The founder of the company Nekki Dmitry Terekhin said App2Top.ru , which industrial trends and games he considers the main ones in the outgoing year.

Indian businessman Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has acquired a minority stake in mobile game developer Nazara Technologies for $27.9 million.

Worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch console are ahead of optimistic forecasts. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 10 million units of the Switch and has fulfilled the annual sales plan for the console in 9 months since its launch.

Pixonic CEO Philip Gladkov said App2Top.ru what was the outgoing year for him and his company.

Swedish indie studio Simogo is tired of making games for mobile platforms and is switching to developing console titles. The company explained the decision by the complexity of supporting its products on iOS.

Loot boxes do not meet the legal definition of gambling. So it was considered in the gambling control department of the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) of the New Zealand government.

Unreal Engine Licensing Manager at Epic Games Alexey Savchenko told in detail App2Top.ru about the main events and trends of the outgoing year.

Women are more active and enthusiastic mobile players than men. So says a joint study of the Google Play platform and the rating site Newzoo.

The Russian Olympic team will be able to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under the national flag. However, we are talking only about the virtual version of international competitions presented in the Road to the Olympics add-on for Ubisoft’s Steep sports simulator.

The development team of the “heroic” shooter LawBreakers studio Boss Key has lost one of the leaders. The co-founder of the company Arjan Brussi (Arjan Brussee) moved to Epic Games to work on a kind of “secret project”.

The executive director of Pixonic Igor Klyukin said App2Top.ru about how the outgoing year passed for him.

Before the New Year, we traditionally launch a series of materials “Results”. As part of the first and opening material, Nordcurrent co-founder Sergey Trofimov told how 2017 was for his company.

The analytical site Steam Spy was cut off from the data of the Valve game store for unknown reasons. This was told by the creator of the service Sergey Galenkin on Twitter.

“It is impossible to pay (in Russia) either in Monopoly tokens or with money from World of Tanks,” said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev. So he commented on the upcoming law on cryptocurrencies.

Being indie is not easy. At the same time, there are almost no structures for their support on the territory of the CIS. Elena Lobova, former CEO of iLogos, volunteered to fix the situation.

Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment were ranked in the top 100 best employers of the year by the recruiting site Glassdoor. The rating was based on employee reviews published on Glassdoor.

On the eve of the holidays, Apple announced which games it considers the best in the outgoing year. The choice was far from the most obvious.

According to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen, at least 35% of players make in-game purchases in the Ultimate Team modes of EA Sports games.

The dispute between the authors of the Star Control series and the franchise owners was resolved in favor of the latter. GOG online store has resumed selling Star Control games on behalf of Stardock, as Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III could not back up their claims with documents.