The fresh Frostpunk project from the Polish indie studio 11 bit studios has successfully started. In the first 66 hours after the release, the developers have implemented more than 250 thousand game copies. According to the studio, the sales revenue has already recouped all the costs of creating and promoting the game.

Sony has reported financial results for 2017. The company reported that 19 million PlayStation 4 consoles were sold last year. Since the release of the latest generation of PlayStation in 2013, Sony has sold more than 76 million PS4s worldwide.

Among the numerous imitators of Clash Royale, the golf simulator Golf Clash has achieved the greatest success. The game is among the top twenty highest-grossing mobile games in the United States and earns more than $ 10 million per month. Why she succeeded,” Adam Telfer, co—founder of Chatterbox Games, told GDC.

Microsoft reported earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2018, which ended for the company on March 31 of this year. The Xbox division’s revenue during this period reached $2.251 billion. This is 18% more than at the same time last year.

California-based video game developer and publisher Daybreak Game Company has laid off an unspecified number of employees. The company is known as the creator of the multiplayer action movie H1Z1 — one of the first popular games in the “battle royale” genre.

The military tactical thriller Arma III has sold more than 4 million copies. This was announced by the game developer Bohemia Interactive.

Video from the report at White Nights Prague 2018 by Nikita Buyanov, Chief Operating Officer of the St. Petersburg studio Battlestate Games. Nikita shared his experience of preparing for the publication and independently launching the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov.

The head of the Belarusian Wargaming company. net Victor Sour (Victor Kisly) told about plans for the future. According to him, Wargaming intends to develop and support the flagship title World of Tanks for the next two decades.

ZeptoLab, based in Russia, has announced a reshuffle in the staff. The position of the head of the publishing direction in the company was taken by Dylan Tredrea, who was previously responsible for product management at Rovio. Mike Sviblov, who held his position, remains on staff as a consultant for the direction.

Game Insight has entered into a partnership with the Jordanian publishing house Tamatem to localize and publish the Airport City mobile strategy in the Arabic-speaking region.

Although the new project of Boss Key Productions studio is called Radical Heights, i.e. “radical heights”, the attendance of the game so far suggests the opposite. In two weeks since the launch, the simultaneous audience of the online action movie has decreased from 12.5 to 2.2 thousand people.

Snapchat messenger has introduced a new Snappables game format. These are small AR games that use video from the front camera.

President and representative Director of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima (Tatsumi Kimishima) announced his imminent retirement. The head of the Japanese company will leave his post on June 28.

The Belgian authorities demanded that Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard and Valve remove loot boxes from a number of popular online titles. Otherwise, the largest gaming companies face fines of up to €800 thousand.

Google has announced the contenders for the annual Google Play Awards. She is awarded the best games and applications presented in the Google Play store.

Ubisoft Reflections studio recruitment specialist Craig Pearn has prepared recommendations for those who are preparing for an interview for employment in a gaming industry company.

Russian IT giant Mail.Ru The Group continues to expand its portfolio of gaming companies. Today, on April 25, the company announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Penza studio BIT.GAMES.

The analytical company NPD Group has prepared a report on the state of the US gaming market in March this year. According to experts, the shooter Far Cry 5 debuted so successfully that it became the best-selling game in America not only in March, but also over the past three months.

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