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.

An American company with Ukrainian roots Mobalytics, which helps users analyze their gaming sessions and pump up esports skills, announced the closure of the funding round A. The company received $ 11.5 million.

The Chinese video game industry is recovering. After two difficult years in China, there is a rapid growth in the number of teams. More than 100 companies related to games are registered daily.

The European Union has launched an official antitrust investigation into the Apple App Store. The government is concerned that it is possible to sell content in the Apple store only through its own payment system, whose commission is 30%.

Has the amount of work increased during self-isolation? Do employees want to return to the office after the pandemic? How has remote work affected efficiency? These and other questions are answered by the results of a study that was jointly conducted App2Top.ru and the job search and recruitment service Talents In Games.

Wanted: Senior game designer in economics at LightMap, HR Director at RJ Games, lead C++ programmer at Playrix and newsman for App2Top.ru .

The publisher tinyBuild acquired a development team from the Russian studio Dynamic Pixels, which was engaged in the creation of a series of Hello Neighbor games. The publisher also announced plans to invest $15 million in the development of the brand.

Almost two—thirds of the population of the United States are gamers. And most of them are adults who are 35 to 44 years old. Such data was shared by the Association of Software and Game Manufacturers (ESA) in a recent report on the audience of video games in America.