The VKontakte app for iOS now supports Direct Games is an HTML5–based gaming platform where games can be run without downloading.

On May 25, a new law called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the general data protection regulation, came into force in the European Union. GDPR provisions should strengthen the protection of personal data of residents of all EU countries, but, according to experts, the new regulations will complicate the lives of developers and publishers of video games.

First Person is a series of short videos from Google Play, where authors, developers and even voice actors talk about their work on popular mobile games.

Owners of Apple mobile devices will not be able to play titles from the Steam library on them through the Steam Link streaming application. Apple has not allowed Valve to place the Steam Link in the App Store, according to the publication Venture Beat.

Analysts from SuperData summed up the April results of the gaming market: in a month, users spent $9.09 billion on games distributed in numbers. Console games showed the greatest dynamics due to the success of Fortnite and the new God of War.

Among the 500 highest-grossing mobile games in the USA, the largest number of titles (15.1%) belong to the battler genre. This was told in its latest report by the analytical company Playliner.

Sprite hybrid bitmap and bagel Wizards of Legends from the indie team Contingent99 sold 200 thousand copies in the first week.

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.

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