Platforms March 14, 2017 Playstation 4 exclusives will be available to play on PC via the Playstation Now service Sony has announced the release of Playstation 4 games in the Playstation Now cloud gaming service. Gamers will be able to pay for a subscription and play on their console or PC.
Games March 1, 2017 The domestic strategy “Syria: Russian Storm” was removed from Steam Moscow-based Cats Who Play developers have reported that their “Syrian Warfare” strategy (Syria: Russian Storm) was removed from the Steam store without warning.
Platforms March 1, 2017 Nintendo has promised over 60 indie games for Switch by the end of the year Nintendo has announced the release of over 60 games from independent developers on the new Switch platform.
Industry March 1, 2017 Games on the Unity engine were downloaded 16 billion times last year In 2016, Unity games were installed 16 billion times on mobile devices. In comparison with 2015, the indicator increased by 31%.
Money March 1, 2017 Rovio’s revenues are going up again The record performance of the gaming division and the success of The Angry Birds Movie increased the company’s profit by a third compared to 2015.
Money February 28, 2017 The creators of EVE Online talked about record revenues over the past year The Icelandic company CCP reported a 30% increase in revenue in 2016 — from $65.7 million to $86.1 million.
Money February 28, 2017 Next Games will put their shares on the market for the first time Finnish mobile game developer Next Games has announced plans to place $30 million worth of shares on the market.
Platforms February 28, 2017 Twitch will start selling games and share the proceeds with streamers Video streaming service Twitch will start selling games and game content this spring. Viewers will be able to buy games directly during the broadcasts of their gameplay.
Development February 27, 2017 The creators of Bioshock have taken a new name for themselves Irrational Games studio changed its name to Ghost Story Games. After the rebranding, the developers promise to work on “exciting stories with a deep plot.”
Industry February 27, 2017 Sales of VR devices may grow by 142% in 2017 Analysts predict explosive revenue growth of virtual reality projects in the near future.
Industry February 27, 2017 Sony has sold almost a million Playstation VR Sony has sold 915 thousand Playstation VR kits since the start of sales in October last year and has come close to fulfilling its own plan of 1 million devices sold within six months.
Money February 27, 2017 Flaregames announced the launch of a business incubator for developers The German publisher of mobile games Flaregames announced the creation of a new incubator program Flare Accelerator.
Industry February 27, 2017 The creator of Goat Simulator has opened a publishing division Swedish indie developer Coffee Stain Studio has launched its own publishing house.
Industry February 27, 2017 King Studio closes Seoul office The Swedish company King has stopped operating its South Korean branch.
Money February 22, 2017 American iPhone users have started spending more on games and apps In 2016, the average check of Apple smartphone users in the United States increased by $5 and amounted to about $40.
Industry February 21, 2017 Reigns card strategy has won the Indie Games Competition from Google On February 16, the results of the first European Google Play Indie Games Contest were summed up in London. A jury of experts from the mobile games industry awarded the victory to the Reigns project of the British studio Nerial.
Games February 20, 2017 Terraria 2D sandbox has been bought over 20 million times The number of copies sold of the popular two-dimensional 3d game Terraria has crossed the twenty-millionth milestone. Representatives of the developer company Re-Logic told about this on the official forum of their project.
Digests September 13, 2016 News release (Tuesday – 13.09.2016) Today is a day of sad news. Marmalad will no longer develop its engine, Blizzard’s senior vice president of creative development is retiring, Pokemon GO has lost 79% of paying players in a month.
Digests September 12, 2016 News release (Monday – 12.09.2016) All the main business news and development of the gaming industry for the day in one publication.
Digests September 9, 2016 News release (Friday – 09.09.2016) All the main news of the day in one publication. Today’s issue: slots are being changed to three-in-a-row, the authors 1010! they go to midcore, Kabam tells how he conquered China, and much more.