In the situation with the harassment of the authors of Ooblets, the creators of Epic Games Store did not stand aside. They defended the Glumberland studio and at the same time noted an “alarming trend”.

Sim He, head of the publisher department at Mintegral, talks about how Voodoo monetizes its hyper-casual with the help of effective mobile advertising. App2Top.ru gives an excerpt from the Pocket Gamer material.

A new drama has arrived related to the exclusivity of games in the Epic Games Store. Indie studio Glumberland, which created Ooblets, was bullied because of a deal with “epics”.

Specializing in the publication of wargames, Slitherine announced another high-profile purchase. The company has acquired a full package of rights to the iconic turn-based strategy Master of Magic.

100 million users play Roblox every month. Perhaps now this children’s social MMO is more popular than Minecraft.

At the end of spring, there was a hype around a new genre — the autobattler. The new mechanics originated initially as a mod for Dota 2. Thanks to it, the audience of the Valve game increased by a quarter. But how interesting this genre is in isolation from the “mother game”, it becomes clear only now.

Cloning in the mobile games market has long been treated as an unavoidable evil. But hints of tracing paper with popular AAA, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a sure cause for scandal. Sony learned this from its own experience, which presented the action-adventure game Genshin Impact this weekend.

Based on the strategies of the publisher Slitherine, military simulators will be created. For this, the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will pay him $1.8 million.

The Autodesk toolkit has become available at a reduced price in a number of regions for a limited period.

In the games of the Turkish Peak Games, users spent over $ 1 billion. Almost all of the revenue came from two match-3s: Toy Blast and Toon Blast.

Google Play has updated its Developer Console, including adding a new metric. Now developers will be able to see how many users have returned to their games.

More than 16% of Russians like to watch game streams. Twitch turned out to be the most popular platform for viewing them.

In China, they like fritupley more. According to surveys, 61% of Chinese players choose free games, not premium.

On July 28, the first ever Fortnite World Cup was held. His prize fund was a fabulous $ 30 million. We are figuring out how this will affect the world of esports, together with Roman Dvoryankin, the general manager of the team Virtus.pro .

In April, the Wildscapes soft launch, a new match-3 from Playrix, began. Today, the company announced its release date, and at the same time told what the new product’s retention level is.

Google is preparing to release a mobile service that will allow you to play premium games by subscription. It will be called Google Play Pass and will cost $4.99 per month.

Which applications and games are preferred by users of a particular mobile program — now you can find out with the help of the analytical service DataMagic.

Difficulties in creating games should not stop indie developers, – says the creator of Braid and The Witness, Jonathan Blow.

The next White Nights will be held in Moscow on October 16-17. By tradition, an exhibition of developers will be held within its framework. Acceptance of applications for participation is already open. An important innovation: it is not necessary for exhibition participants to buy tickets to the conference. They will be given them.