Wanted: Product manager at Deus Craft, ASO specialist at ZiMAD and game producer at Dankolab.

Video game fees on Kickstarter have declined. In 2021, game developers were able to attract “only” $21.8 million with the help of a crowdfunding platform. At the same time, the number of successful campaigns has increased.

These are tough times for targeting. Recently, the European Parliament approved the initial version of the bill, which, among other things, is designed to prohibit IT companies from collecting a number of data about users. We briefly talk about the law.

The Chinese authorities may be planning to take up the regulation of esports. The other day, People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, proposed putting an end to the “chaos” in this segment of the gaming industry and starting to closely monitor the organizers of the competitions.

Architectural designer Pixel Architect showed how to design a city in the style of pixel art using the example of his game Chef RPG. He spoke in detail about the basic rules for designing a map for projects with a top view, and also demonstrated all the stages of work on the city.

The VERSUS.legal law firm has prepared a second article on the pitfalls of concluding deals with publishers. This time we will talk about the calculation of royalties, the obligation of the parties and the terms of withdrawal from the contract. As always, with cases.

Riot Games is suing the Vietnamese mobile developer Imba Games. The cause of the conflict was the game I Am Hero: AFK Tactical Teamfight. According to Riot Games, she borrowed many details from her Teamfight Tactics autobattler — right down to the names and abilities of the characters.

Newzoo analysts have compiled a portrait of mobile gamers who actively use TikTok. It turned out that they are generally more engaged compared to other users. This is evident both when making in-game purchases and at the level of interaction with advertising.Note: 10,800 mobile gamers aged 18-50 from 13 countries and regions took part in the survey.

God of War is the first PlayStation Studios game that managed to stay at the top of the Steam bestseller chart for more than one week. Also last week, Monster Hunter Rise performed well, gaining a foothold on the second line of the rating.

On the eve of the Game Developers Conference 2022 (to be held from March 21 to 25), the organizers published an annual study on the state of the gaming industry. The survey was attended by 2,700 developers who spoke about their preferred platforms, game promotion, remote work and their attitude to NFT.

Apple is changing its work with promo codes for subscriptions in the App Store. Developers have the opportunity to compose codes themselves and use them for a large audience.

The meeting of Bobby Kotick with employees, the official position on the future of the Call of Duty series on PlayStation, the fear of mass layoffs and the chances of the revival of old franchises. We tell you the main thing about all the latest news related to the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal.

A little more than a month ago, Gismart projects overcame the milestone of a billion total downloads. A few days ago, a Belarusian-British publisher announced that in honor of this event, he released the first NFT collection.

Ilya Eremeev, co-founder of The Games Fund, shared the subtleties of working with investors. He told what they pay attention to during the pitch, and also gave some advice to developers on evaluating the market and choosing the right niche for their game.

Not much is known about the African video game market. The Games Industry Africa (GIA) portal decided to fix this and published an analysis of the situation in the region. It contains data on the turnover of markets in different countries, the number of players and a couple of key trends.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has released a report “Cryptocurrencies: Trends, risks, measures“. It proposes to prohibit both any operations with cryptocurrency and mining as such.

Analysts from Newzoo have compiled a portrait of gamers who play metaverse games. Such projects today include Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft. Their audience is much younger than users of “traditional” titles and actively uses games for socialization.Fortnite

Mobile games from Google Play Games have officially appeared on PC. Google has announced the launch of beta testing of the desktop version of its service. But there were some restrictions — while residents of only three countries can play Android titles on Windows.

The organizers of the indie developers Indie Cup competition have announced the beginning of the winter season 2022. The first stage — acceptance of works — will last until February 14.