A new top of the best-selling games on Steam for the week has been released. DOOM Eternal topped the chart a month after its release.

The Russian IT industry is already facing losses in the 2nd quarter of this year. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Communications, IT companies will lose 30 billion rubles due to the coronavirus.

One of the flagships of Azur Games — World War Heroes — has gained 50 million installs on Google Play. The mobile shooter reached this milestone in April. During the specified month, he also earned $1.35 million on iOS and Android.

The CEO of Activision Blizzard in the role of Captain Obvious. Bobby Kotick predicted a new rise of frituplay. This is due to high unemployment in the era of the coronavirus crisis.

The forced transition to “remote” turned out to be difficult for a number of gaming companies. But not for Zynga. Its chief operating officer Matt Bromberg is confident that the staff “could work from home forever, if necessary.”Empires & Puzzles

The American PS Store presented the charts of the most downloaded games for April. As always, separate tops are compiled for PS4 titles, freeplay, DLC and PlayStation VR games.

Another online event Inside Xbox took place today. On it, Microsoft “for the first time demonstrated the real gameplay of games” optimized for the Xbox Series X.

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

A website about game marketing has appeared — Good Game Marketing. Its author, the community manager of Apelsin Games Ekaterina Prikhodko, posts useful articles for those who are just learning to promote their games.

Animal Crossing is pulling on the main franchise this spring. Released in March, New Horizons not only became the bestseller of the entire series, but also spurred sales of another hit — mobile Pocket Camp.

And again about investing in Finns. Developer Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million to create an MMO sandbox. The studio was founded by people from Rovio.

The era is gone. Last April, for the first time in eight years, Candy Crush Saga is not the highest-grossing game in the match-3 genre. Gardenscapes became the leader of the niche in monthly revenue.

A book from one of the most famous developers, Sid Meier, will be released in the fall. The creator of the Civilization series will release memoirs, which also promise to become a useful manual on game design.

The circulation of Jedi: Fallen Order has reached 10 million copies. The title was launched in November 2019.

Over the past year, 100 million new users came to Fortnite. Now the audience of the popular battle royale reaches 350 million.

Even early access can turn into a nightmare. Yesterday there was a preliminary release of the Russian game Population Zero on Steam. By the evening, her ratings had slipped to a rating of 17%. What could have gone wrong?

Wanted: art manager at Gaijin Entertainment, senior game designer at ZiMAD and Unity developer at Azur Games.

A new buyer is eyeing Leyou Technologies. China’s Zhejiang Century Huatong Group is fighting for an asset with iDreamSky.

MY.GAMES investigated the state of Russian PC gamers during quarantine related to the pandemic. It turned out that 53% of respondents continue to work/study. Moreover, 41% of respondents find home mode easy.