In January, the revenues of the American gaming market decreased, despite the release of several major new products. This is reported by NPD Group analysts in their monthly sales report in the United States.

The company earned several million dollars on Overkill’s The Walking Dead, but it didn’t help.

Why use celebrities and popular brands when promoting games, as well as how to do it, — says Anastasia Afonina, manager for work with key partners of Game Insight.

The QIWI payment service shared its forecast about the Russian video game market. The company’s specialists believe that by 2021, the total sales of video games in the country could reach $ 2 billion.

But the staff will remain the same.

Wanted: QA automation specialist at Kefir, head of product analytics at Game Insight and Unity developer at Azur Games.

The authorities do not have time to process requests from gaming companies left over from last year.

Paradox Interactive has reported on the best financial performance in its history. The Swedish publisher published a report for October — December 2018 and for the whole year.

On February 14, Nintendo introduced Tetris 99 to the world — a battle royale and a nostalgic puzzle in one person. What makes this game one of the most important projects of Nintendo, said the Gamesindustry expert.biz Christopher Dring (Christopher Dring).

Monster Hunter: World became the best-selling game in the Japanese market in 2018. This is reported by the publication Famitsu, which published the bestseller chart for last year.

The united company Svyaznoy | Euroset shared how many consoles were sold in Russia last year.

Exactly how violators of these rules will be punished is not yet clear.

On February 18, the Russian publisher “Buka” announced that together with the German Koch Media will publish games of domestic developers in the USA and Europe. We talked to Alexander Kutekhov, producer of Buki, about the deal, working conditions with the teams and publishing preferences.

The Russian video game publisher, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019, has begun expansion into foreign markets. Buka has announced that it will distribute domestic projects abroad.

Experts analyzed the demographics of North American Nintendo Switch players.

On February 15, major changes in the “Vacancies” section came into force on the website. All job ads that are shown on App2Top.ru , started pulling up with the TalentsInGames service.

South Korean mobile publisher Netmarble has reported for the final quarter of 2018. Its indicators are falling compared to both the previous quarter and the previous year.

Game dev workers in the USA deserve more than crunches and meager salaries. The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL—CIO) recall this in an open letter published by Kotaku.

On February 15, the official launch of Metro Exodus took place. The novelty is already the third shooter in the universe of the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky from the Ukrainian 4A Games. We talk about how the project was met by the press, players, and also evaluate its possible sales.