Industry March 19, 2019 Ukrainian studio Murka is being bought by one of the largest investment companies in the USA The developer of Scatter Slots and Slots Era will soon have a new owner. The Blackstone Group is preparing to buy Murka Studio.
Industry March 19, 2019 Unity will simplify working with ARKit and ARCore As part of GDC 2019, Unity announced the AR Foundation update package for Unity Editor. It is needed to simplify the creation of applications and games with augmented reality support, designed for both iOS and Android.
Industry March 19, 2019 Unity has bought the creator of the streaming texturing technology Graphine At GDC 2019, Unity announced the purchase of Belgian Graphine, a developer of graphics software and real—time texture visualization tools. The cost of Graphine and other details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Industry March 19, 2019 Activision and Tencent have introduced a mobile Call of Duty for the Western market At the Unity panel within the framework of GDC 2019, Activision and Tencent announced a free-duplex Call of Duty Mobile for Europe and the USA. Initially, the game was developed only for China. It was not reported that it could be released in other regions.
Industry March 19, 2019 Google has launched two resources for Android game developers As part of Google Mobile Developer Day, the search giant has introduced two new sites for Android game developers.
Industry March 18, 2019 Google in the framework of GDC 2019 talked about innovations for mobile game developers On March 18, the search giant shared three updates. Among the central ones is an increase in the APK limit from 100 to 150 megabytes.
Industry March 18, 2019 Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — Media reaction and sales forecast On March 15, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 was released on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. We tell you how the novelty was met by players and the press, and also evaluate its possible sales.
Industry March 18, 2019 The DomiNations frituplay strategy from the author Alpha Centauri has been downloaded 50 million times in four years One of the most successful clones of Clash of Clans and four years after the launch continues to gain an audience.
Industry March 18, 2019 Abertay University has been recognized as the best gaming educational institution in Europe for the fifth year in a row Analysts of The Princeton Review named the best gaming university in Europe. For the fifth time in a row, it became the University of Abertay (Abertay University), located in Scotland.
Industry March 18, 2019 Google Ads will point users to violations in their ads In April, the Google Ads service will be supplemented with a new section — Policy Manager. This is a tool designed to analyze ads and advertiser accounts for violations of Google policy.
Industry March 15, 2019 Phoenix Point backers are massively asking for their money back. They are unhappy with the temporary exclusivity of the game for Epic Games Store 1.6 thousand people took back their money invested in the Phoenix Point turn-based strategy from Snapshot Games. So they expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the title will not be on Steam – it will become a temporary exclusive of the Epic Games Store.
Industry March 15, 2019 Capcom is very pleased with PC sales of Monster Hunter: World in Russia Sales of the Monster Hunter: World version for personal computers in Russia and Germany have performed very well.
Industry March 15, 2019 VR game Beat Saber has sold 1 million copies Beat Saber sold 1 million copies on all platforms in less than a year. This game is the first project for VR that has managed to achieve this.
Industry March 15, 2019 “M.Video”: last year, the demand for retro consoles in Russia increased by 45% In 2018, the Russian console market showed strong growth. The best dynamics were shown not by modern devices, but by retro consoles. This was reported in “M.Video-Eldorado”.
Industry March 15, 2019 Facebook has a separate tab for all game content Facebook Gaming has a new tab on the navigation bar for millions of users of the Facebook app. All game content that exists on the platform is available on it. In the near future, the social network plans to give access to Facebook Gaming to the entire audience.
Industry March 14, 2019 The new company of the co-founder of Splash Damage bought the authors of Shadow Warrior The amount of the transaction is not called.
Industry March 14, 2019 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has become the most earning Jam City game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery took less than a year to earn $110 million. Now this mobile RPG is the most earning Jam City title.
Industry March 14, 2019 PUBG Mobile is now banned in several cities in India Police in the Indian city of Rajkot have imposed a temporary ban on PUBG Mobile. It will be impossible to play the popular battle royale within Rajkot until April 30, until the school exams are over.
Industry March 14, 2019 Wargaming is working on a “new generation” MMO on a modified CryEngine Wargaming has announced the development of a new project. According to the company, it will be a “new generation” MMO shooter.
Industry March 13, 2019 Brendan Green is now in charge of the Special Projects Department at PUBG Corp. Brendan Greene has resigned as head of development of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Battle Royale. This is reported in his personal Twitter account.