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Industry April 18, 2019

Backers Invested $236 million in video games on Kickstarter

Over 10 years, Kickstarter backers have donated a total of $1 billion to gaming projects. Of these, only $236.5 million went to video games (excluding mobile titles).

Money April 18, 2019

Mobile games earned $14.6 billion in the first quarter of 2019

Sensor Tower analysts estimated the revenue of mobile games received in the first quarter of the year. It grew by 12.3% year-on-year and amounted to $14.6 billion.

Industry April 18, 2019

The number of employees of the Finnish game dev has grown to 3.2 thousand in two years

The Finnish gaming industry currently employs 3,200 people. A quarter of them work from abroad.

Industry April 18, 2019

Assassin’s Creed: Unity will not be able to help the restorers of Notre Dame

Ubisoft and their game Assassin’s Creed: Unity will not be able to help in the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. It turned out that the virtual copy of the cathedral from the game is not as accurate as the media and players hoped.

Industry April 17, 2019

Brawl Stars’ revenue for four months amounted to $200 million

Mobile Brawl Stars earned $200 million in the App Store and Google Play in four months. Thanks to this, Supercell recorded a record first quarter in terms of revenue.

Expert column April 17, 2019

Playgendary: a story about UI design as a game design tool

Art Director of Playgendary Alexander Danilov shared with App2Top.ru your opinion about the features of UI development for mobile games.

Industry April 17, 2019

In connection with the fire in Notre Dame, Ubisoft has launched a free distribution of the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Unity

For a whole week, the full PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be available for free in the Uplay store. Ubisoft is holding this action “in view of the devastating fire in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.”

HR April 17, 2019

Electronic Arts is Looking for a group of System Designers to Fix Anthem

Several new vacancies for BioWare have appeared on the Electronic Arts website. The studio needs four system designers who will debug Anthem.

Industry April 17, 2019

Microsoft announced the Xbox One S All-Digital console without a disk drive

Microsoft officially unveiled the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition console at the Inside Xbox event. It differs from the previous models of the line in the absence of a disk drive.

Blockchain April 17, 2019

A new mobile game from Tencent has become the leader in downloads in China. It combines the mechanics of Pokémon GO and Cryptokitties

The geolocation game Let’s Hunt Monsters has been released in China, combining the mechanics of Pokémon GO and Cryptokitties. It has already become the most downloaded freeplay game in the Chinese iOS store, overtaking PUBG and Honor of Kings.

Money April 17, 2019

Igor and Dmitry Bukhman: “We will not sell Playrix for $3 billion”

Wall Street banks are showing interest in the game company Playrix created in Russia. Its founders, brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, have already met with representatives of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp.

Industry April 16, 2019

Twitch has released its first game. It’s about karaoke

Twitch streaming service has launched its first game — Twitch Sings. Harmonix, a music video game developer known for Guitar Hero, participated in its creation.

Industry April 16, 2019

“Not evolution, but revolution”: Sony’s leading architect spoke about the PlayStation of the new generation

The next console in the Sony PlayStation line will not be released in 2019, but a number of game studios are already working with it. It promises not just to become more powerful than the PS4, but to offer users a completely new gaming experience.

Vacancies April 16, 2019

Vacancies of the week (April 16)

Wanted: copywriter-journalist at Playgendary, Unity-developer at Kefir and marketing coordinator at Belka Games.

Industry April 16, 2019

A copy of Notre Dame from Assassin’s Creed: Unity can help with the reconstruction of a real cathedral

The victim of the Notre Dame de Paris fire can be restored with the help of one of Ubisoft’s creations — Assassin’s Creed: Unity. In this game, the famous Paris Cathedral is modeled on a scale of 1:1 with maximum accuracy.

Industry April 16, 2019

Revenue from Superhot VR turned out to be higher than from the original Superhot

800 thousand copies of the Superhot VR game have been sold in the world. The surprise was that the version for virtual reality devices turned out to be more profitable than the original Superhot without VR support.

Marketing April 16, 2019

The owner of Igromania and Kanobu now exclusively sells advertising in the content section Игры@Mail.ru

Advertising in three major Russian publications about games — “Igromanii”, “Kanobu” and the content section Игры@Mail.ru — now one company is exclusively implementing it. This was stated by the game direction Mail.Ru Group Ventures.

Industry April 15, 2019

Half of the staff of HQ Trivia demanded to dismiss their CEO

The headquarters of the mobile gaming platform HQ Trivia is restless. More than half of the employees demand to dismiss CEO Rus Yusupov (Rus Yusupov).

Industry April 15, 2019

There will be microtransactions in Mortal Kombat 11, but which ones?

For fighting games, microtransactions are not the most common thing. For example, in the recently released Dead or Alive 6, there is no opportunity to purchase in-game content for real currency yet. But in Mortal Kombat 11, such an option will appear, and this fact worries the players.

Wargaming.net launched an early access paid game in the spirit of Diablo III

Backers Invested $236 million in video games on Kickstarter

Mobile games earned $14.6 billion in the first quarter of 2019

The number of employees of the Finnish game dev has grown to 3.2 thousand in two years

Assassin’s Creed: Unity will not be able to help the restorers of Notre Dame

Brawl Stars’ revenue for four months amounted to $200 million

Playgendary: a story about UI design as a game design tool

In connection with the fire in Notre Dame, Ubisoft has launched a free distribution of the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Unity

Electronic Arts is Looking for a group of System Designers to Fix Anthem

Microsoft announced the Xbox One S All-Digital console without a disk drive

A new mobile game from Tencent has become the leader in downloads in China. It combines the mechanics of Pokémon GO and Cryptokitties

Igor and Dmitry Bukhman: “We will not sell Playrix for $3 billion”

Twitch has released its first game. It’s about karaoke

“Not evolution, but revolution”: Sony’s leading architect spoke about the PlayStation of the new generation

Vacancies of the week (April 16)

A copy of Notre Dame from Assassin’s Creed: Unity can help with the reconstruction of a real cathedral

Revenue from Superhot VR turned out to be higher than from the original Superhot

The owner of Igromania and Kanobu now exclusively sells advertising in the content section Игры@Mail.ru

Half of the staff of HQ Trivia demanded to dismiss their CEO

There will be microtransactions in Mortal Kombat 11, but which ones?