The first details about the next Talents In Games session have appeared. The conference for specialists of the gaming industry will be held in the capital of Belarus at the end of November.

There will be no award for “Best Mobile Game” at the next annual British Academy Games Awards.

Google is in full swing preparing to launch the subscription service Play Pass.

Technical testing of Project Atlas starts on Wednesday. This is a cloud gaming service from Electronic Arts.

The MicroProse company, known for the early Sid Meier’s Civilization, is returning to the industry. And she announced her future game title.

Updating the search on Steam allowed us to estimate the volume of indie content on the site. According to the “indie” tag, you can find over 40 thousand products in the store.

Apple’s policy regarding HTML5 programs continues to tighten. The other day, the company reminded about updating the list of requirements for such applications.

Mobile Pokémon Masters was released a week ago. It has already earned $26 million and became the second best launch in the series.

The “tank” giant followed the path Mail.Ru Group. The company opens its launcher for third-party projects.

To the urgent question of crunches. It is quite realistic to manage a game project in real time so as not to overwork developers. This opinion belongs to Tami Sigmund, producer of Zynga Studio.

The famous EVE Online is difficult to master. Last year, only 10% of 600 thousand new players stayed in it for longer than a week. To solve the problem, CCP Games will introduce an MMO “hotline” for beginners.

Yesterday, the Finnish Rovio launched Sugar Blast worldwide. The game is based on the original IP, but its mechanics are identical to the gameplay of the latest Angry Birds title.

At the end of 2018, TikTok surpassed Instargam and Snapchat downloads. Now the application has more than a billion installations, and the MAU is approaching the 500 million mark. At the same time, the platform remains quite closed for advertisers. Often the only way to access it is through an official reseller.

HR platform for job search in the gaming industry Talentsingames.com together with the organizers of the White Nights Conference, they announced the launch of the “Game Dev HR Awards“. This is the first annual award dedicated to game recruiting and HR work in the industry.

Nintendo continues to experiment with game kits for Switch. Cardboard constructors have already been. Next up is a rubber hoop for fitness.

In July, app developers for the Chinese App Store received revenue that was seven times higher than usual. This is a consequence of a banking error.

Belarusian studio Belka Games has announced a deal with marketing company AppLovin. Now the parties are strategic partners.

Beta testing of the new Steam library starts on September 17. It will be open to all users of the store.

In August, Pokémon GO earned $110 million. It was the most profitable month for the title in the last three years.