The international community of video game developers and publishers did not agree with the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to include gaming disorder in the new edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). 8 gaming associations have signed an appeal to the WHO with a request to reconsider their plans.

Abstract arcade game Torus, which was made by 16-year-old Brandon Kynoch from Johannesburg alone, was chosen as the game of the day in the App Store. During the day, the game was downloaded a hundred thousand times.

The pages of publishers and developers of video games have appeared on Steam. They contain lists of published titles, links to official pages on social networks and other information about companies. The innovation is still in open beta testing mode.

The Finnish Critical Force has received $6.3 million in investments, which will be invested in the company’s flagship project — the Critical Ops mobile shooter with competitive gameplay. The developers call the development of the game as an esports discipline with official tournaments and competitions their priority.

Although digital sales of video games are growing every year, American gamers continue to actively buy physical copies of titles. According to a report by the analytical company Nielsen, 66% of console owners in the United States prefer a game on disk to its digital version.

How easy is the problem of declension solved when working on texts in games, in a small case for App2Top.ru he told me Igor Nyrtsov, Editor of Allcorrect Group.

The developers of the War Robots mobile action game from Pixonic are preparing to launch their game on the iDreamSky platform, one of the largest Chinese publishers.

White Nights is hosting the Indie Game Cup for the tenth time. This is an indie games competition held as part of a business conference. Yesterday, June 18, the organizing committee named the projects that entered the second round of the competition. About the projects and those who will judge them — in our publication.

Mobile market analysts from AdColony and On Device Research conducted a sociological study on players in major Middle Eastern countries. As it turned out, gamers in Saudi Arabia spend less time on games on average than residents of Egypt and the UAE, but they are more willing to make in-app purchases.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added video game addiction to the list of mental illnesses. The description of the new disease was added to the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with 55 thousand other disorders, injuries and other ailments.

The other day, App Annie published an index of mobile applications for May. With an eye on him, we note which games were the main breakthroughs of last month in terms of downloads and sales.

In terms of sales of digital and physical copies of games in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the FIFA 18 simulator remains in first place, and the first-person role-playing action Vampyr from Dontnod Entertainment debuted in second place.

The Steam administration continues to struggle with low-quality content. The new rules of the platform restrict the access of games to the achievement system and registration in the game catalog until it reaches a certain level of trust of players. To do this, the title needs downloads and gaming sessions of real Steam users.

Former CEO of Telltale Kevin Bruner has filed a lawsuit against the management of the gaming company. He accused the board of Telltale of violating the terms of the contract and not allowing access to information about the financial situation of the studio.

Roskomnadzor has added the IP address 37.244.54.10 to the list of prohibited resources, with which Blizzard game clients in the European region connect. Now Russian users have problems connecting to the service Battle.net .

The Royal Battle of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds uses assets purchased in online stores on its maps, said the creator of the game Brendan Green. According to him, this is done so that the art department of the development team can concentrate on more important aspects of the maps.

Recruiting agency Values Value has published a study on salaries in the CIS gaming industry for 2018. We have prepared a short version of the report, which focused on the salaries of market specialists.

THQ Nordic is preparing for new purchases. This time, the company raised $168 million, which it will use to acquire new franchises and game studios.

In the five years since the release of The Last of Us, 17 million copies of the game have been sold, making it the best-selling game released by Sony.