In 2016, the market volume of esports competitions in Sweden amounted to $40 million, while Russia earned $35.4 million.

The developer of three-in-a-row Smiley Cubes on the Facebook Instant Games platform received 1.2 million new users in the first 10 days. The game has a positive retension dynamics.

Nicalis Inc. has acquired two developer studios: California-based SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color, located in Eugene, Oregon.

Nintendo revealed details of new releases for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS platforms during the Nintendo Direct video presentation.

The manufacturer of slot machines and their components Scientific Games has acquired the mobile developer Spicerack, specializing in bingo and social casinos.

Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor of the Pocket Gamer resource, told why a too straightforward navigation system in games is evil, as part of the Game Maker’s Toolkit video cycle. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a text version of the material in Russian. We share.

Ben Causins, a former employee of Electronic Arts, believes that premium mobile games should be distributed according to the freeplay model.

Psyonix company announced the sale of 1 million boxes with the game Rocket League.

The revenues of the Finnish company Remedy Entertainment in 2016 reached €16.4 million, and operating profit amounted to €3.9 million.

Report by Rami Jawhar and Felipe Iregui from Google. They talk about building a “golden path” to monetize players using data on when they are happiest.

Virtual reality round table held at White Nights Prague 2017.

Snowbird Games studio, noted for a series of strategies “Eador” and Blood & Gold: Caribbean! lost most of the employees.

Epic Games presented a demo with an example of photorealistic graphics for displaying human appearance, created on the Unreal Engine 4 engine.

The German State Commission for Admission and Supervision has obliged streamers to purchase broadcast licenses.

Mobile device users in South Korea mostly play on them for 46 minutes a day.

Oxford Exient, known for Angry Birds Go!, in March reduced 60% of the working staff in its studio in the town of Royal Leamington Spa (an hour by car from Oxford and two from London).

We continue the weekly publication of selected vacancies. Their selection makes for App2Top.ru Tanya Evdokimenko, HR and recruiting expert.

Apple may abandon support for 32-bit applications with the release of iOS 11, which will take place this fall.

The documentary “RuneScape: 15 Years of Adventure” was posted on the official channel of the game on April 9. The release of the picture is timed to the 15th anniversary of the game.