The Fig crowdfunding platform has introduced a new Open Access financing program. It allows you to raise money for projects without time limits — unlike the program used, for example, Kickstarter.

More than a billion women around the world actively play video games. Moreover, the ratio of players among women and men is about the same: there are 46% of the former. These and other interesting facts were revealed by the Newzoo study.

About the importance of events and the experience of working on them, — says Vadim Charugin, game designer at Pixonic.

Sensor Tower mobile analytics service published a non-standard top following the results of the first quarter of 2019. It reveals which Russian mobile applications scored the largest number of downloads in the world in January-March. There was a place for games in this top.

The “Battle Royale” Game for Peace was released in the Chinese App Store and earned $14 million in just three days. The publisher of the novelty is Tencent, which has actually replaced the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile with a new game.

Senator Josh Hawley announced the preparation of a law that would ban the use of loot boxes and pay-to-win monetization in games in the United States.

Google has selected the winners of the annual Play Awards from among the best games and applications presented on Google Play.

Half a million copies of the game Mordhau sold out in just a week after the release. This was announced by the developer studio Triternion on the official forum of the game.

Tencent has closed PUBG Mobile in China. For a whole year, the shooter has not received permission from the local authorities to monetize.

In March, Electronic Arts ended its financial year. And his last quarter was not easy for the company. Despite the growth of digital sales, EA’s profit has fallen several times.

The Bavarian authorities have proposed a bill concerning advertising and monetization in mobile games. The initiative is aimed at clarifying the provisions of the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in force in Germany.

About 200 Riot Games employees staged a strike in Los Angeles, publicly condemning the actions of their leadership.

Apple returned to publishing games after 10 years. The company has released a free game Warren Buffett’s Paper Wizard from Wildlife Designs studio in the App Store.

Wanted: 2D artist at BERESNEV GAMES, Director of Game Design at Awem Games and Senior marketing analyst at Game Insight.

Last year’s freezing of game licensing in China made itself felt. According to Niko Partners, revenue from desktop online games in China in 2018 fell to $15.2 billion.

Residents of Russia consider online games to be the main threat on the world Wide web. At least, that’s what the Youth Parliament at the State Duma says.

The mechanics of battle passes work great not only in shooters. This proves the successful experience of Supercell.

For the gaming industry, cosmosim Star Citizen is a unique phenomenon. The game is being developed with the money of players who have invested as much as $242 million in Star Citizen. This made it the most expensive gaming project in the history of crowdfunding. However, in seven years she has not gone beyond the alpha stage.

In early May, Zynga summed up the results of this year’s first fiscal quarter. The company reports revenue of $265 million. $246 million came from mobile. This is more than the company has ever earned in its history on mobile games. However, this happens against the background of financial losses.