Russians are spending more and more on video games in retail. At the same time, for those who buy games on physical media, the main platform is Sony PlayStation 4. This was stated in its report for the first quarter of 2019 by the group of companies “M.Video-El Dorado”.

AppOnboard analytical service bought Buildbox, a game engine that allows you to create mobile titles without code. The value of the asset is not disclosed.

Voronezh studio Datcroft Games is preparing to release a new mobile MMO action game with MOBA elements. In an interview App2Top.ru managing partner of the company Konstantin Sakhnov told about the specifics of the development of such a project.

Valve, as promised, has released its own “Auto Chess” — an autobattler based on a mod for Dota 2. The project is called Dota Underlords.

The production of Switch consoles will be partially moved outside of China. This will allow Nintendo to bypass the 25% tax that the US can impose on Chinese-made goods.

Sea of Thieves is gradually regaining the trust of the players. The recent big update attracted 2 million users to the game, and the total audience of the title has grown to 8.4 million.

How investors, venture angels and big tech companies decide who to invest in and how much will be discussed at a round table at White Nights St. Petersburg 2019. We suggest that you first ask questions to its participants. The author of the best question will receive a Premium ticket to the conference.

Epic Games has added Houseparty to the piggy bank of its assets. This is the so-called “synchronous social network” for group communication via video chat.

Yesterday, Valve unveiled the final version of the new Steam look. Its public testing starts in a few weeks. But even now developers can prepare the pages of their games for updating the entire library. 

Last month, Tencent’s mobile PUBG earned $146 million in the App Store and Google Play, writes the Financial Times. Her monthly earnings turned out to be higher than any other mobile game on the planet.

The Wild Hunt has reached Switch. At E3, Nintendo announced a port of the Polish The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to its console.

Wanted: Lead project manager at FrostGate Studio, programmer at Stark Games and PR director at MyTona.

Gram Games has gone from an indie studio with five employees to an international company worth $250 million. On the anniversary of its acquisition by Zynga, Gram Games’ Vice President of Strategy, Atilla Karakurum, said App2Top.ru about a creative approach to the creation and monetization of hyper-casual games.

At the E3 conference, Microsoft announced the purchase of the developer Double Fine, but kept silent about the creation of a completely new studio. She will develop the Age of Empires franchise.

The development of the Project Scarlett console requires Microsoft to reallocate resources. Therefore, the company announced that it is gradually phasing out work with the Xbox One backward compatibility catalog.

One more subscription. Ubisoft has officially introduced a subscription service as part of its presentation at E3. It’s called Uplay+.

The Chinese publisher Dragonest Game has announced the appearance of the original Auto Chess as an independent game on the desktop.

The success of Drodo Studio attracted the attention of Riot Games. An American developer has announced the launch of a new game in the spirit of Dota Auto Chess. So far, only in the format of a new mode for League of Legends.

China’s Tencent has reduced its stake in Glu Mobile. The corporation’s share in the developer decreased from 21.5% to 14.46%.