On March 26, a new episode of the deconstruction show “What’s Up with the Game?” aired on the WN Academy platform, dedicated to Avowed. Here’s a recap of the highlights from the latest episode, where experts analyzed the new project from Obsidian within the Pillars of Eternity universe from the perspective of game design and narrative.

On February 26, WN Academy hosted a live broadcast of the deconstruction show “What’s Up with the Game?”, where gaming industry experts analyze releases from various genres focusing on mechanics, operation, and monetization. Here’s what stood out in the latest episode dedicated to the phenomenon of Marvel Rivals.

WN Academy and WN Talents have announced the online event “One Step Ahead: HR Strategies for 2025.” This conference aims to shed light on the job market in the gaming industry and address the challenges faced by companies in the human resources sector.

Magdalena Stryevski, the project manager of WN Academy, discussed the importance of vacation, why it should not be ignored, and how to plan it properly.

The educational project WN Academy has launched a new initiative — WN Academy Business. It aims to solve specific business challenges for gaming companies by improving personnel qualifications.

App2Top, with the participation of the educational platform WN Academy, conducted a study dedicated to education in the game development industry. We share the results.

In April, as part of the WN Academy educational project, a course dedicated to business sales in the gaming industry is being launched. The course is taught by Yulia Lebedeva, COO and partner of WN Media Group.

Viktor Kudryavtsev, Content Delivery Manager at Wargaming and author of the Game Producer course, shared his understanding of production risks.

Where to start working on the combat system, as well as what formulas to use, — said Konstantin Sakhnov, founder of the indie studio Vengeance Games and author of the course “Fundamentals of game Design“.

As part of the launch of the course “How to become a recruiter in the gaming industry” on the WN Academy platform, we talked about the specifics of the profession with its author, Marina Lopatina from WN Media Group.

As part of the launch of the Product Management Best Practices course on the WN Academy platform, we talked about the position of a product manager with its authors Denis Pozdnyakov and Nikita Veselko.

What should be understood by LiveOps, what tasks this discipline solves, why it is important not to confuse it with operating a game — the editors of App2Top talked about this and much more with Vadim Bulatov, the author of the course “LiveOps in games“.

What should be the game documentation at the first stages of development, who should lead it, whether fake shots are needed – the editors of App2Top talked about this and much more with Konstantin Sakhnov, founder of the indie studio Vengeance Games and author of the course “Fundamentals of Game Design“.

A new course will start on the WN Academy training program marketplace next Tuesday. It is dedicated to the development and launch of advertising campaigns. The author is Kirill Oreshkin, who previously worked at Wargaming and Zorka.Agency.