Games August 14, 2015

The authors of the Gunfinger shooter will release a Warhammer 40,000 game

Pixel Toys Studio and Games Workshop will release a game based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A game called Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade will appear on mobile devices this fall.

Industry August 14, 2015

The Russian tablet market has shrunk by half

According to the results of the second quarter of 2015, the tablet market earned 49% less than in the same period last year.

Money August 14, 2015

King sales fell by 14%

Publisher and developer King has published the results of the 2nd quarter of 2015. For the company, it ended on June 30 with a 14% drop in revenue.

Development August 13, 2015

Types of social interactions in MMO

In one piece, Fred Tang, a designer from Beijing, collected all kinds of social interaction in MMO. We offer a short version of the article originally published on Gamasutra on our pages.

Development August 13, 2015

A new version of GitHub Desktop has been released

The largest web service for storing and supporting IT projects has received a new version of the GitHub Desktop desktop application for Windows and Macintosh.

Games August 13, 2015

Fallout Shelter Gets an update and comes out on Android

A major update has appeared for the Fallout Shelter game on iOS. And, most importantly, the Android version is finally coming out.

Development August 13, 2015

IKinema democratizes work with animation

The British visual effects studio IKinema offers to democratize animation scripting as much as possible. Their service uses natural language to animate three-dimensional scenes.

Industry August 13, 2015

Angry Birds 2 has gained 30 million installations

In 14 days, the second part of Angry Birds has been downloaded more than 30 million times,” Rovio announced today, August 13.

Analytics August 13, 2015

Free-to-play: compare the key indicators of popular genres

The analytical company DeltaDNA compared the key performance indicators (KPIs) of shareware projects of different genres to find out what the market averages look like.

Industry August 13, 2015

The Russian mobile games market has reached 8.8 billion rubles (UPDATED)

In 2014, the Russian mobile gaming market grew by 68%. Its volume at the end of last year amounted to 8.8 billion rubles, – reports Mail.Ru Group.

Money August 13, 2015

Com2uS sales increased by 16%

Com2uS reported for the 2nd quarter of 2015, which for it ended on June 30, 2015. Sales of the Korean publisher and developer increased by 16% compared to the same period in 2014 and reached $97 million.

Industry August 12, 2015

Will Letsplay become more popular than games?

Soon, watching game videos may become more popular than the game process itself. But those who love letsplay can also be monetized. Matt Patrick, the creator of the popular YouTube channel The Game Theorists, told about this during a speech at Casual Connect in San Francisco.

Industry August 12, 2015

DeNA: the free-to-start model will appeal to both the East and the West

Nintendo games, which will be monetized using the free-to-start model, will become popular both in Asian and Western markets,” says Shintaro Asako, CEO of DeNA’s western branch.

Money August 12, 2015

Konami’s operating profit increased by 86%

Repression is working: despite the scandals, Konami’s operating profit increased by 86% in the last quarter.

Games August 12, 2015

Mobile Rayman will become shareware

There is new information about the mobile game Rayman Adventures. The project from the French Ubisoft team will be distributed on a shareware model.

Industry August 12, 2015

Who’s Who: Nerf Games

The Grand Prix and the prize for the best art at the Indie Game Cup 2015, held as part of White Nights 2015, was awarded to the game Lost Socks Naughty Brothers by Nerf Game. We talked to the team about the history of the studio and the game itself.

Marketing August 12, 2015

Facebook has added native video to the Audience Network advertising Toolkit

Facebook has opened access to new advertising formats, including native video clips, to customers of its own Audience Network advertising network. The creators of the social network told about this in a blog for developers.

Platforms August 11, 2015

Rumor: Google will launch an affiliate program for Google Play

Google may be preparing to launch an affiliate program for its Google Play store. This is reported by the resource 9to5Google with reference to information from an informed source.

Money August 11, 2015

Hearthstone Earns $20 million a month

The card collectible game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft brings Blizzard about $20 million monthly.

Marketing August 11, 2015

Rovio: It’s not about traffic

The other day, Eric Seufert, Vice President for Acquisition and user engagement at Rovio, published a presentation of his report with GDC Europe 2015. There are a lot of interesting things there (including an explanation of how to compete with the giants of the market), so we decided to give a short text that retells it in general terms.

All publications of the author

The authors of the Gunfinger shooter will release a Warhammer 40,000 game

The Russian tablet market has shrunk by half

King sales fell by 14%

Types of social interactions in MMO

A new version of GitHub Desktop has been released

Fallout Shelter Gets an update and comes out on Android

IKinema democratizes work with animation

Angry Birds 2 has gained 30 million installations

Free-to-play: compare the key indicators of popular genres

The Russian mobile games market has reached 8.8 billion rubles (UPDATED)

Com2uS sales increased by 16%

Will Letsplay become more popular than games?

DeNA: the free-to-start model will appeal to both the East and the West

Konami’s operating profit increased by 86%

Mobile Rayman will become shareware

Who’s Who: Nerf Games

Facebook has added native video to the Audience Network advertising Toolkit

Rumor: Google will launch an affiliate program for Google Play

Hearthstone Earns $20 million a month

Rovio: It’s not about traffic