What do publishers of hyper-casual games expect from developers? The general manager of Supersonic Studios answered this question and told why marketing in this area is more important than development. We have selected the main tips from his material.Nadav Ashkenazy, who took over Supersonic in February this year, wrote a column for GamesIndustry.biz .

Google is taking another step towards creating a safe mobile infrastructure for children. The company has introduced a mode called Google Kids Space, which will soon work on Android tablets.

China has introduced new technology export rules for the first time in 12 years, which could potentially prevent TikTok from being sold in the United States. To make a ByteDance transaction, you will need the permission of certain government departments. Some citizens of China have already supported this initiative.Last Friday, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China for the first time since 2008 updated the…

Newzoo analyzed the MAU of the main games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 over the past month. The report not only shows the popularity of projects like Fortnite and GTA V in different countries, but also gives an idea of Sony’s dominance in specific regions (especially on the example of Japan).Analysts say that this year the total revenue from games in the world will be $ 159.3 billion.

Cocos creator Zhe Wang said that in 2018 alone, his engine was used in 45% of all Chinese mobile projects, and this figure was 30% worldwide. He called his product fast food in comparison with Unreal Engine and talked about plans for its development.What is the reason for such great popularity?

Last Friday, the global release of Unity Distribution Portal took place. The platform will help developers publish Android apps outside of Google Play.

Last Friday, August 28, Apple officially deleted the Epic Games developer account from its mobile platform. The main consequence: the company can no longer submit new games, and users download Fortnite and other company projects, even if they were previously installed. Unreal Engine was not affected by the removal.

Only the day before yesterday, the presentation of the new part of Call of Duty ended, but the next day it became known that everything was not all right with the production of the game. Bloomberg has prepared material about unfair working conditions and unfair treatment of contractors in Activision for many years. The same thing happened with other publishers.

In March, Sharpen Blade was released on the hyper-casual games market. The development of a small Yakut team DAYLESS has gained 56 million installations in six months. We talked with the game designer of the project about how the project was created and why the studio chose Zplay as a partner instead of Voodoo. Kunnei Vinokurova.

The fight for the developers of hyper-casual games continues. This time, the French Homa Games launches its gamejam. The winner is waiting for $ 50 thousand and a contract with the publisher.

Nacon rejected the claims of Frogwares, which accused the publisher of non-payment of royalties of € 1 million. Now the French publisher intends to sue the Ukrainian developers, because their actions “discredit” the company.This week, the developers of The Sinking City published an open letter detailing the conflict with the publisher Nacon.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout continues to collect records. This time, the title received two new achievements at once for the day: on PC and consoles.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support for local developers. The Government considers it necessary to create projects inspired by Indian culture.Most of Modi’s official statement, which was published this week, is devoted to the toy market.

Neither Sony nor Microsoft are in a hurry to officially announce the cost of future consoles yet. But the American retailer Best Buy has already put a preliminary price tag on the PS 5 and the new Xbox. Judging by it, it won’t be cheap.

On August 25, the game Descenders was released on PS4. However, the head of the company No More Robots, engaged in the publication of the project, could hardly find it in the store and pointed Sony to the problem. Ordinary users also joined the discussion.Mike Rose posted a video on Twitter, pointing out the difficulties with finding the Descenders game in the online store.

Facebook continued to rebrand. Three separate divisions — Oculus (VR), Spark (AR) and Portal (smart displays) — we started working under the general brand Facebook Reality Labs.

Ukrainian developers from Frogwares wrote an open letter in which they told about the conflict with the company Nacon (formerly Bigben) and the reasons for the loss of their game The Sinking City from various stores. Inside there is a debt of a million euros, attempts by the publisher to appropriate the rights to the project and litigation.Conclusion of the contract and terms of the transaction

Preliminary results of the first court hearing in the case of Apple and Epic Games: Fortnite will not return to iOS in the near future, however, the judge temporarily banned Apple from deleting Epic accounts and ending support for Unreal Engine on its platforms.The first hearing was held on August 24 at Zoom.

Long-standing rumors about the release of an updated Switch console may be true. According to media reports, production of the next Nintendo Switch model will begin next year. However, there was no official confirmation.