Industry May 18, 2017 Discord gaming chat app is used by 45 million people The audience of the Discord game chat application has reached 45 million users in 2 years of existence.
Industry May 17, 2017 Netflix announced a series on “The Witcher” The Netflix media company intends to make a series based on a series of fantasy novels “The Witcher” by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski.
Industry May 17, 2017 Capcom believes: Resident Evil 7 will sell 10 million copies Japanese horror Resident Evil 7 sold 3.5 million copies in the first quarter of 2017. His publisher – Capcom – is sure: this is not the limit. The company expects that the total sales of the game for all time will amount to 10 million.
Industry May 16, 2017 Crossfire developer is looking for partners in the West The South Korean company Smilegate is looking for developers in the United States and Europe to expand its business in the Western video game market and promote the Crossfire shooter.
Industry May 16, 2017 ZeniMax sued Samsung over Gear VR ZeniMax Media last week filed a lawsuit against the South Korean corporation Samsung.
Industry May 12, 2017 The leading designer of Civilization V joined Paradox Interactive The lead developer and designer of Civilization V, John Shafer, has joined the staff of Paradox Interactive.
Industry May 11, 2017 Square Enix got rid of the creators of Hitman Square Enix has announced the sale of the Danish studio Io-Interactive, known for the Hitman series.
Industry May 11, 2017 Finns from Nitro Games are planning an IPO Nitro Games plans to become the second Finnish team to enter the stock market.
Industry May 10, 2017 Zynga to finance game design courses at California University Mobile publisher Zynga has funded three-year courses in game design of social mobile games in University of Southern California.
Industry May 10, 2017 A typical super-active mobile gamer is a 39–year-old female The most active mobile gamer looks unusual for the industry in the USA. As a rule, this is a 39-year-old woman.
Industry May 6, 2017 Tencent is preparing its mobile MOBA for a worldwide release One of the most profitable mobile games in the world – Honor of Kings – began to be released on Western markets.
Industry May 5, 2017 The head and founder of NaturalMotion has resigned The publisher of the CRS racing series has lost its head: the head of the NaturalMotion company, Torsten Reil, has left his post.
Industry May 5, 2017 Because of Pokémon GO, the streets of American cities will be blocked Niantic plans to organize mass processions of Pokémon GO and Ingress players in the USA. For this purpose, they plan to block traffic on the streets.
Industry May 4, 2017 Named the most popular mobile games in the USA for March The analytical company Verto Analytics has identified the 10 most popular mobile games in the United States for March of this year.
Industry May 4, 2017 A third of the money from the gaming mobile in the USA earned 5 titles The top 5 US box office games generated 28% of money and 13% of downloads of the US mobile games market in 2016.
Industry May 4, 2017 The Japanese mobile games market has been stagnating for three years The Japanese smartphone gaming market has been stagnating since 2014, according to research company Yano.
Industry May 4, 2017 China’s gaming market will grow to $35 billion in 4 years The revenues of the Chinese gaming market will increase from $26 billion to $35 billion by 2021, according to the analytical company Niko Partners.
Industry May 4, 2017 ZeniMax forced the indie studio to change the name of the project Publisher ZeniMax Media forced indie studio No Matter Studios to change the name of their project from Prey for the Gods to Praey for the Gods.
Industry May 3, 2017 Subway Surfers will make an animated series Danish studio SYBO has announced the hiring of Hollywood producer Sandra Schwartz and Star Wars Rebels screenwriter Brent Friedman to work on Subway Surfers series.
Platforms May 3, 2017 Facebook has taken up the global release of Instant Games The Instant Games gaming platform is coming out of beta. Facebook has announced the expansion of its audience and the launch of new functionality.