On August 14, the launch of the new match-3 from Playrix — Wildscapes took place. We talked with Anton Chernyagov, who holds the position of General Manager at Playrix, about how the project was created and how it differs from the previous games in the series.

Last week, Voodoo announced the takeover of the Ukrainian studio h8games, the authors of Helix Jump. We talked about the history of the Kharkiv team and working with Voodoo with Oleg Khromov, CEO and co-founder of h8games.

Voronezh studio Datcroft Games is preparing to release a new mobile MMO action game with MOBA elements. In an interview App2Top.ru managing partner of the company Konstantin Sakhnov told about the specifics of the development of such a project.

Gram Games has gone from an indie studio with five employees to an international company worth $250 million. On the anniversary of its acquisition by Zynga, Gram Games’ Vice President of Strategy, Atilla Karakurum, said App2Top.ru about a creative approach to the creation and monetization of hyper-casual games.

In October, VKontakte announced a PC platform for indie developers. We asked about 40 questions Maxim Babichev, the head of the VKontakte gaming platform, about the future of the new store.

On November 22, Kingdom Rush Vengeance was released. This is the fourth part of the tower defense series by the Uruguayan studio Ironhide (the total earnings of all games in the series only on mobile is $ 10 million). In connection with the launch of the project, we interviewed the team.

During the “conversation by the fireplace” with Yulia Lebedeva (Nevosoft) Jaakko Harlas from Supercell spoke about the difficulties the company faced in the process of growth and shared details of the investment strategy.

At the end of September , the Russian Owlcat Games has released the Pathfinder: Kingmaker role-playing game. We talked with the studio head Oleg Shpilchevsky about how its development was going and why it appeared raw at the start, according to the players.

In early October, the Lithuanian studio Nordcurrent released a fritupley hidden “Murder in the Alps”. We asked the developers about how they worked on the project.

About the main problems and challenges in the labor market of the domestic game dev App2Top.ru I talked with the founder of the recruiting company Values Value Tanya Loktionova.

With the support of the Russian publisher Destiny.Games, an MMO platform is currently being developed on The Abyss blockchain. The project is already making progress. In May, he raised $15 million for development as part of a DAICO campaign (an ICO analogue). We talked with Zhanna Goranskaya, Director of platform Development, about what The Abyss will be like.

Former head of the Odnoklassniki gaming platform Artur Shakalis in an interview App2Top.ru he told about the forced departure from the social network and what the HTML5 games market lacks for explosive growth.

How relevant are crypto games today? How do they differ from regular video games? How is traffic attracted for them? I answered these and other questions in an interview with App2Top.ru Sergey Kopov, founder of the studio Sunday Games and 0xGames, in which he recently released the crypto game 0xUniverse.

For 9 years Samara Studio MONO has been making INSOMNIA: The Ark, a dark role-playing game set on a giant space station. In March it became known that the publisher of the game will be Kaliningrad HeroCraft. As part of the announcement, we talked a little with Studio MONO CEO Anatoly Nekrasov about the project.

Since November last year, the Belarusian studio Belka Games has been headed by Alexander Bogdanov. Prior to that, he launched the Social Quantum, Game Insight and Playrix gaming divisions in St. Petersburg. Editor App2Top.ru Alexander Semenov talked with Bogdanov about his path to the industry, the development of X-Mercs and the reasons for the transition to Belka Games.

Lithuanian studio Nordcurrent admitted that it was “time for active growth and acquisitions” for it. She is looking not only for new employees, but also for new studios.

In January, KamaGames announced a partnership with Yoozoo Games. The companies jointly launched Poker Champions in India, a version of Pokerist adapted to the local market. In an interview with KamaGames CEO Andrey Kuznetsov, we talked about the Indian mobile games market.

In February, former iLogos CEO Elena Lobova launched the ACHIEVERS HUB service. Its task is to support indie developers. We are talking about both assistance in expert evaluation, marketing, and in finding investors or publishers. Editor App2Top.ru Alexander Semenov talked to Elena about her career in industry, management and, of course, a new beginning.

About the professional development program for game development managers and the specifics of the modern gaming industry App2Top.ru I spoke with a representative of the Finnish educational organization Aalto ENT.