An unusual marketing move was made by the author of the indie shooter Danger Gazers. He posted his game on the torrent catalog himself, and title sales increased by 400%.

On January 23-24, a business conference for game developers White Nights will be held in Amsterdam. There will be a public interview with Maxim Babichev, Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Playrix. Come up with a question for Maxim. For the best, we give you a premium ticket to the conference.

PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.

Last Friday, World of Tanks product director Vyacheslav Makarov said he was going into politics and creating a “Party of Direct Democracy.” The continuation of the story did not take long to wait. Today Makarov announced that he is leaving Wargaming.

MediaTek is preparing a line of gaming chipsets for budget smartphones. Thanks to this, the latter will be able to support games with high requirements.

The Playable Platform advertising analytics service presented the first results of testing self-optimization ads. The CTR of such advertising in games increases by a multiple, and without the participation of live operators.

Over the past year, Facebook Gaming has strengthened its position in the gaming streaming market. By the end of December, the site’s share in this segment reached 8.5%.

Japan can follow the example of China and South Korea. For teenagers living in Kagawa Prefecture, a daily limit on the use of smartphones may be introduced. Including for mobile games.

In 2019, Rockemop GO earned $894 million. This is the fifth most profitable mobile game on the planet, and the first among geolocation games. Sensor Tower showed how much she beat her colleagues in the genre.

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

Korean publisher Nexon sells a mobile studio Gloops. He once bought it for $468 million. But now it gives at a ridiculous price of $ 0.01 — 1 yen.

World of Tanks Product Director Vyacheslav Makarov goes into Russian politics. He plans to create a party and participate in the elections to the State Duma.

The participants of the White Nights winter session, which will be held on January 23-24 in Amsterdam, had the opportunity to schedule meetings with each other. It also became known that representatives of Nintendo and Blizzard Entertainment will attend the conference.

Until 2023 inclusive, the second city Germany is going to allocate €520 thousand annually for the development of the gaming industry.

Job search service in the gaming industry TalentsInGames.com published an infographic. It contains charts of the most popular vacancies, locations and the most active employers.

At the end of 2019, Escape From Tarkov took over the top of the most popular games on Twitch. The success was followed by a scandal. What the developer did right and what is wrong — we tell in the squeeze with Polygon.

The past year has been great for Supercell. It not only entered the top 5 highest-grossing mobile publishers, but also increased Clash of Clans revenue by 27%. The game earned $727 million in a year.

A story with a digression and congratulations.

We continue to summarize the results of 2019 together with the managers of gaming companies and market experts. Next up is an interview with Sergey Korolev, founder of the Dreamside Interactive studio (formerly Magisterion).