In April, Saber Interactive released the cooperative shooter World War Z. In the first month, it sold 2 million copies. We talked about the history of the project, the specifics of its development and support with Dmitry Grigorenko, the director of the game.

Physical sales of Gears 5 in the UK are many times inferior to previous games in the series. The only hope is for digital downloads, the expert believes.

Not one, but two Netflix gaming analogs will be available for iOS users. A startup to revive old premium games GameClub will launch as a subscription service.

A new round of funding for CryptoKitties authors has ended. As part of Series A, Dapper Labs received $11 million. And immediately announced a blockchain for games and entertainment applications.

Last month, there was a drop in sales in the American gaming market. Both the turnover of the market as a whole and the sales of all segments individually decreased.

Sony has informed Russian buyers of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot that the game will not be published on the PlayStation Store. Users who have pre-ordered will be reimbursed for the cost of the game.

As far as the number of reviews of the game on Steam indicates its good sales, the author of the indie game Starcom: Nexus investigated. App2Top.ru publishes a translation of his post from Reddit, where the developer is known by the nickname JustKevin.

Polish CD Projekt has published a document with various information about itself. It has data on regional sales and even a business model diagram.

Flaregames is very pleased with the first results of Warhammer Combat Cards. The game shows a good retention rate and a high conversion rate to paying players.

The authors of Angry Birds have adjusted the forecast for the current year. They expect less profit due to the rising costs of attracting users.

Wanted: a video designer at Playgendary, a developer of autotests for games at Murka and a senior Unity programmer at Belka Games.

Iratus: Lord of the Dead has a beautiful story. The young studio Unfrozen launched the development of an ideological follower of Darkest Dungeon. The project successfully reached early access, acquired a demanding community and received a foreign publisher. The whole story was told to us by the producer of the project Denis Fedorov.

Unit sales of games for Switch in Russia for the first time exceeded the figure for Xbox One. But the leadership in the local retail market remains for PS4 games.

Neither viewers of streaming services nor Steam players are interested in the new Gears 5. This is very unusual for AAA from a major publisher, especially from the giant Microsoft.

Starbreeze has extended the restructuring period for the third time. The Swedish company was given three months to complete it.

Ubisoft is known for games for dozens of hours — such as Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Odyssey. Why the scale of its projects continues to grow, said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

Sales of games on Steam, as well as the income of their authors, decrease annually. One of the reasons the head of No More Robots Mike Rose (Mike Rose) considers too low prices for games.

Details of Apple Arcade, the gaming analogue of Netflix from the “apple” company, have become known.

VTsIOM continues to poll Russians on the topic of video games. According to the organization, only 26% of citizens approve of this hobby.