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Analytics August 20, 2019

PwC: “The volume of the Russian video game market will amount to $2.5 billion by 2023”

Analytical company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released a large-scale report on the Russian entertainment market. Special attention is devoted to the video game market.

Industry August 20, 2019

Sony bought Insomniac Games studio

Insomniac Games is now under the wing of Sony. The publisher announced the purchase of the authors of several exclusive games for his console.

Industry August 19, 2019

Apple Arcade: what the future subscription service looks like

Screenshots of the new Apple Arcade subscription service have leaked to the network. Recall that this is a future new section of the App Store with premium exclusives without ads and microtransactions.

Platforms August 19, 2019

Google has introduced three-day reviews for new Android apps

The search giant is adopting Apple’s practice. Google Play also has a preliminary review of new applications. That’s just it doesn’t work well yet.

Industry August 19, 2019

How the loot boxes in the new Apex Legends event have tarnished Respawn’s Reputation

It seems that the loot boxes have seriously damaged the reputation of Apex Legends and Respawn personally. The studio was criticized for the fact that cosmetics in the new event fell out only from boxes with loot.

Analytics August 19, 2019

VTSIOM: half of Russians are familiar with video games. The most popular game is World of Tanks

Only half of the population is familiar with video games in Russia. According to VTsIOM, 48% of Russians have never played on any devices, and 33% have abandoned this hobby.

Industry August 19, 2019

BioWare has lost the leading producers of Anthem and Dragon Age 4

Last week, two leading producers — old-timers of the studio – left BioWare at once. One of them was working on Anthem, the other was working on the future Dragon Age 4.

Business August 19, 2019

“We don’t assign IP rights”: interview with Crytivo publisher

Crytivo is a young American indie publisher founded by a native of Turkmenistan. About the history of the company and what it is ready to offer developers today, we talked with its CEO Alexander Koshelkov.

Contests August 16, 2019

Winners of Indie Cup Summer’19 are named

Yesterday GTP Media announced the winners of the Indie Cup Summer’19 contest. The best PC game was This Land is My Land. The best among mobile games is Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery.

Industry August 16, 2019

Epic Games opens a studio in Cologne. She will also deal with streaming technologies

Epic Games opens a division in Cologne, Germany. The new studio will be headed by the founders of Factor 5, developers Turrican and Lair.

Industry August 16, 2019

The authors of Superhot VR have created a fund to support indie teams

The Polish Superhot Team has launched a fund to support indie developers. Two games have already been funded from his funds.

Industry August 16, 2019

NPD: the revenue of the US gaming market for July amounted to $762 million

Last month, the American gaming market generated $762 million. This amount is slightly higher than his income in July last year.

Industry August 16, 2019

MY.GAMES is preparing to launch the international platform MY.GAMES Store. The share of developers is 70%

Russian MY.GAMES will launch a global distribution platform — MY.GAMES Store. There will be a place for both the company’s own projects and games from third-party developers.

Industry August 15, 2019

Fortnite players were outraged by Epic Games’ attempt to resell an item from a battle pass to them

Epic Games got caught selling a repainted item from the Fortnite battle pass. Previously, the company assured that items from the “combat pass” are exclusive and cannot be purchased separately.

Games August 15, 2019

Playrix released the first game in 2 years — Wildscapes

This week, Playrix announced the worldwide launch of its new match-3. The novelty is called Wildscapes. It is dedicated to the construction of a zoo. This is the company’s first game in the last two years.

Industry August 15, 2019

The developer of Subnautica admitted that he could not demand $300 thousand from G2A

In the story with G2A and the authors of Subnautica, the last one had to apologize. Unknown World admitted that it was in vain that she demanded $ 300 thousand from the store. Although I finally criticized his work anyway.

Vacancies August 15, 2019

Vacancies of the week: August 15

Wanted: a manager for the purchase of traffic in MY.GAMES, a manager for the development of game projects in Nevosoft and a senior 3D animator in Social Quantum.

Industry August 15, 2019

Tencent has started earning money back at home. His income is growing after the restoration of licensing in China

Tencent is gradually recovering after the end of the game licensing freeze in China. In the second quarter of this year, 10 mobile games of the Chinese giant entered the market at once.

Analytics August 15, 2019

AppMetrica has learned to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising channels based on the revenue of attracted users

Yandex was pleased with the update of the AppMetrica analytical system. Now you can use it to display information about how much money this or that advertising campaign has brought.

Development August 15, 2019

The creators of Unity have released Create with Code and Unity Teach. These are tools for teaching computer science and game design

The authors of Unity are trying to simplify the study of the engine for new users. To this end, they have released two new classroom tools. They will allow you to master computer science and the basics of game design based on Unity.