What impact does the gaming industry have on the US economy? The Association of Software and Games Manufacturers (ESA) told about this in its new report. Last year alone, the direct contribution of this sector to the American economy exceeded $40 billion.General data

BioWare is losing frames. General Manager Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah are leaving the company.

Sam & Max: Save the World remaster was released yesterday. The updated version was handled by the Skunkape studio, consisting of the developers of the original game. On this occasion, we gathered the opinions of critics about whether the team managed to breathe new life into the classic quest.About the game

We continue to summarize the results of 2020 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Vera Karpova, the product manager devtodev.

The creator of Silent Hill, Keiichiro Toyama, together with other veterans of the Japanese industry, opened a new studio — Bokeh Game Studio. The developers have already started working on their own project in the spirit of the famous horror.

Developer Phoenix Labs, known for the Dauntless free-to-play role-playing game, has announced an expansion. The company is opening two new offices — in Montreal and Los Angeles – to work on future projects.The Montreal office will be managed by gaming industry veteran Andre Roy, who worked at Ubisoft on the Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six franchises.

Mobile operator Jio Platforms, in which Facebook and Google previously invested $ 20 billion, has taken up gaming investments. The Indian company was one of the sponsors of the California startup Krikey, which develops mobile AR games.

It seems that Hideo Kojima was able to settle the relationship with Konami. The network started talking about the possible announcement of the restart of Silent Hill from the developer at The Game Awards 2020.

We continue to summarize the results of 2020 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with the CEO and co-founder of AppFollow Anatoly Sharifulin.

Last night in Fortnite, a large-scale event featuring Galactus, a character from the Marvel universe, took place. More than 15.3 million players gathered simultaneously for the battle with the “Devourer of Worlds.” This set a new record for concurrent players in the battle royale.

We are launching our annual series of materials “Results of the Year“. In it, we interview top managers and experts of the gaming industry about how the year has passed for their company. The series opens with our interview with Vasily Sabirov, head of analytics at Easybrain.

This year, during the period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (November 27-30), the digital gaming market earned $3.9 billion. This is almost half a billion less than it was in 2019.

This summer, Apple began removing games from the Chinese App Store that did not have permission to be published in this country. But it seems that by the end of the year the company will remove a number of applications from the store.

How Zynga looks at game design, — the leading designers of FarmVille 2: Country Escape, Poornima Seetharaman and Vimal Sathish, told at the online Talents in Games Conference.

The analytical company GameRefinery has published a report on the main news and changes that have occurred in major mobile projects in October. The data relate to the markets of the USA, China and Japan.US Market

Apple has posted lists of the best App Store apps for 2020. The game of the year on the iPhone was Genshin Impact. In other game categories, Dandara was noted, among others: Trials of Fear, Legends of Runeterra and Pokémon GO.

Yesterday it became known about a package of amendments to the law on the rights of the child. According to him, the Ministry of Health proposes to allow the examination of computer games for the threat to the mental health of children. We asked Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov &Pevzner Law Firm, to comment on this initiative.

Travis Scott’s concert in the Fortnite game not only broke attendance records, but also brought the rapper $ 20 million. This is several times more than the income from his most successful live performance.Forbes reports that the amount earned by Scott includes not only the fee for the virtual event, but also the proceeds from the sale of merchandise.

Two months after the launch, Genshin Impact still holds the title of the best-selling mobile game in the world, not counting Honor of Kings. During this time, she collected $393 million only in the App Store and Google Play.