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Industry April 26, 2018

Belgium may fine EA and Valve 800 thousand euros for violating the gambling law

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.

Platforms April 25, 2018

Google named the nominees of the Google Play Awards 2018

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.

Industry April 25, 2018

Interview to a gaming company: 5 tips from Ubisoft

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.

Industry April 25, 2018

Mail.Ru Group acquired 51% of the shares of the authors of the “Guild of Heroes”

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.

Industry April 25, 2018

NPD: Far Cry 5 became the leader of March game sales in the USA

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.

Vacancies April 25, 2018

Vacancies of the week (April 25)

Wanted: Marketing director at Cubic Games, system analyst at UseTech and video designer at Banzai Games.

Platforms April 25, 2018

Game store from Kongregate will give publishers to earn the first $10 thousand without commission

The digital video game store Kartridge from Kongregate promises to give developers 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the title until the product earns $ 10 thousand. The condition applies to games released only on Kartridge.

Platforms April 25, 2018

User profiles have appeared in GOG

The digital online game store GOG,com has added user profiles and a number of social features. So the service has become even more similar to Steam.

Industry April 24, 2018

Quantic Dream decided to sue French newspapers after articles about a bad situation in the studio

Quantic Dream studio filed a lawsuit against the French publications Le Monde and Mediapart. The reason was articles about difficult working conditions and a bad atmosphere in the team of a gaming company.

Industry April 24, 2018

The creators of BloodRayne sued Microsoft

Employees of the Terminal Reality studio filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. According to the developers, Microsoft illegally uses the company’s graphics technologies.

Money April 24, 2018

Tencent invests $15.8 million in Fortnite launch in China

Tencent Corporation intends to invest about ¥100 million ($ 15.8 million) in the promotion of the popular online action movie Fortnite in China. Epic Games’ game hit officially launched in China on April 23.

Industry April 24, 2018

Downloads of C.A.T.S.: Crash Arena Turbo from ZeptoLab have reached 100 million

The Moscow-based studio ZeptoLab is celebrating the first birthday of the mobile PvP game about seals C.A.T.S.: Crash Arena Turbo. As part of the event, the company announced that the game had overcome the mark of 100 million installations.

Platforms April 24, 2018

Twitch will make money for streamers and creators of Extensions add-ons

The Twitch stream platform has begun beta testing of a monetization system that will reward both streamers and developers of Twitch Extensions interactive add-ons.

Conferences April 23, 2018

The exhibition of game developers at the summer White Nights collects applications

White Nights will be held in St. Petersburg on June 28-29. It will host a large-scale exhibition of developers. Now the organizers are collecting applications from teams with projects in the beta stage and above.

Conferences April 23, 2018

White Nights Prague 2018: Pixel Federation compares the launch of two games

Report by Matej Lancaric from Pixel Federation. In his presentation, the speaker compared the process of launching two games: Diggy’s Adventure and Seaport, told what problems the company faced, what solutions were found.

Games April 23, 2018

Pillars of Eternity Chief Designer: Role-playing games need radical changes

The design director of Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas, Josh Sawyer from Obsidian studio, believes that it is high time for the genre of role-playing games to evolve. Sawyer told about this at the Reboot Develop conference, which was held recently in Croatia.

Industry April 23, 2018

Rovio named the release date of the sequel to the Angry Birds movie

Sony Pictures and Rovio Entertainment are shooting the second part of the full-length animated film The Angry Birds Movie. It will appear on screens on September 20, 2019.

Industry April 23, 2018

Valve bought the creators of Firewatch

Valve Corporation acquired the independent studio Campo Santo. This was reported by the representatives of Campo Santo on their website. The amount and terms of the transaction are not specified.

Industry April 23, 2018

The creator of Hearthstone decided to leave Blizzard

The project manager of the Hearthstone card game Ben Brode announced his departure from Blizzard. Brod worked in it for 15 years, 10 of which were engaged in the development of Hearthstone.

Industry April 23, 2018

Google services were partially blocked “because of Telegram”

As part of the fight against Telegram, Roskomnadzor has officially started blocking IP addresses in Russia. According to unofficial data, 63 out of 600 IP addresses were closed google.com . After that, in an official comment to TechCrunch, Google confirmed that it was affected by the actions of the Russian authorities.