The Skolkovo Foundation proposes to exempt Russian developers from paying VAT for equipping the workplaces of programmers writing software for export.

The affiliate program, which allowed websites with reviews of iOS applications to receive a percentage of purchases in the App Store, will be closed from October 1.

Digital collectible card games (CCI) are not the fastest growing gaming segment. Five years ago, their global revenue was $1.3 billion. This year, this figure will reach $1.5 billion. However, the analytical company Superdata is confident that the growth rate of the genre will increase in the future.

There is also a game dev in Pakistan. It was in this South Asian country that the Cloudcade studio from San Francisco, which developed a casual simulator Shop Heroes, opened its new division.

Founder of the game design blog Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff reflects on why Supercell fails to make a genre-forming project out of Brawl Stars and whether the game will die before it reaches the world release. The article examines in detail what happened to the game in four big updates and where the developers made mistakes.

According to Newzoo, in two years, the revenue of the American gaming market has increased by $6.8 billion and now stands at $30.4 billion.

The free-play role-playing game Fire Emblem Heroes, earned $400 million in a year and a half since its release. Other Nintendo mobile titles bring many times less.

NPD Group specialists analyzed the June indicators of the US gaming market. Compared to last year, sales of gaming hardware jumped by 52%, with the inexpensive retro NES Classic console selling best.

A report by Ivan Kozyev from Crazy Panda. The speaker spoke about machine learning algorithms, how to benefit from them, embed them in workflows and use them for marketing analytics using the example of the Crazy Panda experience.

A week later, the indie game Dead Cells will be released on Steam. During the period of early access, 750 thousand copies of it were sold. One of the reasons for the success of the game is the attention of developers to criticism from players and the involvement of the community in the development.

In 2017, the turnover of the Indian market was $890 million dollars – less than one percent of the global total. However, experts say with confidence that India will soon become the new eldorado of the gaming industry.

Wanted: the head of the community department at Cubic Games, a producer at Fusion Core and a leading programmer with # (Unity) at Kraft.

The plot is one of the main reasons why single titles are played. As a result, a good story today can affect sales. That’s what SuperData thinks.

Now users who purchase questionable products from the Steam Store will receive notifications from the store before the transaction. This is how Valve fights the trade in fake game items.

Report by Alexey Rumyantsev from Wargaming. In his speech, Alexey told how the Competitive Intelligence department conducts research on markets, concepts, genres and user behavior, as well as what data the team uses to support the processes of game design, development and publishing.

Recently, the analytical platform began to actively promote new free functionality. It’s called Featured Apps and helps keep track of which apps and games Apple is promoting on its platform.

Japan is the third largest gaming market in the world. Its revenue this year will be $19.2 billion, Newzoo predicts. This is $6.7 billion more than last year.

The recently acquired Microsoft gaming studio Playground Games has hired six experienced developers who previously worked in large companies. All of them will be working on some new PRG — apparently, on Fable IV.

Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton has compiled a list of five mechanics by which games turn a player’s failure or mistake into a meaningful experience.