The beta version of H1Z1, an online shooter in the world of the zombie apocalypse from Daybreak Games, attracted an audience of one and a half million players in the first 24 hours since the launch of the PS4 version.

According to some reports, Valve plans to introduce age restrictions for Steam users. Persons under the age of 16 will be able to register on the gaming platform and use Steam features only with the consent of their parents or guardians.

The Sensor Tower mobile analytics platform has studied the impact of features on downloads from the Google Play app store in the USA. According to the company, getting the game into the New + Updated store section for a week increased the number of downloads by 194%.

The Chinese Internet company NetEase has announced that it is developing a dramatic web series, the basis for which will be the multiplayer game Knives Out – a mobile clone of PUBG.

The creator of the GameMaker Studio game engine franchise, YoYo Games, has opened its own publishing division. They intend to release games by independent developers created with the help of GameMaker Studio products.

The analytical platform Newzoo compared the audience composition of the two most popular “royal battles” — Fortnite Battle Royale and PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS. It turned out that PUBG is more often played by adults and independent gamers, and young people and students predominate among Fortnite fans.

Wargaming company.Net has announced the liquidation of the Seattle Wargaming division, located in the city of Redmond near Seattle. The entire staff of the studio, where about 150 people worked, fell under the reduction.

Thanks to the release of the action adventure God of War, gamers in the United States spent $ 124 million more in April this year than a year earlier. The new God of War also helped sell the maximum number of PlayStation 4 consoles and games for this platform last month, according to the analytical company NPD Group.

More than 72% of all Android apps are potential violators of the new law on the protection of user data (GDPR), which will enter into force on the territory of the European Union in a few days. This was announced by the creators of the platform for mobile developers SafeDK.

The analytical platform Priori Data claims that iOS users are more loyal to mobile games than Android owners.

Electronic Arts Corporation acquired the Israeli division of GameFly for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the deal, EA received technical resources and personnel to maintain the streaming platform.

Wanted: a leading game designer at Kraft, a concept artist at ZAVOD Games and a leading Unity programmer at Game Garden.

California-based mobile developer Kixeye explained how the machine learning platform operates, the capabilities of which the company uses in its games.

One of the key speakers of the summer White Nights in St. Petersburg will be Valve. Jean-Peter Ewert, who is engaged in business development and legal issues of Steam, will speak at the conference on behalf of the company. We suggest coming up with questions for him. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the event.

A new game studio has appeared in Sweden — Neon Giant. It was founded by a group of developers, each of whom at one time had a hand in creating AAA action movies: from Gears of War and Far Cry 3 to Bulletstorm and Doom.

The PlayStation 4 console has entered the final phase of its life cycle. This was announced by the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment John Kodera at a reporting meeting with investors.

It took seven days for the pixel “bagel” Stoneshard to get $30 thousand on the Kickstarter crowdfunding service. Thanks to this, it became possible to release it as part of early access on Steam this year.

Hi-Rez Studios got into an awkward situation: in the promo materials of its new mobile game Paladins Strike, users noticed a fragment of art from Blizzard’s heroic Overwatch shooter. At the same time, Hi-Rez Studios’ flagship title — heroic shooter Paladins — openly imitates the style and gameplay of Overwatch.

Epic Games has announced its readiness to sponsor Fortnite online action movie tournaments. They will be held in 2018-2019, and the prize fund of the competitions will be $ 100 million.