap the Frog arcade game about a frog has appeared in the App Store. This time the game has become shareware.
Conferences November 9, 2015 White Nights Moscow 2015: AdAppIO Report We continue to post videos from the White Nights Moscow 2015 conference. Next up is a performance by Josh Rogers from AdAppIO. In his report, he said that the main trend of mobile advertising and marketing in 2016 will be consolidation.
Money November 9, 2015 Ubisoft revenue fell by 2 times Ubisoft has published the results of the first half of the 2015-2016 financial year. During this time, the company earned 2 times less than in the same period last year.
Conferences November 9, 2015 White Nights Moscow 2015: GREE Report We continue to post videos from the White Nights Moscow 2015 conference. Next up is a performance by Philipp Karstaedt from GREE. In his speech, he spoke about the relationship between developers and publishers.
Industry November 9, 2015 The creators of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood are being sued Independent gaming company Kung Fu Factory is suing Glu Mobile studio and the Kardashian family. The creators of the game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood are accused of theft.