How to become a successful indie, why Heroes Charge is copied by everyone who is not lazy, what will change VAT for IT companies? This and much more is in our weekly digest.

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Red Winter: nowadays no one knows how to do better

Dmitry Mitrofanov from Red Winter told us about the new Dungelot, the dangers of App Annie and SteamSpy, as well as what it takes to be a successful indie.

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My.com : “Most of all, players like to acquire new heroes and equipment”

A couple of weeks ago My.com announced a new game Juggernaut Wars. We talked about the game with the project manager Stanislav Antokhi.

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Will Russian IT companies be obliged to pay VAT?

Last Monday, February 1, Vladimir Putin instructed the departments to write a law on equal working conditions on the Russian Internet. It is quite possible that we are talking about the return of VAT for software developers. For more information about the law and the order, see our detailed material.

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Why is the Heroes Charge combat system so cool?

Gameloft game designer Toni Sala told Gamasutra about the beauty of the action midcore role-playing game Heroes Charge by Chinese-American developer uCool, which is being cloned no less actively than Clash of Clans today.

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Sergey Kopov from Herocraft: I’m not afraid that the game will earn less than $100 a day on Apple TV, I expect it

Kaliningrad-based Herocraft is releasing the game “Lords of the Spheres” on Apple TV this month. In connection with the upcoming release, we talked with the Head of Publishing company Sergey Kopov.

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