Industry November 7, 2019 Developers of voice games were promised a grant of up to 1 million rubles Just AI has created an investment “Voice Games Support Fund”. The foundation’s grants can reach up to 1 million rubles.
Industry November 7, 2019 Supercell continues to kill its games. Next in line — Rush Wars Supercell will close the Rush Wars project. This PvP strategy didn’t even have time to get out of the soft launch.
Industry November 5, 2019 The State Duma adopted a law that prohibits the sale of devices without Russian software In the first reading, the State Duma of Russia approved amendments to the article “On Consumer Rights Protection”. According to the new version of the article, the sale of computing devices on which Russian programs are not pre-installed will soon be banned in the Russian Federation.
Industry November 1, 2019 The most downloaded game of October on iOS and Google Play was Call of Duty: Mobile Which mobile games turned out to be the most downloaded and profitable by the end of October 2019, — we tell together with DataMagic.
Industry November 1, 2019 Yandex now takes information about games from the RAWG database Cards with descriptions of video games that Yandex generates in its search results are now formed, including with the help of RAWG (more precisely, its Russian—language version – AG.RU ).
Industry October 30, 2019 Unofficially: the authors of the Beholder game left Alawar for Playrix Barnaul studio Stargaze, known for the Beholder series of games, has almost completely left its former owner — Alawar. Now she is one of the internal teams of Playrix.
Industry October 29, 2019 Electronic Arts has officially announced the conclusion of a partnership with Valve Gaming giant Electronic Arts has signed a contract with Valve. According to its terms, EA games will become available to users of the Steam platform.
Industry October 28, 2019 The future of TikTok in the USA is in question. US senators demand to check the service The trade war between China and the United States is gaining momentum. The next victim may be TikTok, one of the most popular mobile apps in America.
Industry October 28, 2019 Research: 1,130 gaming companies are registered in France What the game development market in France looks like today, — the French Video Game Trade Association together with IDATE DigiWorld told in its annual study.
Industry October 25, 2019 Hasbro closes the authors of DragonVale, the mobile company Backflip Studios The Colorado-based Backflip Studios, founded in 2009, will be closed. Hasbro Corporation, which owns it, decided so.
Industry October 25, 2019 Fortnite’s Android installer is now called Epic Games Epic Games has started implementing a plan to launch its own Android store. The company has changed the name of the Android application with which Fortnite is installed.
Industry October 24, 2019 Neogames has published a study of the Asian video game market What the gaming markets of China, Japan and South Korea look like today, — the Finnish gaming organization Neogames told.
Industry October 23, 2019 GameGroove Capital Fund opened in Kiev to support developers from the CIS Yesterday, October 22, GameGroove Capital fund was presented in Kiev. He will invest in gaming startups in the CIS. The total amount of investments will reach $6 million per year.
Industry October 23, 2019 Tencent has consolidated its control over Supercell It turns out that until October 21, Tencent did not formally own the consortium that had previously acquired Supercell. Now the situation has changed.
Industry October 23, 2019 Empires & Puzzles revenue reached $507 million in two years Mobile Empires & Puzzles has earned half a billion dollars in two years. Its installations for the same time amounted to 41 million. Most of them fell on Russia.
Industry October 23, 2019 Gameloft helped the telecom operator to create a gaming subscription service Mobile operators are now launching their gaming subscription services as well. The creation of such a platform was announced by the Italian provider TIM. His partner in the project is Gameloft.
Industry October 22, 2019 UK Children’s Commissioner urged to limit IAP and loot boxes in games The British Commissioner for Children’s Rights has called for a ban on the sale of any items in games, with the exception of cosmetics. And also recognize loot boxes as a form of gambling and regulate them accordingly.
Industry October 22, 2019 4 of the 10 most downloaded hyper-casual games in September were published by Belarusian teams Last week, Sensor Tower published the top 10 most downloaded hyper-casual games in the world in September. A third of the list is published by Belarusian teams.
Industry October 22, 2019 Asphalt 9: Legends generated 1 million installations per week on Switch Two weeks ago, Asphalt 9: Legends was released on the Nintendo Switch. Its installations in the first week reached 1 million.
Industry October 22, 2019 The deal with Epic Games Store has reduced the financial burden of the authors of Satisfactory Almost a year ago, the Satisfaction simulator became an exclusive Epic Games Store. Now the developers of Coffee Stain Studios have stated that since then they have felt great financial independence.