Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicts the appearance of the next generation of consoles no earlier than 2019 due to the release of “enhanced” versions of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The developer of the game PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS studio Bluehole has announced work on a new project — the role-playing MMO game Ascent: Infinite Realm.

The Chinese corporation Tencent has not abandoned its intentions to purchase Bluehole, which created the phenomenally successful PvP shooter PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS.

Unity Technologies has hired two former employees of Insomniac Games studio. They will have to adapt the Unity engine to the needs of high-budget game projects.

Representatives of the Russian industry are working on a law on the regulation of video games. This was announced by the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov.

Next week, Russian Pixonic opens a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The team plans to raise funds for a new game for HTC Vive and Oculus – War Robots VR.

Niantic Studio, in partnership with the media company Warner Brothers, is developing a mobile augmented reality game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite based on the “Harry Potter” franchise.

Apple is working on an augmented reality headset that could be ready by 2020, according to business publication Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins action adventure sold twice as well in the first 10 days after its release as its predecessor, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.

A former employee of the Quantic Dream studio, Caroline Marshal, founded her gaming company Interior Night in London and intends to develop the genre of interactive drama.

A report by Wayne Lu from Facebook. The speaker spoke about what awaits developers after abandoning Flash, what alternatives are already available, and how developers can attract more players to their projects.

Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell millions 4 years after its release. Total sales of the game exceeded 85 million copies, with the last 5 million sold from May to November of this year.

90 employees (25%) of Telltale Games were left without work. The reduction was explained by the desire to focus on the quality of games.

What questions can a candidate be asked for the position of a mobile game producer, what tasks should he be ready for, – he shared on his Facebook page Ilya Eremeev, who previously served as a creative producer of Game Insight, and now is an executive producer at Mail.ru Games Ventures.

The American mobile publisher Zynga announced its intention to buy a division for the creation of mobile card games from the studio Peak Games.

Wanted: a monetization manager at Wargaming and data specialists at Playrix.

Japanese gaming giant Bandai Namco will allocate additional funds for the development of titles for the Nintendo Switch platform.

Bon Games game studio from Finland raised $1.4 million at the seed stage of investment for the development and publication of its first game — a mobile simulator of the transport company Transit King.

Users of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine from YoYo Games have received full access to the latest versions of the Amazon API in the module for the Amazon Fire platform.