Studio Big Huge Games and publisher Nexon celebrated 3 years since the release of the mobile strategy DomiNations. During this time, the freeplay game has gained over 37 million downloads.

Major South Korean publisher Netmarble bought a 25.71% stake in local record label Big Hit Entertainment (BHE) for $190 million. Thanks to the deal, Netmarble became the second largest shareholder of the music company.

The fifth part of the Far Cry action movie from Ubisoft set a record for sales in the first week after release. The publisher reported that Far Cry 5 was more than one and a half times ahead of the previous part of the series in terms of the number of copies sold in the starting 7 days. During this time, the game earned $ 310 million.

A report by Matt Daly from Wargaming. The speaker spoke about the mixed reality technology used in the World of Tanks project.

The Assassin’s Creed series of historical stealth fighters is one of Ubisoft’s most extensive franchises. Assassin’s Creed brand manager and Ubisoft creative director Jean Guesdon told how they manage to release a large-scale project every 2-3 years.

Using the example of working on the visual novel One Day in London, OWL Studio CEO Vera Velichko told how to speed up the creation of game art.

The creator of the adventure game Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (WTWTLW), Johnnemann Nordhagen, admitted that he earned $ 0 on the game. Nordhagen invested more than $140 thousand of personal funds in his work and spent 4 years on it.

The California investment fund Makers Fund has invested in a number of companies in the gaming industry. Among them are developer studios, publishers, esports services and other firms.

A report by Diana Boiteux from MoPub (Twitter). Diana told us what the headline auction needs to turn into a successful “advanced headline auction” solution.

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.