The Chinese video game industry occupies 25% of the global market and continues to grow. By the end of 2017, the turnover of the Chinese gaming market is projected at $29 billion.

Round table about match-3 games. Representatives of leading game development studios shared their experience in creating match-3 and answered the most popular questions about this genre (how to make the right random, prepare users for the event, create a game economy and build a game balance)

Riot Games studio has announced an increase in prices in the UK for game currency in the popular MOBA League of Legends. The company explained the increase in value by the UK’s exit from the EU.

Retention of 1.7 and 30 days in Android games is higher on average in Russia than in other regions of the world.

Payday 2 MMO shooter returned to the ranking of the 20 most popular PC games in June and immediately took 9th place. Also, the Warface fritupley shooter, which fell out of there in May, has recovered in the chart.

The Chinese corporation Tencent has stated that it will not lose money due to the introduction of game time limits for users of the Honor of Kings mobile MOBA.

The Canadian studio Digital Extremes has published data on the chances of losing all game trophies in the free-play action-MMO Warframe.

Report by Mikael Leinonen from MyGamez Ltd. He talked about how to publish the game in China, as well as what restrictions exist for foreign publishers and studios in China.

The development team from the Nonstop Games studio, which closed a year ago, has opened a new video game company in Singapore — Mighty Bear Games.

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

Former lead Steam developer Rick Rick Ellis has raised $1.25 million in investments for the Sharkbite Games video game studio he founded.

South Korean customs officials intercepted the delivery of counterfeit stuffed Pokemon toys and other popular characters of Japanese pop culture.

The shares of the Chinese media holding Tecent lost $17.5 billion in value after a critical publication about the mobile MOBA Honor of Kings in a government newspaper.

Round table about children’s games. Experts discussed the pros and cons of developing games for children. Is it really possible to make money on such projects? What is the difference between games for kids and other apps? What games are parents willing to pay for?

Warner Bros. and a group of representatives of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien Estate have entered into a settlement agreement on a lawsuit for $ 80 million.

For 6 months of 2017, the market of consoles and console video games in Japan increased by 14.8% to $1.35 billion. Growth in this segment was marked for the first time in three years, according to the publication Famitsu.

A report by Tramell Ray Isaac from Boss Key Productions. He told how he worked on games at the beginning of his career, and what his approach to development looks like now. He also shared his positive and negative experiences that he has accumulated over 24 years of game development.

The Chinese corporation Tencent has promised to introduce time limits for underage players in the Honor of Kings mobile MOBA.

The ex-director of the Gaikai cloud gaming service, David Perry, became the head of the GoVyrl project, designed to find and promote promising beginnings.