The author of the scripts of Half-Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead, Chet Falisek, left Valve, where he worked for 12 years.

The cost of displaying ads on iOS in March of this year rose by 46% compared to February, according to the marketing company Fiksu DSP.

The English version of the Monster Strike mobile battler will be completely closed from August 1 this year, according to the Japanese company Mixi.

Why it is not necessary to simplify the mechanics of movement in games, — Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor of the Pocket Gamer resource, told within the framework 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.

Sales of the racing game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch on the day of release on April 28 reached 459 thousand copies, according to Nintendo.

Super Mario Run brings Nintendo less revenue than Fire Emblem Heroes, despite a tenfold superiority in downloads.

The volume of sales of Capcom products for the 2017 fiscal year amounted to $782.5 million.

The White Nights conference will be held in St. Petersburg from June 14 to 15. The event will host an exhibition of game developers, where stands are given to teams for free.

AppsFlyer analytical service told about the average revenue per user in mobile strategies.

Former Wooga Lead Marketer and former Rovio Vice President of Traffic Acquisition Eric Seufert introduced Agamemnon: a tool for analyzing advertising campaigns.

Microsoft’s gaming division generated $1.9 billion in revenue from sales of games on Xbox and Windows 10 in the third quarter of the fiscal year.

According to the analytical firm SuperData, in March of this year, global sales of digital copies of games amounted to $ 8 billion.

Chinese developer Cheetah Mobile called 2017 the “Snapchat era”: the mobile messenger enters the top mobile platforms in Europe.

Nintendo console designer Genyo Takeda announced his retirement and retirement.

Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment has announced its intention to conduct an initial public offering (IPO).

The CEO of the Game Show Network media company David Goldhill (David Goldhill) is preparing

In the first quarter of 2017, users worldwide spent $15 billion on the App Store and Google Play. This is 45% more than a year earlier.

How significant a role DLC and microtransactions play in the revenue of Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Battlefield 1 was told by the analytical company SuperData.

Apple informed the participants of the iTunes partner program about the reduction of the commission amount from applications and content inside them to 2.5%.