Nintendo has expressed uncertainty about the future of the Nintendo 3DS handheld console. Nintendo Switch is selling well and is enjoying success as a platform for indie titles. Against this background, 3DS support may no longer be appropriate.

The independent studio Beamdog was left by the creative director — David Gaider (David Gaider). Geider is known as the author of the scripts of classic role-playing games by BioWare, where he worked for 17 years. He has created stories for Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age and other games.

On February 8, Japanese game developer and publisher DeNA announced its financial results for October-December last year. The company earned more money in the quarter than in the same period a year earlier. The growth happened, among other things, thanks to the release of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

Glu Mobile will release a free-to-play mobile game in collaboration with Disney. The project was headed by Glu Vice President Mike Olsen. The new title will feature characters from the Disney and Pixar animation franchises.

Sweden is preparing a new law on gambling regulation. In addition to online casinos, it can also affect video games. The country’s authorities allowed the inclusion of loot boxes in the wording of the law.

Three veterans of the gaming industry joined the British studio Jagex, which created one of the oldest role—playing MMO – Runescape. The staff of Jagex includes Ben Clarke, Steven Tarry and Steve Wilson.

Downloads of the Critical Ops mobile PvP shooter by the Finnish studio Critical Force exceeded 34 million. The soft launch of the game took place 2.5 years ago. The DAU of the project has passed the mark of 1 million players.

The Gamasutra publication talked about the Game Accessibility Guidelines resource with tips on developing video games accessible to people with disabilities.

On February 9, Activision Blizzard summed up the financial results of last year. The company has received record revenues in its history. However, due to taxes, it went into negative territory at the end of the final – Christmas – quarter.

American mobile game developer Zynga ended 2017 with positive financial indicators. The Words With Friends and CRS franchises helped the company to become a plus. This is stated in the company’s financial report for the 4th quarter and the whole of 2017.

Today, War Robots is among the Top 60 most profitable mobile games in the USA. But when it was launched, the team ran into problems that could drown the game. What kind of difficulties were they and how they were solved,” said Igor Klyukin, executive director of Pixonic, which developed the game.

The independent British studio Failbetter Games reported financial difficulties, due to which they had to cut 4 employees. This is a significant loss for the staff of a small company: according to the Failbetter website, only 12 people are employed in the studio.

What are advertising networks, what are their pros and cons, as well as what is important to remember when working with them, – says Ilya Seregin, FeedWise project manager at Mobio.

Mobile game publisher Gameloft has closed an office in New Orleans and laid off about 40 employees. The company has not yet announced the reasons for the liquidation of the division.

Google Corporation plans to create a gaming service on cloud servers. And in the future, it can present its own game console, Engadget reports.

Rockstar Studio’s hit has been on the market for almost 5 years and is still selling great. Total sales of GTA V action exceeded 90 million copies, and in 2017 15 million copies of the game were sold.

Independent developer Jake Birkett analyzed how the revenues of the game for the first week and for the first year of sales on Steam correlate. He interviewed 30 developers and gave their answers in the form of a graph.

On February 6, in an interview with Gamasutra, the author of the Gunpoint stealth platformer Tom Francis admitted that it took him almost 4 years to develop his second game, the space indie bagel Heat Signature. He does not plan to delay the work like this anymore. But on Steam, the approximate circulation of Heat Signature for the first four months amounted to 100 thousand copies.

The American publisher of anime and manga comics Viz Media has opened a gaming direction. The first released title of the company will be the action adventure The World Next Door from the independent studio Rose City Games.