Polygon has published a lot of material about the history of the genre of hidden object games. It tells about the first projects with Hidden Object mechanics, their popularity among the casual audience and a new wave of indie developers who are trying to rethink the genre. We have chosen the main thing from the material.

A selection of 10 books dedicated to significant events, personalities and titles in the video game industry.

The president of Blizzard gaming company Mike Morhaime (Mike Morhaime) said that he opened the studio thanks to a loan of $ 15 thousand, which was given to him by his grandmother Mildred Miller (Mildred Miller) in 1991.

The idea of a platform for game streaming came to the creators of Twitch after watching webcasts of games in the beta version of Starcraft 2 on the Justin website.tv in 2009.

Canadians from RIM in honor of the festive event – the “blackberry” app store turned three years old on April 1 – shared the achievements of the store.