The Half-Life series will still have a sequel. Today Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx. And this is a VR game.

Every year, €50 million will be invested in the German federal budget for the development of game development. This decision of the Budget Committee of the Bundestag will take effect from 2020.

Gears 5 sold better than Gears of War 4. This was announced by the head of Microsoft gaming Phil Spencer (Phil Spenser).

On November 15, the Switch titles Pokémon: Sword and Pokémon: Shield were released. The first one bypassed all console exclusives of the year in terms of initial sales in British retail.

Nintendo will introduce a subscription to another game. By the end of the week, this type of monetization will appear in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

This is taking into account pirated retro devices under the Dendy and Sega brands.

InnoGames‘ total revenue for 16 years of operation has reached $1.1 billion. The company’s management believes that the transition to mobile helped her the most in this.

China’s Tencent is investing abroad again. He acquired a 9.96% stake in Sumo Group. The latter is related to the development of Hitman 2 and Forza Horizon 2.

Which settings and in-game weapons attract gamers of different genders more, the analytical company Quantic Foundry found out.

Yesterday, within the framework of Inside Xbox, it became known about the upcoming increase in the Game Pass library. How the subscription changes the approach to developing games for her, said Matt Botty, head of Xbox Game Studios.

NPD presented a sales report on the US gaming market for the past month. Although the total turnover fell by a third, October was one of the best months for the market in the last ten years.

One tool for analyzing the mobile market has become more. AdvertMobile has presented an analytical solution with ASO tools and market insights.

Sales of the console version of Death Stranding in Japan amounted to almost 186 thousand copies in the first week. The game turned out to be the largest launch of a new IP in the region for the current generation of consoles.

Tickets to the Minsk Talents in Games conference are almost sold out. There are only 5 empty seats left in the hall for artists.

After four years of development, Epic Games has launched Battle Breakers, a two-dimensional battler in the spirit of Puzzle & Dragons. The project is available on PC and mobile platforms.

Sensor Tower analysts have prepared the top 10 most downloaded hyper-casual games in October. It is still dominated by projects published by Belarusian companies.

Big companies copy too. Publisher Lion Studios, which is owned by AppLovin, has published a clone of the hyper-casual game Domino Smash. Everything matches — from mechanics to levels. We talked to Gismart, the developer of the original game, about whether there is any way to combat this practice.

Yesterday it became known about the closure of Human Head and the transition of developers under the wing of Bethesda. But her former publisher found out about it after the fact.

Chinese giant Tencent has published results for the third quarter of the year. In July-September, mobile games performed well. But the PC segment has sunk.