Playrix founders Igor and Dmitry Bukhman in an interview with the channel “Russian Norms!” stated that they invested in the summer of 2018 in the Nexters gaming company, publisher of the Chronicles of Chaos and The Battle for the Throne.

The next version of Unreal Engine has arrived — 4.23. It includes an improved set of visualization tools and an advanced physics system.

At the end of August, Epic Games announced a partnership with the film production company Goldfinch. As part of the cooperation, they are holding a competition among games on Unreal Engine 4. The top 10 projects will receive film adaptations. We talked about cross-media in general and about the competition in particular with Alexey Savchenko, licensing manager of Epic Games.

Wanted: producer at Awem Games, developer of game services at Gaijin Entertainment and project manager at Plarium.

Half of indie developers sell their games too cheaply. Game designer Simon Carless talks about why an indie game should cost at least $20.

In the market of subscription gaming services — one more. Today Ubisoft launched the recently announced Uplay+. What the publisher wants to achieve with its help, said Ubisoft Vice President Brenda Panagrossi.

The domestic company My.Games, a gaming division Mail.Ru Group, is considering the possibility of creating a mobile games store.

Gearbox Studio raises money for Homeworld 3 with the help of crowdfunding. Something like this can be expected from smaller studios, but not from the authors of Borderlands.

Formally, by the end of August 2019, Playrix, based in Russia, entered the world’s top three leaders in earnings from mobile games. Only Tencent and NetEase are ahead.

About whether it is possible to predict the sales of the game with the help of wishlists in Steam developers, tell YoYo Games.

August turned out to be rich in permutations in the domestic game development. Following the changes in Pixonic and VK, it became known about the changes in the Azur Games studio. The latter is among the top ten highest-grossing mobile gaming companies in Russia.

This is the third time Starbreeze has asked to extend its restructuring period. It seems that it is not easy for the company to stay afloat.

Facebook has started testing a hidden likes counter. Because of this, the promotion of games in the social network can be very complicated.

About the ways to work with toxic video channels on YouTube, — told in the column for App2Top.ru Alternativa Games specialists.

Jaroslav Beck, one of the authors of Beat Saber, will invest in young VR developers. He announced his desire to become an investor on Twitter.

The authors of the Lucky’s Tale platformer series have raised $23 million dollars. With this money, the Playful studio will create games that will be interesting to the audience.

Last week, several Starbound developers accused the Chucklefish studio of non-payments. The company commented on their statements.

App2Top.ru together with Talents In Games conducts research. Its goal is to find out the impact of education on the specialists of the gaming industry.

Google Play has turned to the creators of children’s and family apps. Now such applications are being checked for compliance with new requirements for the protection of children. Developers are asked to submit games for review at least a week before the release or major updates.