MZ (formerly Machine Zone) has launched Satori, an open data aggregator. It systematizes information from all over the Internet and provides it to developers.

On April 3, the racing mobile game Nitro Nation, developed by Tallinn Creative Mobile, turned 3 years old. During this time, the game was downloaded by 30 million users.

Almost 90% of game developers constantly or periodically work beyond the time stipulated in the contract.

In 2017, the Yekaterinburg studio Targem Games, the author of such games as Ex Machina and Star Conflict, turned 15 years old. App2Top.ru I talked about the history of the studio with its founder Stanislav Skorb.

In March 2017, Epic Games announced a new mobile project – Battle Breakers. Editorial Office App2Top.ru I asked the game team about working on it.

Square Enix was left by Isamu Kamikokuryo and Yoshinori Yamagishi, each of whom gave the studio about 20 years.

About the central materials for the past week in our traditional digest.

The Russian quality system has prepared a standard of requirements for mobile applications.

Glu Mobile closed its office in Portland and reduced its entire staff of 25 employees.

The co-founder of the Oculus project, Palmer Luckey, has left Facebook.

Nintendo has sold over 500,000 Nintendo Switches in its home country.

The Dutch developer of mobile and web games Vasco Games has reported a billion downloads of its applications.

The Disney version of Crossy Road has collected 31 million downloads in the year since its launch. In April, the publisher launches a series of figures for the game.

The Russian Playrix has excellent performance in Asia. The reason for the success in the region, the company calls the quality of its products, not cultural adaptation.

According to the latest research by the analytical company DFC Intelligence, by 2021 mobile games will bring in $ 48 billion dollars — almost half of the expected annual turnover of the video game market of $ 100 billion.

The Apple Store has started to reject applications that advertise their price in the name, icons, screenshots or previews.

In the MMO Fantasy Westward Journey of the Chinese NetEase, goods are exchanged daily between players in the amount of $7.3 million.

Former Apple lead designer Michael Hillman has headed the Oculus VR hardware development department.

In early March, the release of KKI Faeria from the Belgian studio Abrakam took place. The game has been in development for 12 years. We talked about the project with Corin Cole, the studio’s business development director.