Advertising service Search Ads becomes unavailable for use by any Russian company. Apple informed iOS developers about this.

About the stages of level development for the upcoming Darksiders III in an interview App2Top.ru the director of design of the project John Pearl (John Pearl) from Gunfire Games told.

In early November, the PushApp team launched the CheckASO service. It allows you to see the ASO level of any mobile application, and also provides a comparative analysis with the nearest competitors.

In the Gamedev topic on Reddit, users discussed what prevents the Indian video game market from developing and why it is much weaker than the Chinese one. The developers from India themselves expressed their opinion on the topic.

Microsoft has officially announced two major acquisitions at the X018 exhibition. She buys independent role-playing forges Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. The transaction amounts are not called.

The most popular iOS search query in the US in October was Pixel Gun 3d. In Russia , the first place was Paper.io 2.

Three Square Enix mobile titles are about to be blocked in Belgium. The reason is the presence of loot boxes in these games.

The German authorities have allocated €50 million from their budget to create a fund for the development of game development. For the first time, the German gaming industry received support at the federal level.

Activision Blizzard reported for the 3rd quarter of 2018. The verdict is disappointing: in July-September, the company’s revenues fell by 6.8% year-on-year.

Diablo 4 has not even been announced yet, and the Wargaming Alliance is already in a hurry to introduce its potential competitor to the world. In 2019, the publisher will release Pagan Online from Serbian developer Mad Head Games.

Vasily Sabirov, a leading devtodev analyst, spoke about the company, training initiatives, working with partners and behavioral economics in an interview with Mobio Talks.

Take-Two shares Capcom and Ubisoft’s interest in the cloud streaming market, but does not yet see a business model suitable for publishers on it.

What we didn’t have time to write separately for November 7: Arena of Valor will publish DeNA in Japan, the quarterly revenue of game subscriptions is $273 million.

The Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva supported the Chinese experience in regulating the time that schoolchildren spend on electronic devices, and the Commissioner for Human Rights for the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova called gambling a problem of today.

The last years of the developer Kim Kardashian: Hollywood were not the most successful. At least since the end of 2016, Glu Mobile has not had a quarter that would not end in losses. But the situation may change very soon.

Riot Games will have to answer in court to its own employees. The participants of the League of Legends project filed a class action lawsuit against the studio, accusing it of sexual discrimination. They complain about the developer’s violation of California labor laws and demand monetary compensation for moral harm caused.

A large number of downloads does not necessarily mean a large cash register. Some game developers solve this issue by introducing advertising. But there are other options. For example, selling user data.

About the main thing for November 6: Square Enix acquired 20% of Bulkhead Interactive studio, Deca Games bought the Finnish game Zombie Catchers, Rainbow Six Siege was delayed due to the release in China on Steam.

Children in China have been blocked from having round-the-clock access to games. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tencent will soon introduce time limits on gaming sessions for Chinese minors.