App Annie analytical platform predicts the growth of mobile gaming in 2019. Two-thirds of the revenue of the entire industry will be generated by the mobile market.

The authors of Fortnite have announced the imminent launch of their own store. It will be called Epic Games Store. The company spoke in detail about its features.

Indie developers complain about the decline in sales of their games on Steam. The reason is a sharp drop in traffic.

In October, VKontakte announced a PC platform for indie developers. We asked about 40 questions Maxim Babichev, the head of the VKontakte gaming platform, about the future of the new store.

A report by Alexander Scooper from Youmi Technology (HK) Limited. The speaker spoke about how to do business in China and answered questions: Who will help with localization? Where can I find the right audience? How to keep their LTV?

Apple has presented the best games of the outgoing year. She also named the main gaming trend.

On Friday, layoffs took place in the California company Jam City. The developer did not name the exact number of those dismissed, but an anonymous VentureBeat source claims that “a significant part of employees” lost their positions.

Google sums up the results of the year. The company has compiled ratings of the best gaming novelties in the Google Play store – casual, innovative, competitive and indie.

Ilya Kukharev’s report from AppFollow. The speaker gave step-by-step instructions on how to do ASO to get to the main page of the App Store, and also answered questions: how to work with reviews and ratings, how to monitor competitors and learn about their strategy, etc.

Valve has introduced new shares in the distribution of sales revenue. The store will receive a smaller percentage from projects that earn more than $10 million.

The developer of social casinos Playtika bought the German Wooga. Thanks to this deal, casual games will make up half of Playtika’s gaming portfolio.

The February White Nights session will be held in the German capital. The conference will traditionally host an exhibition of developers. Applications for participation in the latter are already being accepted.

The authors of Angry Birds have announced the acquisition of a small studio PlayRaven. The amount of the transaction is not called.

Today, on November 30, the Odnoklassniki social network announced that from January 1, 2019, it will no longer accept Flash projects for publication. Flash games available on the platform will remain available, but will no longer receive a feature.

Investment daughter Mail.Ru The Group has announced new investments. The company said that it had signed agreements with four domestic developers. We are talking about Zillion Whales, Mobilate, Game Garden and Red Brix Wall.

Valiant Game Studio, the creators of the Pendula Swing adventure game, have launched a beta version of the Brindie service. It is intended for indie developers.

Report by Gleb Mashchenko from RoasUp. The speaker spoke about how using a mathematical approach and machine learning methods, you can increase the effectiveness of advertising on Facebook.

Problems in China forced Tencent and NetEase to strengthen their presence in the international market. Thanks to this, their total revenue from mobile games in foreign markets jumped by an astronomical 382% this year.

The Russian government will not introduce revolving fines in case of repeated violations of the legislation by IT companies. This is the position of Maxim Akimov, Deputy Prime Minister for digitalization of the economy.