Playrix Creative Director Igor Elovikov told App2Top how the year went for the company and which projects became central for him in 2018.

The tools created for Fortnite will be free for all developers, Epic Games announced. With their help, cross-platform support can be introduced into the game to unite console, mobile and desktop players.

The Russian publisher of online games will be responsible for the upcoming release of Era of Legends in the West. In China, the project was launched in the summer by the publisher Tencent under the name MT4.

In the first nine months, console sales in Russia reached 6.8 billion rubles. According to the forecasts of retailers “M.Video” and “Eldorado”, by the end of the year the turnover of this market will exceed 12 billion rubles.

Apple lost the patent court to its former supplier of components.

The IT company is accused of non-compliance with the legislation of the country.

Many developers welcomed the news of the launch of the Epic Games Store positively. But there are alternative opinions. Developer of the indie project Cook, Serve, Delicious! David Galindo believes that the recently launched Epic Games Store is not a competitor to Steam and is generally not needed by anyone except developers.

The co-founder of Azur Games Artem Nikolaev told about the launch of the office in Dubai and the trends of the year.

Report by Roman Goroshkin from Epic Games. The speaker gave a brief instruction for developers on how to make sure that there was money, fame and honor.

How much the team has grown and how the company’s strategy has changed, said its founder Oleg Rogovenko.

The blockchain store from Brian Fargo has already attracted 22 publishers.

The reason is vulgarity and frank female images. The published data is called fake.

Valve has made its competitive shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive shareware. This innovation upset many gamers who played CS:GO the last six years.

Vasily Sabirov, a leading analyst at devtodev, told what the outgoing year was like for him and his company.

The authorities of the United Kingdom have again taken care of the problem of gambling addiction.

Report by Tanya Loktionova and Alina Mudra from Values Value. Tanya and Alina shared recommendations on retaining employees and protecting recruiters from hunting.

Pixonic CEO Philip Gladkov said App2Top.ru what was the outgoing year for him and his company.

No sooner had the Epic Games Store launched than several publishers and developers turned away from Valve. They postpone their releases on Steam or leave the site altogether.

The executive director of Battlestate Games Nikita Buyanov said App2Top.ru about how 2018 went for him and his company.