It became known about the massive cuts in Skillbox and GeekBrains. They lost 300 people in November-December alone. The number of people dismissed in a year can be many times more (almost more than one and a half thousand). We talked to his former employees about what is happening in the educational holding.

A clone of the indie puzzle Unpacking got into the tops of the most downloaded games on iOS and Android. Some even accepted the Unpacking Master project from the Belarusian SayGames as the official mobile version of the original game. We talked to the publisher about the project, cloning and removing the game from the stores.

AppMagic analysts told which hyper-casual games were the most popular in the fourth quarter of 2021. At the top of the list is the race simulator Race Master 3D, published by the Belarusian SayGames.

Steam has set another record. According to the VG Insights platform, more than 11 thousand new games appeared in the Valve store last year. Now an average of 30 titles are launched on the site every day. However, most of them are developed by small indie teams that have become even more active in releasing games since the beginning of the pandemic.General data

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.