One of the most significant transactions of December took place. Israeli developer and publisher Moon Active, known for the cash blockbuster Coin Master, announced the purchase of Belarusian Melsoft, noted for mobile hits Family Island and MyCafe.

Since the beginning of the protests, about 1,200 IT specialists have moved from Belarus to Ukraine. Another 800 left for Poland. And this flow is growing. Sergey Bruy, co-founder and managing director of the Belarusian Vizor Games, believes that “the picture is sad“, but additional challenges can benefit Belarusians.

Good news from Belarus. Minsk-based game studio Neskin has received strategic investments from the Australian gambling giant Aristocrat, whose assets include such major gaming companies as Big Fish Games and Plarium.

The Government of the Polish Republic has taken an unexpected measure. The state invites Belarusian IT companies and Belarusian IT specialists to move to them. Promises to create comfortable conditions and contribute to the search for offices, investors and transportation of relatives.

In a closed working Facebook group Minsk News, the founder and CEO of Wargaming, Viktor Kislyi, wrote an appeal to employees. In it, he states that the company has already started forming a plan for transporting employees to other countries in case of force majeure.

The Minsk office of Wargaming may be expecting security forces.

“It is dangerous to leave the house,” “There were cases when people went to take out the garbage and did not return,” “We know about the detention of two of our employees,” the Belarusian game developers said App2Top.ru about what is happening in the country and with them now.

The Defold game engine has a new strong partner. The Defold Foundation organization that owns it has announced the conclusion of an agreement with the Minsk-based game studio Melsoft Games.

A new one-hour interview from App2Top.ru . This time we talked with Ivan Domankov, co-founder and managing partner of Highcore Games. In the center of the conversation is the story of the launch of the midcore mobile game Tanks A Lot.

Natives of the World of Tanks Blitz development team have launched their first project. This is a mobile shooter. It was created on the original technical basis and published without the participation of Wargaming.

The expansion of Playrix continues. One of the most successful gaming companies in the world has announced the launch of a new studio. This time — in Minsk.

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.

Evgeny Gilmanov — Head of Analytics studio Belka Games — in his column for readers App2Top.ru he tells in detail how he built the analytics department in the company.

Minsk studio Vizor is known for builders for social and mobile platforms. Her main hits are “Zombie Farm” and “Klondike”. But now the company is preparing a completely non—standard project for itself – a session MMO for consoles and PCs.

Based in Belarus and the UK, Gismart has successfully entered the hyper-casual market. Her first such game in a week since its release reached the mark of 5 million installations.

Homescapes publisher has become a strategic partner and investor of Vizor Games. The latter is based in Belarus and is known for such games as “Zombie Farm” and “Klondike”.

A new strong player has appeared in the hyper-casual games market. It became the SayGames studio founded in the Republic of Belarus. Only from April to June, her games were downloaded about 200 million times.

About the specifics of the preparation of the charity event and its results — the publication App2Top.ru Yuri Krasilnikov from Belka Games told.

A new player has appeared on the market of hyper-casual projects. Gismart, a company that previously specialized in music applications, is launching a gaming direction. It will create simple and fast-to-produce games.