Voodoo reported that the number of downloads of its games exceeded 1.5 billion. Half of them were generated in the last four months.

There have been reports that physical copies of the game are being removed from the shelves.

The first games from United Label will be released this year.

Splash Damage Studio made a gift to novice developers. She posted a design document of the Dirty Bomb game to the public.

Deep learning technology continues to prove its usefulness in improving graphics. Recently, the ESRGAN neural network helped improve the image in The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind by adding detail to textures. Now similar tools have made it possible to improve The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Final Fantasy VII.

The game was released last October for Xbox One and PC.

Erez Goren has announced his retirement from Hi-Rez. According to Gameindustry.biz, he wants to devote himself to the healthcare sector.

As part of the White Nights winter session, a public interview with Istvan Tajnay will take place. Istvan heads Ubisoft Berlin, which is working on the Far Cry series. We suggest asking him questions. The authors of the top two will receive a premium ticket to the conference.

Apparently, the price increase is associated with an increase in VAT to 20%.

Its new owner will be announced in October.

This is 65% more than in 2017.

The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

Netflix’s main competitor is Fortnite, not HBO. Representatives of the streaming service reported this in a letter to shareholders.

Danish developer IO Interactive has opened a new studio. It is located in the Swedish city of Malmo, writes Rock Paper Shotgun.

Most of the revenue was generated by Fire Emblem Heroes.

They accounted for 56% of the $9.37 billion that was spent by North American gamers in 2018.

As a result, the company’s value has grown to almost $4 billion.

This is 13% more than a year earlier.

$145 million was invested in the mobile developer Jam City. The studio is planning new acquisitions that will accelerate its global growth.