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Conferences April 8, 2022

The Talents in Games Online conference gathered more than 1,500 listeners

Last week, a free online conference for game developers Talents in Games was held. We share its results, and at the same time a link to the video recordings of lectures.

Investments and transactions April 8, 2022

Take-Two to sell $2.7 billion worth of bonds to partially cover Zynga acquisition

Take-Two announced the sale of $2.7 billion worth of bonds. The proceeds will be part of the amount that the company plans to pay for the purchase of the Zynga mobile publisher.

Platforms April 8, 2022

Sberbank, Yandex and VK may replace the App Store and Google Play

The Government of the Russian Federation chooses an import substitute for the App Store and Google Play. Earlier, ANO “Digital Platforms” announced the NashStore. Now its competitors can become “Sber”, “Yandex” and VK.

Laws April 8, 2022

Review of new benefits for the IT sector from Versus.Legal: who can apply and under what conditions

On March 2, 2022, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree on the main measures to support the IT industry. Versus.Legal has prepared an overview of who can apply for new benefits and how to get them.

Platforms April 7, 2022

Voodoo has announced the launch of a learning platform and a program for developers of hyper-casual games

Voodoo has launched the online platform Voodoo Academy. Its goal is to teach the basics of hyper–casual game development to young professionals, as well as to support their projects.

Blockchain April 6, 2022

Ubisoft has stopped developing its first project with NFT

Ghost Recon Breakpoint goes down in history. Ubisoft has no plans to develop the project, as well as to make new NFT content for it.

Law April 6, 2022

Google has banned those Korean developers who use third-party payment systems from updating applications

Google is unhappy with developers from South Korea. The company has banned updating applications that use third-party billing bypassing the store’s commission. However, such actions caused conflicts with the Korean government.

Games April 6, 2022

Top 10 most downloaded hyper casual games for the first quarter of 2022

AppMagic analysts found out which hyper-casual games collected the most downloads in early 2022. The first place in the quarterly top this time went to Merge Master — Dinosaur Fusion from Homa Games.

Vacancies April 5, 2022

Vacancies of the week: employees are looking for Playrix, Zeptolab and Matryoshka Games

There are new vacancies in the gaming industry. This week they are wanted: a leading game designer at Playrix, a UA manager at Matryoshka Games and a leading game designer at Zeptolab.

Development April 5, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 is now available for download

As part of The State of Unreal 2022, Epic Games announced the release of a full version of Unreal Engine 5. Now anyone can download the engine.

Money April 5, 2022

The annual payment to the founder of Roblox may amount to $ 233 million. He will get it if the company’s shares rise

The founder and CEO of Roblox, David Baszucki, may receive a compensation payment of about $233 million in connection with the company’s success.

Laws April 5, 2022

The Russian government has allocated 21.5 billion rubles to support the IT field

The Russian government has allocated 21.5 billion rubles from the reserve fund to support the IT sector. This became known from the government decree of April 1, 2022.

Our research April 4, 2022

Do salaries in Russian game development increase against the background of inflation?

Almost a quarter of gaming companies with offices/ employees in Russia conducted indexing, or made additional payments to their employees due to rising inflation.

Industry April 4, 2022

Media: 1C Entertainment is cutting staff and leaving Russia under pressure from Tencent. REFUTATION: the situation does not correspond to reality

The network has information about possible cuts in 1C Entertainment due to the geopolitical situation. The decision to stop working in the country was made recently by the company that owns Tencent. update: The CEO of 1C Entertainment issued a rebuttal.

Industry April 4, 2022

Wargaming announced that it is leaving Russia and Belarus

The developer and publisher of the World of Tanks series has announced a review of its business processes. The company is no longer going to work in Russia and Belarus. She’s leaving both countries.

Games April 4, 2022

Death Stranding Director’s Cut entered the Steam bestseller chart — the game got the ninth place

Elden Ring still tops the Steam bestseller chart (for the sixth week in a row). However, in the very top this time is not without changes. For example, Death Stranding Director’s Cut, which recently appeared on PC, got into it.

Art April 1, 2022

“One part-time artist was responsible for 70% of the development time for the Diplomacy is Not an Option graphics”

Why Diplomacy is Not an Option is made in a low-poly style and what principles they tried to adhere to when working on graphics, — Alexander Maslyukov, the leading artist of Door 407, told at the Talents In Games Conference.

Games April 1, 2022

AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of March 2022

By the end of March App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

Industry March 31, 2022

The media reported on the breakdown of relations between CD Projekt RED and Saber Interactive. There are no official confirmations yet

Publications appeared in the Russian media, according to which CD Projekt RED stopped cooperating with Saber Interactive. As a result of the gap, the latter stops working on The Witcher 3 version for current-generation consoles.

Interview March 31, 2022

Rodion Kotelnikov: “The audience of MY.GAMES Store is slightly inferior in size to the Russian audience of Steam”

How many times has the number of “Allods Online” registrations increased in recent weeks, how things are going in the store with premium projects, why does he need browser games with advertising monetization – we talked about this and much more with Rodion Kotelnikov, the head of MY.GAMES Store.