Gamers have once again proved that they do not regret money for nostalgia. The British indie studio Bitmap Bureau has raised more than $95 thousand on Kickstarter to develop a retro Xeno Crisis shooter for the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console.

In 2017, the rating of games with the most massive online on Steam was replenished with only one new title — the “royal battle” of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS from Bluehole Studios.

Sony Corporation is waiting for 130 fresh projects for PlayStation VR this year in addition to the 150 available games. If the forecast comes true, the library of PSVR-compatible games will grow by 80% by the end of 2018.

Steam started the year with records. The number of simultaneous users on the platform in the first week of 2018 exceeded 18.5 million people. This is the largest indicator in the history of the service, according to the Steam Database resource.

The first major deal of 2018. The Moscow division of Glu Mobile in full force goes under the wing of Saber Interactive. The total amount of the entire transaction is estimated at $2.8 million.

Prepare for the unexpected. The Steam digital PC games store has published several selections of the best-selling games of the past year. In addition to the obvious titles, like PUBG and ARK, there are enough not so well-known names in it.

Director of Publishing Strategy Epic Games and the author of the SteamSpy service Sergey Galenkin said App2Top.ru , which events and projects he considers the main ones in 2017.

Business Development Director of Belka Games studio Yuri Krasilnikov said App2Top.ru what has happened in his life and the life of the company over the past twelve months.

At the end of this year, the Odnoklassniki social platform published an extensive list of the best projects on its platform.

The head of marketing at PlayFlock, Ksenia Maslova , said App2Top.ru about how the year went for her company.

Last month, the top ten most popular game search queries in the United States included the phrases Shadow Fight 3 and Doodle God.

Vice President of Cubic Games Sergey Babaev said App2Top.ru about the successes and plans of his company and the blockbuster Pixel Gun 3D.

Publisher G5 Entertainment and developer MyTona, between whom since January 2017 there has been a dispute over the extension of the license agreement for the game The Secret Society, have reached an agreement on the settlement of the dispute.

Development DirectorUnity Technologies in Eastern Europe Elena Zezulina told App2Top.ru how a year has passed for her and the company.

WebMoney Transfer found out that the average check of a Russian player in MMO games this fall was less than in the summer. 901 rubles against 925 rubles.

General Manager of Wargaming Moscow Andrey Zimenko said App2Top.ru about what I managed to do in a year in mobile Wargaming.

The list of the best games of the outgoing year was shared by the social network Vkontakte. The selection includes ten projects launched on the platform this year.

Creative Mobile CEO Vladimir Funtikov said App2Top.ru about how the current 2017 year has passed for his company.

The chief for working with developers on the VKontakte platform and executive producer Mail.ru Games Ventures Maxim Babichev told App2Top.ru about how he remembered the outgoing year.