The “console war” continues online: users compare the specifications of the future PS5 and Xbox Series X. The head of Xbox Phil Spencer shared his view on the situation.

Because of the coronavirus quarantine, people are paying more and more attention to games. According to Nielsen, a 45% increase in the indicator “time spent in games” was recorded in the United States. In addition, users began to spend more money on games.

The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation registered the “Party of Direct Democracy” on April 1. Recall that this party is headed by Vyacheslav Makarov, ex-product director of World of Tanks.

The startup Fundamentally Games has closed the seed funding round. This company was created to help developers “turn their games into services.”

Amazon has big plans for gamedev. The giant’s game studios are ready to release a number of projects in the near future. The New York Times told more about them and about Amazon’s own cloud service.

All the gaming deals for the past week in one material.All the gaming deals for the past week in one material.

Quarantine has a positive effect on the performance of entertainment programs. The publisher of music and hyper-casual applications, Gismart, said that the growth of its product indicators, depending on the region, has increased from 10% to 200% in recent months.

The Valve store has published the top 10 best-selling games of last week. At the top of the list is Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. By the way, this game surprises not only with high online, but also with a non-standard patch release schedule.

Users have nothing more to expect from Samsung Gear VR. Facebook will stop updating headset software. In addition, from September 15, the Oculus Store will not appruvit new applications for Gear VR.

GTP Media named the winners of the Indie Cup Winter’20 contest. Encansed was recognized as the best desktop game, which also won in another nomination. The best mobile game was R.A.C.E.

French Dontnod earned $19.4 million for the 2019 fiscal year. Its operating income grew by 18.6% year-on-year.

Newzoo analysts have prepared three forecasts for cloud market revenues until 2023. According to the most realistic, the segment’s revenue will grow 20 times by the specified year.

How much downloads and revenue of mobile games have grown in the first quarter of this year,” App Annie, an analytical company, said in its latest report.

Finnish developers are able to attract external financing. Another proof is the history of the Helsinki Lightheart Entertainment. The young team raised $1.4 million in the seed round.

The German publisher has seriously taken up the Commandos brand. After the launch of the remaster Commandos 2 company Kalypso has officially announced the launch of the third internal studio. The new department has been developing a new game series since January.

One of the central Microsoft exclusives will receive a registration on Steam. This was reported in the official account of Sea of Thieves on Twitter.

Mobile developer Easybrain has made donations to the Belarusian Ministry of Health and the Treasury of Cyprus. The first department received $ 100 thousand, the second — € 100 thousand. The money will be used to treat patients with COVID-19.

An international studio with Russian roots Sperasoft has announced a partnership with Hamburg-based Goodgame Studios. Judging by the press release of Sperasoft, the companies have been cooperating for more than a year.

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.