In 2016, the authors of Angry Birds changed the approach to closing projects. Previously, the company tried to close controversial projects as early as possible. Today, Rovio decides on the fate of games at later stages of development.

The Humble Bundle platform announced the creation of an initiative to publish and finance games. The new division of the company will release games, both on PC and on consoles and mobile devices.

A series of innovations in the Steam game store has improved the visibility of programs, payment conversion and sales. Valve shared specific figures.

Developer and publisher Kabam continues to get rid of assets. The company announced the closure of the development in the Beijing studio.

Sony has published the tops of the most downloaded and sold games on PlayStation consoles for January. ARK: Survivor’s Pack from Studio Wildcard was in the greatest demand last month.

The story of several indie developers who have returned to work in large companies,” Gamasutra shared. We have prepared a version of the material in Russian. We share.

30% of game downloads in 2016 were for projects in the action genre. Similar games also hold users much better than puzzles.

Startup 1APP is developing OneOS, a cloud–based operating system that runs any application, including games, without installation.

Russian players spent 4% more in online games in 2016 compared to the results of the previous year. The largest growth occurred in November-December.

Why are there two producers on the project, what is wrong with product marketing and why a Wiki is needed during development, – App2Top.ru Olga Abashova, head of the Kaliningrad office of G5 Entertainment, told.

In Russia, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) announced the registration of 18 companies. Including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Wargaming, Valve and Nintendo.

On January 23, an HD edition of the classic Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter was released on Steam on Greenlight. On this occasion, we talked about the history of the game with Igor Karev, responsible for its creation and reissue.

The developer of Candy Crush Saga bought the analytical and marketing service Omniata for an undisclosed amount.

The authors of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale admitted that they underestimated the competition in the freeplay games market and worked incorrectly with the players.

In Russia, the latest generation of Sony consoles is the leader in sales. But the Xbox One game console has recently been showing great growth rates.

Hamburg-based company Goodgame Studios will lay off 200 people. The company explains the decision by increasing competition in the market of free-play games.

Melsoft founder Alexey Meleshkevich told Pavel Ryakkonen in an interview about the history of the studio, its best projects and internal processes.

In the center of the Finnish city of Oulu, Fingersoft has launched the Oulu Game Campus, a giant incubator that will collect everything necessary for the development of gaming teams and their creation of projects.

The former president of Rockstar North Leslie Benzies (Leslie Benzies), after being fired from the developer studio Grand Theft Auto, launched several businesses at once.