In October, sales of hardware, games and accessories in the United States are showing record levels, according to NPD analysts. This was influenced by the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Wanted: game designer in Playgendary, QA-lead in Alawar, project manager in Krasnodar Plarium, analyst at Pixonic, Ruby developer at Social Quantum and lead UI designer at Whalekit.

A year ago, in November 2017, Nekki released the mobile fighting game Shadow Fight 3. Since then, the project has reached the mark of 50 million installations. Read about the retention rate of the game and what percentage of those paying by country in our publication.

Microsoft has subjected the Russian office to restructuring. Employees were offered to transfer from Russia to other countries.

A report by Enric Pedro from Lab Cave Games. The speaker spoke about how the strongest development teams, such as IGG and Socialpoint, work with ASO to attract organic traffic and increase profits.

Foundation SUPER.COM I am ready to invest in Unreal Engine game developers. The total investment amount is $50 million.

Yesterday, November 19, the announcement of the launch of a new Finnish game studio — Redhill Games. Most of the founders held senior positions in Wargaming back in September.

In early November, Microsoft announced the purchase of inXile Entertainment. Founder and president Brian Fargo spoke about how the deal will affect the company in an interview with Eurogamer. We provide a brief version of the material.

We note the mobile games that showed the fastest growth in downloads over the past week.

Valve had to listen to a lot of unflattering reviews about the Artifact card. The players who got access to the beta of the game today were unpleasantly struck by the monetization system.

The price tags in rubles have disappeared from the Microsoft Store. Now the purchase of games and applications for PC and Xbox in the store will be made only for dollars.

A report by Maria Pestrikova from Kefir. Maria told about how the Last day on Earth project was created, and why the company decided to build the workflow in its own way.

The number of studios dissolved in 2018 is growing. Next up is Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver.

The creators of Angry Birds decided to change the strategy of releasing games. Rovio announced that it has 12 titles in the works at once.

The authors of the Magic Leap One mixed reality glasses are looking for creators of applications for their headset. Talented indie developers have been promised grants from $20,000 to $500,000.

Loot boxes are not something bad if implemented correctly. This position was shared by one of the Ubisoft developers in response to criticism of the introduction of loot boxes in Trials Rising.

Discord is rapidly expanding the boundaries of its capabilities. The gaming messenger announced the launch of an early access program in its store.

The new Supercell game has not been released yet, but it is already gaining millions. In just one day, the preliminary registrations of the project on both platforms reached 5 million.

The speakers discussed the most effective use of machine learning in games. How to increase profits using machine learning? How do I start embedding it? What success stories exist? How to build a system that works for the future? Why has machine learning become popular right now, because the technology has been known for a long time?