13 games from one developer have been removed from Google Play. All these are racing simulators that managed to generate a total of 560 thousand downloads. Everyone who downloaded them received malware in addition.

Atari is a brand familiar to any video game fan. The company, which had a huge impact on the industry in the seventies, was on the verge of bankruptcy five years ago. Now all the difficulties are in the past. Atari has taken up game development again and even announced a new console. CEO Frederic Chesnais told VentureBeat about the company’s plans.

In Russia, they want to increase fines for Internet companies for repeated violations of the law. For example, for refusing to remove links to blocked sites from the search engine, transfer encryption keys to the FSB, or for storing personal data of Russians outside the country.

A report by Evgeny Marchenkov from AdSide Media. The speaker told about advertising on Facebook: how to avoid typical mistakes of beginners, how to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, and how to scale the advertising ROI.

Founded by people from Belarus, Playgendary has once again entered the Top 3 world leaders in mobile downloads among gaming companies. This became known from the App Annie index for the past October.

The Russian gaming industry needs self-regulation, according to the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko. He promised gamedev his help in contacting the authorities.

There are so-called meditation games on the market. Their task is to calm and relax. How to create such a game? The authors of Alto’s Adventure, abzÛ and Shape of the World answer.

A report by Montgomery Singman (Monte Singman) from Shenzhen iDreamSky Technology. The speaker shared the latest news about changes in government intervention in the gaming industry in China, which game genres are popular in China, opportunities and prospects of the market.

The graphic outsourcing company OWL Studio is analyzing errors in the interface of the Echo of Combats battler, which is still in development (the game of the Russian studio Mad Devices is now at the stage of a playable alpha).

The UK Gambling Commission touched on the topic of loot boxes in a report on gambling. But now she denies that loot boxes can cause gambling addiction in players.

On November 22, Kingdom Rush Vengeance was released. This is the fourth part of the tower defense series by the Uruguayan studio Ironhide (the total earnings of all games in the series only on mobile is $ 10 million). In connection with the launch of the project, we interviewed the team.

Sensor Tower has published the October top of the most profitable and downloadable AR games on iOS. App2Top found out how much the titles listed in it earn.

Industry veterans have major blunders. Even if they get together and make a dream game. A beautiful story at the development stage Underworld Ascendant turned into a failure of the game and a wave of dissatisfied reviews.

Ancient Domains of Mystery is a live classic of the roguelike genre. 26 years have passed since the beginning of its development, but even now its creator Thomas Biskup continues to develop the project. He told the Gamasutra portal the story of this game. We also give the most interesting theses.

A report by Tony Pearce from Reality Clash. The speaker told how the company managed to add geolocation services and an in-game exchange of equipment items to one game, as well as how they managed to sell more than 350,000 units of in-game cryptocurrency in less than 4 weeks after the release.

October came out hot. $1.53 billion was spent on digital versions of console games. This is 80% more than a year earlier.

After Microsoft announced that all prices in the Microsoft Store will be displayed in dollars, Rospotrebnadzor made a statement. In it, the Ministry noted in which cases such a scenario is possible.

Capcom threw 2,800 people to create a remake of Resident Evil. This became known during the broadcast of the Japanese broadcasting company NHK, writes Alex Aniel, author of a book about the franchise.

The eighteenth White Nights will take place in the German capital. The conference is scheduled for February 12-13.