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Conferences April 4, 2017

White Nights Prague 2017: dream.digital on how to create a virtual reality world

A report by Jaroslav Stehlik from dream.digital. The speaker talks about how to create real locations in virtual reality using photogrammerty technology.

Platforms April 4, 2017

Rakuten Games has launched an HTML5 social gaming platform

Japanese developer Rakuten Games has launched the social gaming platform R Games, using HTML5 features.

Money April 4, 2017

Gumi and Nordisk Film have established a business incubator for VR startups

The Japanese mobile publisher gumi inc, in partnership with the Norwegian film studio Nordisk Film, has created a business incubator with a budget of € 100 thousand to support novice VR developers.

Platforms April 4, 2017

Android has become the most used OS in the world

The Android operating system has outpaced Windows in terms of Internet usage, becoming the market leader.

Games April 3, 2017

Release of the day: One Eyed Kutkh

At the end of last week, a free quest One Eyed Kutkh from the Russian indie studio Baba Yaga Games was released on Steam. We are looking closely at the project.

Industry April 3, 2017

Interview with Epic Games about the development of Battle Breakers

In March 2017, Epic Games announced a new mobile project – Battle Breakers. Editorial Office App2Top.ru I asked the game team about working on it.

Games April 3, 2017

Color Switch has been downloaded over 150 million times

Fortafy Games studio has reported 150 million downloads of their mobile game Color Switch.

Industry April 3, 2017

Square Enix has been left by two studio veterans

Square Enix was left by Isamu Kamikokuryo and Yoshinori Yamagishi, each of whom gave the studio about 20 years.

Development April 3, 2017

The Unity 5.6 version has been released

Version 5.6 of the Unity game engine has been released. It became the final update for Unity 5.

Industry April 3, 2017

The main thing for the last week (March 27 – April 2)

About the central materials for the past week in our traditional digest.

Platforms April 3, 2017

John Carmack programmatically increased the resolution of Oculus Home for Gear VR

John Carmack presented a software solution that allows you to increase the resolution in the Oculus Home content management shell for the Gear VR platform.

Games April 3, 2017

Video games replace TV and drugs for unemployed Americans

According to researchers, there are about 20 million unemployed men in the United States without a college degree, 75% of whom spend a significant part of their time playing video games.

Marketing April 3, 2017

AppsFlyer has introduced a way to quickly analyze advertising campaigns

AppsFlyer marketing company has presented a new tool for evaluating and analyzing data obtained from the promotion of mobile games and applications – Pivot.

Industry April 3, 2017

Roskachestvo has developed requirements for mobile applications

The Russian quality system has prepared a standard of requirements for mobile applications.

Conferences April 3, 2017

White Nights Prague 2017: Keen Software House about the game Space Engineers

A report by Jan Hloušek from Keen Software House. The speaker talks about how the Space Engineers game was transferred to the multiplayer mode.

Games March 31, 2017

Release of the Day: Thimbleweed Park

A new quest from the author of the Monkey Island series has been released on PC. It’s pixelated and features an interface from the 80s. But funny.

Conferences March 31, 2017

White Nights Prague 2017: King o Defold engine

Oleg Pridyuk’s report from King. The speaker talks about indie games that are made using the Defold engine.

Money March 31, 2017

Chinese publisher has allocated $30 million to publish indie games

The Chinese mobile publisher iDreamSky has established a $30 million fund to help independent developers distribute games around the world.

Industry March 31, 2017

Glu Mobile has cut 25 people and closed an office in Portland

Glu Mobile closed its office in Portland and reduced its entire staff of 25 employees.

Marketing March 31, 2017

20 YouTube stars have become characters of the new game Space Ape Games

London-based company Space Ape Games has made 20 popular video bloggers with YouTube characters of its new game Fastlane: Road to Revenge, coming out this spring on iOS and Android.