Death Stranding is the fastest—selling PlayStation 4 exclusive in Russia over the past two years. In the first week of sales, it sold more copies than God of War, “Spider-Man” and “Life After” in the same period.

With minimal edits, the Russian State Duma passed a bill in the second reading, according to which the sale of smartphones, laptops and game consoles that do not have programs developed by Russian companies pre-installed in Russia may be banned from the summer of 2020.

The release of Apple Arcade could negatively affect the revenue of premium games in the App Store. By October 18, it had fallen by 13% on a monthly basis. Last year, over the same period, it decreased by only 4%.

Yesterday, November 19, Google launched the Stadia cloud platform. The reaction to it was not too enthusiastic. We have collected reviews of publications.

Sony Pictures Entertainment became the owner of GSN Games. She received this gaming asset by buying out the Game Show Network (GSN).

How do marketers and techies find a common language? Alexander Bezobrazov, Vice President of Marketing at G5 Games, has prepared several cases on how to make this interaction more productive.

Wanted: game designer at RJ Games, technical artist at Saber Interactive and head of advertising monetization at Vizor Games.

The Half-Life series will still have a sequel. Today Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx. And this is a VR game.

Every year, €50 million will be invested in the German federal budget for the development of game development. This decision of the Budget Committee of the Bundestag will take effect from 2020.

Gears 5 sold better than Gears of War 4. This was announced by the head of Microsoft gaming Phil Spencer (Phil Spenser).

On November 15, the Switch titles Pokémon: Sword and Pokémon: Shield were released. The first one bypassed all console exclusives of the year in terms of initial sales in British retail.

Nintendo will introduce a subscription to another game. By the end of the week, this type of monetization will appear in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

This is taking into account pirated retro devices under the Dendy and Sega brands.

InnoGames‘ total revenue for 16 years of operation has reached $1.1 billion. The company’s management believes that the transition to mobile helped her the most in this.

China’s Tencent is investing abroad again. He acquired a 9.96% stake in Sumo Group. The latter is related to the development of Hitman 2 and Forza Horizon 2.

Which settings and in-game weapons attract gamers of different genders more, the analytical company Quantic Foundry found out.

Yesterday, within the framework of Inside Xbox, it became known about the upcoming increase in the Game Pass library. How the subscription changes the approach to developing games for her, said Matt Botty, head of Xbox Game Studios.

NPD presented a sales report on the US gaming market for the past month. Although the total turnover fell by a third, October was one of the best months for the market in the last ten years.

One tool for analyzing the mobile market has become more. AdvertMobile has presented an analytical solution with ASO tools and market insights.