Nikita Zatsepin’s report from BlueStacks. The speaker talked about what to pay attention to and how to launch a mobile project on a PC with BlueStacks 4.

In April of this year, Azur Games conducted an experiment. She built part of the Infinity Ops shooter advertising campaign on pre-registration and working with video bloggers through an agency Zorka.Mobi . About the results of the experiment — in our material.

The Australian Environment and Communications Committee (ECRC) has published a 90-page report on the mechanics of loot boxes. The report is based on the results of a five-month study.

Wanted: a programmer on the pros for MyTona, a game designer at Belka Games, as well as a leading marketer at Beresnev Games.

The US authorities have drawn attention to the problem of loot boxes. The head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Joseph Simons, announced that his department will study the mechanics of loot boxes and assess the extent of its impact on underage players. It is unknown how long the FTC investigation will last.

A report by Yuri Yashunin from Scalarr Inc. Using concrete examples, the speaker spoke about the use of machine learning algorithms to identify new types of fraud and increase the level of protection for developers of mobile games and applications.

Wargaming UK has absorbed the British studio Edge Case Games. Thus, the British staff of the creator of World of Tanks has been replenished with 32 new employees.

The gaming store in the Twitch streaming service is closing. The store existed for 18 months.

During the round table, experts discussed the problems, opportunities and prospects of PC publishing. What to expect from the PC publishing market in the coming years, what challenges developers have to face, should we expect the emergence of a new unified platform, or the market will be fragmented over the next years.

The developer of Megapolis has replaced the St. Petersburg office. Social Quantum has moved its largest studio to an area of 2,500 square meters. The company is going to increase the local staff to 250 employees.

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).