Battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone has broken the next download mark. The title was downloaded 50 million times in a month, Activision Blizzard publisher said on Twitter.

We have launched a YouTube channel. On it, we plan to post interviews and streams with game developers about the industry. The pilot issue is dedicated to Valorant. We talked about the project with Kirill Shabordin, Technical Director of the W4 Game Creation Kit.

KamaGames presented financial results for the 1st quarter of 2020. It became the most successful quarter in the history of the publisher. The company’s revenue grew by more than a third in annual terms.

Rogue Games did not pull the Vainglory service. The publisher closed the mobile MOBA servers after only five months of operation. But the developer is Super Evil Megacorp. I am ready to maintain my title on my own.

In the UK, sales of physical copies of games have risen in three weeks. During this time, British players have bought more than 1 million boxes, despite the quarantine for coronavirus.

Vela Games studio, created by EA and Riot Games veterans, has raised $3.1 million in a new round of funding. Total investments in the developer reached $6.9 million.

On the pages App2Top.ru ZiMAD has launched a humorous test. Based on gaming preferences, he will tell you which profession in game development will suit you best.

The N3twork platform is ready to invest money in the promotion of mobile indie developers. To this end, she has established two new foundations.

Polish CD Projekt reported for the 2019 fiscal year. Its revenues and profits have grown by more than a third thanks to increased sales of The Witcher 3.

When promoting mobile games, they are now increasingly resorting to mislids. We are talking about videos whose content does not match the content of the game. For example, the video shows a shooter, and the game itself is a strategy. Why this format of advertising has become popular with game publishers — we figured out together with market experts.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a serious problem for the Japanese gaming market. The local rating agency CERO has frozen all operations for a month. This can lead to numerous transfers of console and desktop games.

Wanted: game designer at NX Studio, technical director at Zebrainy Ltd and level designer for match-3 at MYTONA.

Embracer Group has raised $164 million to purchase new assets. More than 100 investors have become shareholders of the parent company THQ Nordic. Thus, in total, $389 million has been invested in it since February last year.

The new multiplayer shooter from Riot Games has become an event on Twitch. More than 1.7 million viewers watched the launch of the closed beta of Valorant yesterday. This is one of the record peaks in the entire history of the service.

Valve analysts have calculated how much the share of successful new products on Steam has increased since 2013. For example, during this time, the number of games earning $10,000 in the first two weeks has tripled. We reveal this and other interesting facts from the analysis.

The “Combat Pass” allows you to monetize not only games, but also near-game services. One of these is Zelos. Its users accumulate points for buying new titles by playing supported games. We tell you how the battle pass fits into this system.

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.