The Grand Prix and the prize for the best art at the Indie Game Cup 2015, held as part of White Nights 2015, was awarded to the game Lost Socks Naughty Brothers by Nerf Game. We talked to the team about the history of the studio and the game itself.

The St. Petersburg team IzHard after the victory of their OVIVO project at the Microsoft championship received an offer to publish the game from the authors of Shadow Fight.

The WakeApp company, based on our Friday publication “What to do if there is only $ 5 thousand for marketing?“, told us what and how to spend the marketing budget if you work in Russia.

The Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has started releasing mobile games under its own Beeline brand.

Mobile games in Russia in 2014 showed the highest growth rates among other segments of the gaming industry. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to a study by J’son & Partners Consulting.

The release of Vector 2 may well take place this fall, – about this and much more in an interview App2Top.ru Sergey Babaev, Director of Business Development at Nekki, told us.

Spending of Russian residents on Internet content is growing. At the same time, the demand for IAP in games has fallen. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to a study by the analytical company Synovate Comcon.

The Skolkovo Foundation told App2Top.ru , which will give a grant of 5 million rubles to the winner in the nomination “Technologies and tools for creating games” within the framework of the upcoming investment competition/forum Web&Tech Ready 2015.

The first generation of Apple electronic watches will be available in Russia “in white” on the last day of this month. But it won’t affect the earnings of Apple Watch game developers.

Is it difficult to get a license to develop a mobile game, and how ethical is the presence of IAP in children’s games – we talked about this and not only with Apps Ministry.

In Russia, the App Store has “broken”. Of the eight key world releases of this week, only one was included in the domestic selection.

It seems that the “apple” corporation hastened with the introduction of new budget price tags for Russia. The other day it became known about the growing demand in our country for expensive devices.

Today, July 10, at 20:30, GameDevParty# 3 starts – a Russian game jam, held regularly since 2012.

Apple introduces alternative low prices in six countries of the world, including Russia.

Game designer and co-founder of Tortuga Team Anton Mikhailov said App2Top.ru the history of the development of the turn-based strategy Braveland, and also shared the financial results of the series.

One of the oldest Russian gaming companies has announced the relocation of its headquarters from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

The Appodeal service, which automatically selects the most profitable ads to display, announced this week the closure of the first round of investments in the amount of three point one million dollars.

As part of the popularization of its mobile Internet, VimpelCom decided to hold a mobile games festival in 19 cities of Russia, the main feature of which will be the Asphalt 8 and World of Tanks Blitz tournaments.

We are opening a new category “Who’s Who”, in which we are going to introduce our readers to mobile (and not only) game developers. The first material of the heading about the studio Snegoffon.