Creative director of Xsolla Andrey Podshibyakin has written a book about “iconic Russian (and not only) games”. It is called “Game Time!” and will appear on the shelves at the end of November.

Focus Home Interactive removes Frogwares games from the console stores of the Ukrainian studio. The latter claims that the former publisher has no rights to this. Moreover, these actions call into question the future of the company.

Indie studio Yacht Club Games is ready to become a game publisher. By the end of the year, she will release the latest addon to Shovel Knight and will start helping other indies to enter the market.

On the day of release, Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour was downloaded 10.1 million times. This is a record. Previously, at the start, no game had collected such a number of installations.

VR helmet owners have spent more than $100 million on app purchases in the Oculus store. This was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) in the framework of Oculus Connect 6.

Facebook feed algorithms are unknown. At the same time, working with it is necessary to get feedback and increase the audience of the game. How to work with it effectively, in the material for App2Top.ru the ZiMAD company is divided.

App Annie analytics company has acquired a new asset. Since today, she owns the Libring data aggregator, focused on advertising and marketing.

Yesterday, September 25, the presentation of Oculus Connect 6 took place. We tell you what Facebook showed on it.

The prices for game studios in North America and Scandinavia are “pure madness”. This was stated by the top manager of Phoenix Games, a company that seeks to create an international network of game developers.

Appsflyer has presented a report on the state of affairs in the mobile advertising market for the first half of 2019. The most important conclusion of the work: Facebook is no longer the main player in the advertising market. Google gives more downloads.

Wanted: a 3D character animator at Axlebolt Publishing, a leading game designer for a mobile PvP project at Banzai Games and a level artist at Targem Games.

A month ago, Remnant: From the Ashes was released. When creating it, Gunfire Games studio was looking for a balance between a cooperative passage, a linear plot and a randomly generated environment. Read more in this squeeze.

Nintendo is experimenting with monetization. In the Mario Kart Tour game coming out today on iOS and Google Play, along with the monetization mechanics standard for a free-play game, there is also a subscription.

The launch line of Google Play Pass will include at least two domestic games. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition by Nekki and The Tiny Bang Story by Colibri Games.

The ways of development of Take-Two will affect India and Africa. According to the publisher, in the future these markets will offer huge opportunities for game rendezvous.

The revenue of developers with Google Play Pass will depend on the time that users spend in their games.

There is also a place for card games on the blockchain market. This is evidenced by the successful completion of the Immutable series “A”. The studio invested $15 million in the new project.

A video about the origins of the Civilization series was released on the Ars Technica YouTube channel. Its main character is Sid Meier. He says that the first Civilization could have become an RTS game.

There will also be a subscription to premium games on Google Play. Today, on September 23, the final details about the Google Play Pass service appeared.