Games are one of the most vulnerable segments of the mobile market for fraudsters. Only in January-March of this year, marketers lost $103 million in the promotion of games due to fraud. Only the developers of the “Purchases” category have more losses.

In modern games in the genre of three-in-a-row, difficult levels are usually highlighted in color, and they do not occur more than once for four missions.

Epic Games has canceled the invitation-only access system in the iOS version of Fortnite Battle Royale. All owners of compatible Apple devices can join the game.

The fifth part of the famous Far Cry shooter series was released on March 27 and is in great demand. In a week since the release of Far Cry 5, more than 500 thousand Steam users have appeared.

Wanted: User Engagement Manager at Aigrind, Unity 3D Technical Artist at Azur Games and 3D Modeler at PlayFlock.

Inventing worlds is not the easiest thing to do. Map and city generators can be a good help in this. Jason Grinblat, founder and designer of the studio, shared a selection of them on his Twitter feed Freehold Games, known for the Sproggiwood bagel.

Monolith Production company has warned about the imminent shutdown of microtransactions in the role-playing thriller Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. By mid-July, loot boxes, premium currency and an online store will disappear from the game.

In 2007, the Canadian studio BioWare was on the verge of closure, but it was saved by the takeover of Electronic Arts Corporation. This is what current and former BioWare employees think.

Investors continue to believe in AR and VR. For the period from April 2017 to March 2018, they invested $3.6 billion in developers of such software. This is a record amount for the segment.

A report by Stijn Tops from Google. The speaker spoke about how to use LTV data in the development of the project, as well as how to analyze and predict LTV using Google tools.

One of the oldest strategic series Nobunaga’s Ambition celebrated its 35th anniversary. Over the entire existence of the franchise, over 10 million game copies have been shipped.

The gaming division of Amazon has refused to create a fantasy sports action Breakaway. Amazon Game Studio has been working on the game since 2016. The developers admitted that they could not achieve the desired result.

Polygon has announced layoffs in the state of the largest streaming platform Twitch. According to the publication, the reduction affected about 25-30 people. Some of those dismissed have worked for the company since its foundation.

The online quiz “Clover” from VKontakte has gained 1.5 million mobile downloads in less than three weeks, the press service of the social network reports with reference to the App Annie service. On March 23, the game set a record for daily downloads in the Russian App Store and Google Play among quizzes, and also became the most downloaded quiz in 2018.

Arcade race QQ Speed from Tencent in February took 2nd place in the list of the most profitable mobile games in the world. This is reported by the analytical company SuperData.

Maxim Babichev ‘s report from VK.com . The speaker spoke about the HTML5 mobile platform, which opens up many new opportunities for developers and gamers.

Gamebook company announced the launch of an online tool Gamebook.io . It is designed to create episodic interactive novels right in the browser.

2018 may be the year of Russian RPGs. In addition to Pathfinder and Ash of Gods, INSOMNIA: The Ark will soon appear on virtual shelves. This is a story-oriented role-playing game, reminiscent of Dark Souls and Fallout at once. Kaliningrad HeroCraft is engaged in its publication.

Five teams involved in online projects told App2Top.ru how does the toxicity of gamers affect the performance of games and what can be done with such an audience.