Based on the strategies of the publisher Slitherine, military simulators will be created. For this, the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will pay him $1.8 million.

The Autodesk toolkit has become available at a reduced price in a number of regions for a limited period.

In the games of the Turkish Peak Games, users spent over $ 1 billion. Almost all of the revenue came from two match-3s: Toy Blast and Toon Blast.

Google Play has updated its Developer Console, including adding a new metric. Now developers will be able to see how many users have returned to their games.

More than 16% of Russians like to watch game streams. Twitch turned out to be the most popular platform for viewing them.

In China, they like fritupley more. According to surveys, 61% of Chinese players choose free games, not premium.

On July 28, the first ever Fortnite World Cup was held. His prize fund was a fabulous $ 30 million. We are figuring out how this will affect the world of esports, together with Roman Dvoryankin, the general manager of the team Virtus.pro .

In April, the Wildscapes soft launch, a new match-3 from Playrix, began. Today, the company announced its release date, and at the same time told what the new product’s retention level is.

Google is preparing to release a mobile service that will allow you to play premium games by subscription. It will be called Google Play Pass and will cost $4.99 per month.

Which applications and games are preferred by users of a particular mobile program — now you can find out with the help of the analytical service DataMagic.

Difficulties in creating games should not stop indie developers, – says the creator of Braid and The Witness, Jonathan Blow.

The next White Nights will be held in Moscow on October 16-17. By tradition, an exhibition of developers will be held within its framework. Acceptance of applications for participation is already open. An important innovation: it is not necessary for exhibition participants to buy tickets to the conference. They will be given them.

Russian MY.GAMES has entered into partnership with iDreamSky. The main goal of cooperation is mutual promotion and support of game projects.

Paris-based Green Panda Games is now 70% owned by Ubisoft. The company has completed a deal to purchase shares of the mobile publisher.

If the US increases the tariff on Chinese electronics, Sony may raise the prices of consoles in the American market itself. This was stated by Sony’s Chief financial Officer Hiroki Totoki.

Wanted: UI/UX designer at RJ Games, UI artist at Playrix and game designer at Matryoshka Games.

It seems that guild mechanics are now the lot of not only midcore projects. The opportunity to join a guild is increasingly being added to casual titles.

Electronic Arts has transferred part of its IP to its Swiss division, where it has its headquarters. Thanks to this, the company plans to save $1.7 billion on tax deductions.

A new, 76th version of the Google Chrome browser has been released. One of the unpleasant, but long-awaited innovations turned out to be blocking Flash elements by default.