Twitch users spent 15.2 million hours watching Teamfight Tactics gameplay in the first week since the game’s release. Thanks to this, the novelty of Riot Games can be called not only the most popular autobattler, but also one of the most popular games of recent times.

A new game classification system has appeared in the DataMagic analytics service. When evaluating the market, it is now possible to display games not only by genre, but also by subgenre (in fact, the mechanics used in the game), as well as the setting.

It became known from the electronic System for ensuring legislative activity that the deputy from the LDPR party Sergey Zhigarev today withdrew the bill submitted by him to the federal law “On Consumer Rights Protection”.

Five Zachtronics studio games are now free for public schools and other non-profit educational institutions. Discounts are provided for private and commercial schools.

Deputy from the LDPR Party Sergey Zhigarev submitted an amendment to the federal law “On Consumer Rights Protection” for consideration. If it is adopted, Russia will ban the sale of smartphones, computers and smart TVs without pre-installed Russian programs.

In Russia, by the end of 2019, the gaming audience will be 66 million people. Almost half of them — 28.2 million — are paying.

A lecture by Supercell game designer Antti Summala appeared on the web. He talked about creating control schemes and progression in games using the example of Brawl Stars.

Wanted: lighting designer at Social Quantum, traffic manager at Kefir, and art department manager at Plarium.

Developer Supercell will host the first Clash of Clans World Championship. Esports players will be able to compete for a prize fund of $ 1 million this fall.

Another gaming giant is preparing to enter the Auto Chess clone market. Tencent has announced a mobile Chess Rush. Its peculiarity is the presence of fast 10—minute matches.

More than 2.5 million copies of Shovel Knight have been sold worldwide. This was proudly announced by the developers of Yacht Club Games in honor of the fifth anniversary of the game.

Epic Games has taken care of Kickstarter backers who are unhappy that the games they funded are leaving Steam and becoming exclusives of the Epic Games Store. All the refands to the players will be carried out by the latter.

Founded by Wargaming veterans, Redhill Games studio has closed its first round of funding. She raised $11.4 million to create her debut game.

How much eCPM differs from region to region and how big is the eCPM difference between different types of advertising,” the Soomla analytical service said in its latest report.

Novice level designers will always need the advice of a more experienced colleague. The author of the book “Architectural Approach to Level Design” Chris Totten shared ten useful tips on Twitter at once.

Indie developers are massively urging players not to buy keys to games in the G2A store. According to igrodelov, even piracy is the best alternative.

Lion Studios division — AppLovin — announced the second annual Ultimate Game Changers competition. The studio will select four mobile indie games and distribute a prize pool of $300 thousand among them.

The company Indievent was deprived of the license to release games in China. The discontent of the Chinese authorities could be caused by the indie horror Devotion released by the publisher.

The Japanese mobile publisher gumi liquidated the European office. Gumi Europe employed 32 employees who complained about their management before and after the studio closed.