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Industry March 6, 2018

Kongregate has announced its counterpart Steam. Promises to publish without appruva

On March 6, Kongregate published the announcement of its own PC game store. It’s called Kartridge. The creators of the service position the novelty as a gaming platform that will be managed by the gaming community.

Industry March 6, 2018

Apptopia: popular “interactive novels” in February earned $14 million on in-game purchases

The analytical company Apptopia drew attention to the income of mobile games in the genre of “interactive novella”. According to researchers, the 7 most downloaded titles in this category generated more than $14 million on in-game purchases by users only in the United States.

Industry March 5, 2018

Rovio liquidated the London office

The Finnish company Rovio has closed a branch in the capital of the UK and dismissed its staff of 7 people. The London office lasted a little over a year.

Industry March 3, 2018

The UK gaming market has grown due to gaming hardware

The game industry of the United Kingdom was estimated at £5.1 billion at the end of 2017. The annual growth was 12.4%, and the sales of consoles and gaming PCs became the driver of the industry. This is stated in the report of the British Association of video game developers Ukie.

Industry March 2, 2018

Square Enix’s board of directors includes the leads of Final Fantasy and NieR

Square Enix announced a personnel reorganization of the board of directors. The new board includes developers who participated in the creation of a number of flagship tiles of the company.

Industry March 2, 2018

The head of Rovio’s gaming division has resigned following a drop in the company’s shares

The head of the gaming division and executive vice president of Rovio Wilhelm Taht (Wilhelm Taht) left the post without explanation. His departure was preceded by a record drop in the company’s shares, which was announced a week earlier.

Industry March 2, 2018

Ubisoft has bought the creators of the free-play fighting game Brawlhalla

Ubisoft has acquired the independent game studio Blue Mammoth Games. Together with her, the company acquired the rights to the free-play online fighting game Brawlhalla, which managed to gain popularity on PC and PlayStation 4.

Industry March 1, 2018

Horizon Zero Dawn has sold 7.6 million copies. It took her a year to do that

The main exclusive Sony PlayStation 4 of last year noted yesterday Birthday. The game is a year old. During this time, the number of copies sold reached 7.6 million.

Industry March 1, 2018

Crytek has changed the manual. Djevat Yerli gave his brothers a place at the helm

Crytek Founder Djevat Yerli is no longer CEO or president of the company. He put the leadership in the hands of his younger brothers – Avni Yerli and Farouk Yerli.

Industry March 1, 2018

Ubisoft has bought the creators of interactive love stories for mobile

The French gaming company Ubisoft has acquired a local studio 1492 Studio, known for a series of episodic dating simulators Is It Love? for mobile platforms.

Industry March 1, 2018

Hunt: Showdown is a new Crytek game that can become a hit. What could possibly go wrong?

Last Thursday, Hunt: Showdown came out in early access. This is a new game from the German Crytek studio. In less than a week, the audience of the game reached 100 thousand players. We talk about the project, its features and the first indicators.

Industry February 28, 2018

Gameloft refocuses business model on advertising and casual games

The French mobile publisher Gameloft is gradually changing the business development model. The growth of revenue from the sale of titles is slowing down, so the company’s interests have focused on increasing revenue from the advertising segment and producing more casual titles.

Industry February 28, 2018

Mail.Ru Games Ventures is ready to invest in new “Corsairs”. But there is a condition

The story around the new “Corsairs” has taken an unexpected turn. Director Mail.Ru Games Ventures Ilya Karpinsky said in his Facebook post that his fund is ready to invest $ 1 million in the development of the game. However, to do this, developers will need to create a prototype of the game.

Industry February 27, 2018

The Union of Game Publishers in Europe has started counting digital sales of games

The independent Association of European game publishers Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) has started keeping official records of digital copies of video games sold along with retail. France became the pilot territory for the implementation of the project.

Industry February 27, 2018

Wooga Focuses on Story Games and Fires 30 Employees

In the German Wooga again layoffs. The company has decided to focus on the development of games with a plot and, in this regard, is conducting a complete restructuring.

Industry February 27, 2018

The domestic coloring game Sandbox Coloring earns millions on subscription. Interview of Rusbase authors – briefly

On February 26, Rusbase released a voluminous interview with Alexey Grigorkin, one of the authors of the Sandbox Coloring game, whose total downloads reached 30 million, and estimated monthly income is $ 2 million. App2Top.ru publishes a short retelling of the material.

Industry February 27, 2018

SuperData: VR game revenues will grow 10 times in 3 years

The analytical company SuperData presented a forecast of the development of the virtual and augmented reality industry in the next 3 years. According to him, by 2021, VR games will generate $3.3 billion. Revenues of virtual reality titles for 2017 amounted to $306 million.

Industry February 27, 2018

Petr Prokhorenko became the Product Director of Alternativa Games

The creator of the St. Petersburg office of Nival, Peter Prokhorenko, now works at Alternativa Games (formerly AlternativaPlatform). He became the product director of a company known for the MMO action movie “Tanks Online”.

Industry February 26, 2018

Metacritic has published the tops of the best publishers of 2017. The evaluation of their games by the press was taken as a basis

On February 26, the rating aggregator Metacritic published two charts – a list of the best “large” and a list of the best “medium” game publishers. The tops were formed based on the press estimates of the companies’ games for 2017.

Industry February 23, 2018

Patent troll Demands tens of thousands of dollars from a Russian company for the use of fritupley mechanics (UPDATED)

GTX Corp is threatening to sue a Russian developer. He is accused of violating a patent for one of the main mechanics of freeplay – the creation and sale of in-game currency. The plaintiff is ready to solve the problem in a pre-trial manner for money. To what extent this is a common situation and what a lawyer advises in such cases to do, – I understood App2Top.ru .