Former top manager of the marketing companies Yeahmobi and glispa Michael Levin launched Betastage Capital. This is a venture fund that is ready to invest in mobile games from $ 50 thousand to $ 1 million.

While Epic Games is investing in Blender, Autodesk has reduced the cost of Maya and 3ds Max packages for indie studios by 6 times.

For the second month in a row, the Indian government bans Chinese apps. More than 100 are blocked, another 275 may be banned. Among them is the mobile blockbuster PUBG Mobile.

The gaming industry has repeatedly discussed how much E3 is needed. But this year, the world was able to see in practice that the big players are coping on their own, SuperData reports.

The MobyGames portal shared impressive figures: together with the developers of Naughty Dog, 14 more external studios worked on the continuation of the 2013 hit.

While non-gaming companies are counting losses from COVID-19, Roblox is making a loud statement at the annual RDC conference. By the end of 2020, its developer community will earn 2 times more than a year ago.

A 74-page review of the “Computer Games Industry 2020” from the Higher School of Economics and the Development Center Institute has been published. More than half of the study is devoted to the Russian game rendezvous.

Last week, VKontakte announced the appearance of a catalog of downloadable games on its pages. We asked about the working conditions with the initiative Elizaveta Zharkova, Head of development and support of the gaming platform.

The Russian community “Gamnet” asked to simplify the procedure for transferring rights to create games with the atmosphere of Soviet films. The Ministry of Economic Development is ready to discuss the problem.

Nekki has announced the launch of open beta testing of Cascadeur. This is a software for creating realistic character animations. The OBT version of Cascadeur can be used for free for the development of commercial projects. Special permission from Nekki is not required for this.

The European government is eyeing the video game market. The other day, his Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection published the results of an investigation on the topic of loot boxes. The document suggests a different look at the control of this area. Among the key proposals: not to be limited by gambling legislation.

Wanted: traffic manager in RoasUp, UI/UX designer in Crazy Panda, narrative game designer in Deus Craft.

The developer and publisher of mobile free-play games Huuuge Games has acquired the Finnish game studio Double Star.

Last week, the Tenjin marketing platform released a report on the state of affairs in the hyper-casual games advertising market. We have prepared a brief extract from it in Russian.

The latest big exclusive for PS4 is rapidly gaining popularity. But while gamers from Europe rejoice at the quality of the picture, in China they massively criticize the plot. It’s all about disrespectful attitude to the image of the Mongols.

Mobile game development is a high—risk business. The Belarusian-British publisher Gismart has announced a new model of cooperation with third-party development teams, which, according to the company, will partially solve the problem for partners.

Corporation Mail.Ru The Group reported on the record performance of its gaming brand MY.GAMES. In April-June, the division generated 11 billion rubles. The main drivers are new releases and strengthening in the mobile segment.

At the end of July, the Moscow-based game developer and publisher Crazy Panda celebrates its 10th anniversary. We discussed the company’s history with its founders, Bogdan Kuznetsov and Oleg Pronin.

Wanted: a leading traffic purchasing manager at Azur Games, a game designer at MYTONA and a senior UI/UX designer at Belka Games.