The producers of The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon series have been promoted to deputy CEO of Nintendo. One of them is the producer of the series The Legend of Zelda Eiji Aonuma (Eiji Aonuma).

In May, the social networks Odnoklassniki and VKontakte launched a competition for the best mobile HTML5 games with a prize fund of 1.4 million rubles – Games Cup 2019. Within the framework of the competition , its own nomination appeared and App2Top.ru .

The indie developer Rezoner has released software for creating voxel graphics. A tool called SpriteStack allows you to create 3D objects for use, including in games.

Experience in testing competitiveness and demand with App2Top.ru the director of the Belarusian studio Indigo Bunting — Evgeny Trufanov shared.

In mid-May, the Archero game appeared in mobile stores. In a month, the development of the Singapore studio Habby not only collected more than 10 million installations, but also earned more than eight million dollars, according to the analytical service DataMagic.

Six months after the release of Brawl Stars from Supercell, its installations reached 100 million. During the same time, the game earned $275 million in the App Store and Google Play.

What the mobile games industry looks like today from the point of view of macroeconomics, the analytical company App Annie revealed in its latest report. We offer a short version in Russian.

With the growth of the mobile industry, the market for advertising gaming applications is also growing. Apptica experts named the countries with the largest number of publishers who advertise their mobile games. 

Russians are spending more and more on video games in retail. At the same time, for those who buy games on physical media, the main platform is Sony PlayStation 4. This was stated in its report for the first quarter of 2019 by the group of companies “M.Video-El Dorado”.

AppOnboard analytical service bought Buildbox, a game engine that allows you to create mobile titles without code. The value of the asset is not disclosed.

Voronezh studio Datcroft Games is preparing to release a new mobile MMO action game with MOBA elements. In an interview App2Top.ru managing partner of the company Konstantin Sakhnov told about the specifics of the development of such a project.

Valve, as promised, has released its own “Auto Chess” — an autobattler based on a mod for Dota 2. The project is called Dota Underlords.

The production of Switch consoles will be partially moved outside of China. This will allow Nintendo to bypass the 25% tax that the US can impose on Chinese-made goods.

Sea of Thieves is gradually regaining the trust of the players. The recent big update attracted 2 million users to the game, and the total audience of the title has grown to 8.4 million.

How investors, venture angels and big tech companies decide who to invest in and how much will be discussed at a round table at White Nights St. Petersburg 2019. We suggest that you first ask questions to its participants. The author of the best question will receive a Premium ticket to the conference.

Epic Games has added Houseparty to the piggy bank of its assets. This is the so-called “synchronous social network” for group communication via video chat.

Yesterday, Valve unveiled the final version of the new Steam look. Its public testing starts in a few weeks. But even now developers can prepare the pages of their games for updating the entire library. 

Last month, Tencent’s mobile PUBG earned $146 million in the App Store and Google Play, writes the Financial Times. Her monthly earnings turned out to be higher than any other mobile game on the planet.

The Wild Hunt has reached Switch. At E3, Nintendo announced a port of the Polish The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to its console.