The total revenue of developers from leading mobile stores in 2016 in Russia amounted to $ 300 million. It is expected to exceed $400 million by 2021.

At the end of last week, a free quest One Eyed Kutkh from the Russian indie studio Baba Yaga Games was released on Steam. We are looking closely at the project.

The Russian quality system has prepared a standard of requirements for mobile applications.

The Russian company ZeptoLab has presented a new project – a free-play competitive game about seals C.A.T.S.: Crash Arena Turbo Stars.

The Russian Playrix has excellent performance in Asia. The reason for the success in the region, the company calls the quality of its products, not cultural adaptation.

In February, players in Russia paid less for online entertainment than in January. The turnover of the domestic MMO market fell by 5%, the average check – by 13 rubles.

On March 9, the world iOS release of the domestic MOBA – Planet of Heroes took place. The game has received a big banner in 80 countries.

Report by Irina Tripapina from myTarget at White Nights Prague 2017. In her speech, she spoke about the peculiarities of the Russian mobile games market.

The authors of Cut the Rope have officially launched a publishing direction. As part of the initiative, the Russian company also opened a website for applications from third-party teams. We talked with Mikhail Sviblov, the head of the publishing direction of the company, about which projects ZeptoLab is going to take.

In 2016, the number of Russian virtual and augmented reality companies increased from 60 to 183. The number of investments in this industry has increased from 200 to 500 million rubles.

In mid–January, the open beta of the mobile MOBA from Fast Forward Studio – Planet of Heroes was released. We talked with the head of the studio Ivan Fedyanin about where he was looking for people for the team, why he decided to make a MOBA and how the story campaign is embedded in it.

Russian players spent 4% more in online games in 2016 compared to the results of the previous year. The largest growth occurred in November-December.

Why are there two producers on the project, what is wrong with product marketing and why a Wiki is needed during development, – App2Top.ru Olga Abashova, head of the Kaliningrad office of G5 Entertainment, told.

In Russia, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) announced the registration of 18 companies. Including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Wargaming, Valve and Nintendo.

In Russia, the latest generation of Sony consoles is the leader in sales. But the Xbox One game console has recently been showing great growth rates.

How users of Russia and China relate to game abbreviations, mat and small print in localizations, the company All Correct Games told.

At an extraordinary meeting, shareholders of the Megafon operator approved the purchase of 15.2% of the Internet giant’s share capital Mail.Ru Group for $740 million.

Sergey Kopov, who headed the publishing division of HeroCraft, announced his departure from the company.

During the week of global promotion on Google Play, the game from the Russian developer Pixonic received a million downloads.